Articles

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Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare, Volume 43, March 2025

Academic Medical Centers play a key role in providing comprehensive abortion services, from primary care to complex specialty care, and in training future clinicians in abortion provision. The weekly number of abortions at University of Washington remained stable after Dobbs.
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The dapivirine vaginal ring is a discreet prevention choice for women at substantial risk of HIV infection as part of combination prevention approaches. This study covers a gap on research including on breastfeeding women. Those living in areas of substantial HIV transmission need options to initiate an HIV prevention method before or during pregnancy and continue their chosen method through breastfeeding and beyond.

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Women's Studies International Forum, Volume 109, 1 March 2025

Based on interviews with Israeli mothers during COVID, this article asks: What practices do mothers use to mark and erase their children's disabilities? What practices are marked as good mothering? How do these processes of marking and erasing negotiate classed ideals of normativity for children and mothers? The findings indicated that low-income mothers mark disability to acquire professional support for children's disabilities, claiming this as their ‘proper’ mothering role, whereas middle-class mothers erase disability through intensive mothering, marking it as theirs.
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Health and Place, Volume 92, March 2025

The article explores the availability and accessibility of Menstrual Friendly Public Toilets (MFPTs) in urban spaces across six diverse cities globally.
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Journal of Frailty and Aging, Volume 14, April 2025

A systematic review and meta-analysis on the prevalence and risk factors of frailty in people experiencing homelessness (PEH).�

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American Journal of Preventive Cardiology, Volume 21, March 2025

This study aimed to explore the relationship between cardiovascular risk enhancers (CVRE) and arterial stiffness (AS) in women with low traditional cardiovacular risk (CVR).
Elsevier,

Journal of Cancer Policy, Volume 43, March 2025

Compared to male patients, sexual health remains poorly studied in women and sexual gender minority (SGM) patients with cancers. This national study addresses this.
Elsevier,

Social Science and Medicine, Volume 369, March 2025

Food insecurity increases women's vulnerability to intimate partner violence in transactional sex relationships.
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The Lancet Digital Health, Volume 7, March 2025

Editorial highlighting the 2 papers above, discussing challenges in the field of women's health, and recommendations to address these.
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Journal of Climate Change and Health, Volume 22, 1 March 2025

This article examines the exposures and health impacts experienced by female sugarcane workers in Guatemala, focusing on heat stress, particulate matter exposure, and kidney function. The key findings indicate that these women face elevated levels of heat and particulate matter at work, leading to dehydration and reduced kidney function. The study highlights the need for gender-responsive interventions to address the unique health risks faced by women in agricultural settings.

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