A Publication of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research & This policy brief highlights findings from a study that examined the availability of selected health care services for women in managed care settings in California. These services are health promotion, disease prevention, mental health, and substance abuse services—all areas of need that emerged from focus groups conducted with low-i...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the meanings attributed to the voice by menopausal women. METHODS Data were collected from 148 medical records of women seen in the Climacteric Women Health Program of the Irmandade Santa Casa de Misericordia Gynecology Outpatient Clinic in Curitiba, Brazil, between February 2000 and October 2001. Of them, 30 women aged between 48 and 59 years who did not consider themsel...

Introduction The family is in a crisis and a stressful experience when neonate is admitted in NICU ward. In recent decades, role of family in the care of neonates has completely changed. Now, empowerment of families in the care of neonates hospitalized is an important approach in the field of neonatal nursing . Therefore, it is necessary for parents, especially mothers with neonates in NICU war...

OBJECTIVES to determine breast screening uptake in older women and to ascertain from previous non-attenders whether they would accept screening if invited. DESIGN a random sample of older women randomly selected from three Family Health Service Authorities were interviewed in their homes. PARTICIPANTS 1604 women aged 65 years and over living at home, a response rate of 94%. RESULTS 120 re...

BACKGROUND Antenatal care is an important health service which detects and sometimes reduces the risk of complications among pregnant women. The quality of care is likely to influence effective utilization and compliance with interventions. OBJECTIVES This study evaluated clients' perception of antenatal care quality at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan and determined levels of cl...

PURPOSE To examine the efficacy of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for the prevention of postpartum depression (PPD) in "at risk" women. MATERIALS AND METHODS We recruited 927 pregnant women in 6 obstetric and gynecology clinics and screened them using Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Ninety-nine of the screened women who had significantly high scores in BDI (a score above 16) were selecte...

OBJECTIVE To describe pica behavior (ingestion of nonfood items) in pregnant low-income Mexican-born women in Mexico and the United States. DESIGN A convenience sample of informants was interviewed with a questionnaire containing open-ended and closed-ended questions. SETTING A low-income community on the outskirts of Ensenada, Mexico, and clinics serving low-income people in southern Calif...

The objective of the present study was to assess the presence of human papilloma virus (HPV) in HIV-infected women, with comparison between the Papanicolaou cytologic technique and the molecular PCR technique, as well as to determine the type of HPV, to measure cellular immunocompetence and to identify the presence of risk factors for the acquisition of HPV infection. Thirty HIV-infected women ...