Introduction Worldwide the prevalence of neuropsychiatric illness among women of reproductive age is higher than ever before. This study investigates the influences of maternal substance abuse/dependence and neuropsychiatric illness on pregnancy and neonatal outcomes. Patients and Methods Using a retrospective study design 185 pregnancies in women with neuropsychiatric illnesses or substance ...

Iodine deficiency disorders are estimated to affect over 1.9 million people worldwide. Iodine deficiency is especially serious for women during pregnancy and lactation because of the negative consequences for both mother and infant. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to determine the median urinary iodine concentration (UIC) as a population-level indicator of iodine status among rural wo...

In the United States, women accounted for 19% of new HIV diagnoses in 2015 and were less likely to reach virologic suppression when compared to men. We assessed trends and disparities in virologic suppression among HIV-positive women to inform HIV treatment strategies. Data were from a prospective cohort of the HIV Outpatient Study and collected at nine United States HIV clinics. We included wo...

This technical report describes the participation of women in computing in more than 30 countries, by focussing on participation at undergraduate level. A brief discussion covers how societal and cultural factors may affect women’s participation. Statistics from many different sources are presented for comparison. Generally, participation is low – most countries fall in the 10-40% range with a ...

This paper seeks to provide an input towards developing the proposal for the research project, “Pathways of Women’s Empowerment” to investigate the determinants of women’s empowerment where and when it occurs. It primarily attempts to give an overview of the trends in research, thinking and programmes in Pakistan from 1975 onwards in the area of women’s empowerment and bodily integrity in order...

OBJECTIVE To examine whether changes in postpartum haemorrhage, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, or other risk factors explain the increase in obstetric acute renal failure in Canada. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING Canada (excluding the province of Quebec). PARTICIPANTS All hospital deliveries from 2003 to 2010 (n=2,193,425). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Obstetric acute renal f...

literatures that focus on the risk factors of unintended pregnancy among married women are limited especially in developing countries. the aim of this study was to determine the predictors of unintended pregnancy in a west region of iran.this case-control study was conducted from september to november 2011 in hamadan city, western iran. a stratified cluster random sampling method was used for d...

The high incidence of stressor-related pathologies among stigmatized groups has been associated with experiences of discrimination. The present study demonstrated that following a mood priming manipulation (anger vs. sadness), an acute sex discrimination event influenced women’s (N=61) salivary cortisol levels as well as systolic (SBP) and diastolic (DBP) blood pressure. Among women primed to f...