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Intimate partner violence and psychological functioning in latina women.
In this study, the researchers examined the associations among intimate partner violence and psychological functioning in 282 Latina women between 18 and 45 years. Participants were interviewed about demographic characteristics, experiences with physical, sexual, and psychological intimate partner violence, psychological symptoms, stressful life events, […]

Not Enough Time? Individual and Environmental Implications for Workplace Physical Activity Programming Among Women with and without Young Children.
This study sets out to determine the main issues employed women with and without young children voice as influencing their physical activity behaviors, and to identify the environmental dimensions (e.g., physical, social, cultural, organizational, […]

The Medicalization of Body Size and Women\’s Healthcare.
In this article we explore the issue of what it means to be \”fat\” for women in Western (British/North American) society. Contemporary gendered biomedical discourse currently dominates attitudes toward body shapes and sizes (Bordo, 1995). Further, under the rhetoric of \”health,\” a large body size […]

Why Does She Leave? The Leaving Process(es) of Battered Women.
In this article, the authors present the main findings from a qualitative study of processes undergone by women who have left abusive male partners. Three overlapping leaving processes are described: Breaking Up, Becoming Free, and Understanding. Breaking Up covers action (i.e., the physical […]

Editorial.
Covan EK.

Nonattendance in a Cervical Cancer Screening Program - What Happens if Women\’s Requirements Are Met?
In this study we focus on women who have no registered cervical smear during the previous 5 years, their requirements for attendance, and promotive efforts performed. Of the 400 women randomly selected to answer a telephone-based questionnaire about […]

Why and according to what consultation profiles do female sex workers consult health care professionals? A study conducted in laval, Québec.
We carried out a study to understand help-seeking behavior among female sex workers in order to bring adequate health care and services to this population at risk for sexually transmitted infection (STI) […]

Stages of Change: Korean Women\’s Attitudes and Barriers Toward Mammography Screening.
The positive and negative aspects of breast cancer screening were measured to gain insight into the barriers that prevent Korean women from participating in mammography screening. Breast cancer screening behaviors, attitudes, and barriers were identified from a convenience sample of 328 Korean […]

\”I come because I am called\”: recruitment and participation in mammography screening in uppsala, sweden.
In this article I report on research investigating factors associated with participation in mammography screening in Sweden. I conducted semistructured interviews with 32 women aged 40-49 years who attended mammography screening in rural Sweden. Study participants undertook screening […]

Voices from the battlefield: reports of the daily experiences of urban black mothers.
There are persistent disparities in maternal child health in the United States. In this study I used an ethnographic design to portray the everyday lives of 130 Black, low-income, urban mothers. The women described daily battles related to a lack […]