• The main aim of this study is to inform policy and practice on the effectiveness of legal protection and other factors in preventing repeated violence to young women by their partners • Women were selected for the study from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health. Potential participants were those women aged 18 to 23 years who in 1996 indicated they had ever been in a violent rel...

BACKGROUND Domestic violence has a history that stretches back before recorded time. It frequently has a lasting and traumatic impact on victims, families, and communities. According to the official statistics of many countries, most domestic violence victims are women who were assaulted by intimate male partners. This issue is gaining increasing attention in Taiwan's current society. PURPOSE...

objective: the aim of this study is to compare the incidence of unwanted pregnancies in women under 35 and those over 35 years, compare the results with the previous data, and also to determine the causes of unwanted pregnancies in these women materials and methods: this cross-sectional study (descriptive - analysis) is performed on 400 pregnant women who had referred to the laboratories of shi...

As part of the evaluation of a class teaching breast self examination (BSE), a sample of women were interviewed shortly before they were invited to attend the class and again one year later. A comparable sample in a different "control" district were interviewed twice in the same way. The interviewers inquired about the practice of breast self examination (BSE) and about beliefs about breast can...

Abstract Introduction Postmenopausal women with Lichen Sclerosus frequently report vulvar symptoms consistent genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM) including pruritus, dyspareunia, or non-provoked pain. Our data revealed not surprising itching as the most reported symptom LS, second frequent was general irritation, followed by vaginal dryness, and burning. Distinguishing these from GSM whic...