Women are vulnerable to HIV infection and their biological susceptibility at least two to four times greater than men's is compounded by social, cultural, economic and legal discrimination or inequities. AIDS affects the poorest, the most vulnerable, the most uneducated. And women often constitute the poorest of the poor, the most vulnerable due to their low status and more likely to be illiter...

The Task Force reviewed recent research studies on tools that health care professionals can use to screen women for IPV. It also reviewed studies on the benefits and harms of screening for IPV and abuse of elderly and vulnerable adults by health care professionals. This statement summarizes what the Task Force learned: (1) Primary care clinicians should screen women of childbearing age (ages 14...

BACKGROUND Vulnerable women are prone to sexually transmitted diseases (STD) due to their special conditions and poor knowledge about these diseases in the society. Therefore, the present study aimed to determine the vulnerable women's self-care needs in knowledge, attitude and practice concerning STD. METHODS This is a cross-sectional-descriptive study conducted in 2014. The data collection ...

BACKGROUND Women and girls who use and inject drugs are a critical population at risk of HIV. In this article, we review data on the epidemiology of drug use and injection among women globally and HIV prevalence among women and girls who use and inject drugs. RESULTS Women and girls comprise one-third of people who use and inject drugs globally. There is substantial variation in HIV prevalenc...

There are many reasons why the gender imbalance in computing should be of concern to the profession. Over the last 20 years there have been many intervention programs which attempt to redress this situation and encourage more women into computing. To determine whether an intervention program has made a difference requires evaluation. Program evaluation is the careful collecting of information a...

Background: Nutritional anaemia is a major public health problem worldwide particularly in developing countries among women of reproductive age group. Objectives: To finds out the prevalence of anaemia among no pregnant non lactating women of reproductive women living in urban slums of Lucknow city and to study the factors influencing the anaemia status of women of urban slums. Methods: Descrip...

Background: Pregnancy in opioid-dependent women is a major public health issue. According to a national household survey in 2001, 3.7% of pregnant women in the United States used illicit drugs. In 2009 this number increased to 4.5% . Women who are afflicted by opioid addiction form a highly vulnerable group of patients frequently facing unplanned pregnancy with adverse outcomes including perina...

Introduction: Unintended pregnancy is an issue for many women irrespective of the place of residence or country. This study examined the prevalence of unintended pregnancy and the factors associated with it among pregnant married women of Nepal. Methodology: This study utilizes the data from Nepal Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) 2011 which is a nationally representative cross-sectional sur...

This article asks whether blogging in the United Kingdom, which started later than in the United States, reproduces the gender differences in blogging behavior and the gender inequalities in recognition that have been observed in studies based largely on U.S. bloggers. A sample of 48 female and male British bloggers answered a questionnaire about their blogging practices and attitudes; data wer...

Introduction. Addiction in women can expose them to malnutrition, high blood pressure, cancer, and some other dangerous diseases like hepatitis, AIDS, or other sexual transmitted diseases. The aim of this study was to assess illegal sexual relations in three groups of women. Methods. This is a cross-sectional study that was done on 236 girls and young women aged 16-25 years in 2012 in three gro...