The effects of smoking on breast cancer remain unclear. We assessed the associations of subjects' or husbands' smoking status with breast cancer incidence in a population-based prospective study in Japan. The subjects were 15 719 women aged 35 years or older. The follow up was conducted from September 1992 to March 2008. Cancer incidence was mainly confirmed through regional population-based ca...

BACKGROUND The list experiment is a promising measurement tool for eliciting truthful responses to stigmatized or sensitive health behaviors. However, investigators may be hesitant to adopt the method due to previously untestable assumptions and the perceived inability to conduct multivariable analysis. With a recently developed statistical test that can detect the presence of a design effect -...

Introduction: Women who suffer intimate partner violence (IPV) encounter reproductive health problems including miscarriages. IPV in Bangladeshi women is known to be acute sociomedical problem. The aim of the current study was to determine the prevalence of intimate partner violence from the husband during pregnancy and to explore the victims’ perceptions of IPV and miscarriage. Methods: Women ...

This study aims to find out the influence of husband's role on women's motivation for entrepreneurship, source capital self-empowerment education entrepreneurship and interest in husband role, capital, self-empowerment, education, jointly West Pasaman. type research is descriptive associative research, population this women Pasaman as many 440 people with a sample 50 using total sampling techni...

background we investigated frequency of trichomoniasis among non-pregnant women in health centers of tabriz, iran. patients and methods 1000 non-pregnant women aged 15-49 in health centers of tabriz, iran were examined by wet smears and diamond culture methods for trichomonas vaginalis, during the period of march to september 2005. among 1000 specimens 92 cases were revealed to be positive for ...

BACKGROUND Violence related injury is a serious public health issue all over the world. This study aims to assess the association between several socio-economic factors and intimate partner violence (IPV) in Nepal. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted among 236 women working in carpet and garment factories in Kathmandu, Nepal. Interviews were conducted to collect quantitative data on...

BACKGROUND Pakistan has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world, with widely prevalent maternal and neonatal tetanus. The purpose of this study was to estimate the coverage and determine the factors associated with tetanus toxoid vaccination status among females of reproductive age in Peshawar. METHODS A Cross-sectional study was conducted in Peshawar, Pakistan, from 9 June t...