conclusions the results showed remarkable rates of high-risk hpv types (16 and 18) in the studied population, which can be a serious alert for public health. this result highlights the potential impact of prophylactic vaccines for future protection against high-risk hpv types in iranian women. materials and methods this cross-sectional population-based study consisted of two groups of women: no...

in recent decades, the fertility rate in iran has gone through dramatic changes due to different reasons. one of these reasons is women’s increasing participation in the workforce and modern employment which has imposed changes to the childbearing behavior. on the other hand, working women face different challenges regarding childbearing. the present qualitative study investigates the childbear...

Mental health is a major public health concern worldwide. This study aimed to assess the mental health status and its correlates among married working women residing in Bhubaneswar city of Odisha, India. A cross-sectional study was undertaken in 240 households involving 240 married working women following a multistage cluster random sampling design. Using the predesigned, pretested interview sc...

This study aimed to investigate the moderator role of attachment styles in marital satisfaction and quality of life in married working women. This research is a co-relational design. The group included 514 married women who were working in the laboratories in Rasht. With stratified random selection of 200 women from the group were selected from 8 laboratories. The population included 514 marrie...

This article examines the nexus between Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and three thematic/fundamental areas of women sexual functioning in the study location. These thematic areas are women’s sexual desire/initiation, sexual activity and sexual satisfaction/enjoyment. To achieve the objectives of the study, a cross-sectional survey research method was adopted and 350 questionnaires were admini...

This study examined the conflict that married women experienced between work and family roles, and analysed the coping behaviour. Data from 82 professional women from six research institutes revealed that married women experienced work-family conflict with varying intensities in trying to meet the expectations of work and family roles. In managing the work-family conflict, the women tended to c...