Journal of women's health
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Journal of women's health · Jul 2007
Generation to generation: discrimination and harassment experiences of physician mothers and their physician daughters.
To examine bias and sexual harassment experiences of physician mothers and their physician daughters; correlations of these experiences with career satisfaction, stress at work, stress at home, and percentage of women in specialty; and influences of the mother on her daughter's experiences. ⋯ Gender discrimination and sexual harassment remain entrenched in medical education and professional workplaces. Maternal role models and mentors were not as protective as anticipated. Leadership of medical institutions and professional associations must deal more effectively with persistent discrimination and harassment or risk the loss of future leaders.
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Journal of women's health · Jun 2007
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Controlled Clinical TrialInfluence of Hispanic ethnicity on blood pressure control and cardiovascular outcomes in women with CAD and hypertension: findings from INVEST.
Prospective data regarding blood pressure (BP) control and cardiovascular (CV) outcomes in Hispanic women are lacking. ⋯ Despite accounting for a lower risk profile, deployment of protocol-based antihypertensive treatment regimens resulted in superior BP control and fewer CV events in Hispanic women compared with non-Hispanic white women.
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Journal of women's health · Jun 2007
Recruitment of women research participants: the Women's Health Registry at the University of Michigan.
The goal was to develop the Women's Health Registry, a research participant database that prospectively collects detailed information on potential research subjects to assist in linking them with open research protocols and to assess investigator use and satisfaction with this Registry. ⋯ The Women's Health Registry was successfully developed, and the goal of linking women with appropriate protocols was met with significant investigator satisfaction.
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Journal of women's health · May 2007
Emergency contraception provision: a survey of Michigan physicians from five medical specialties.
Despite the controversy over expanding delivery options for emergency contraceptive pills (ECP), little is known about physicians' attitudes toward over-the-counter (OTC) provision of ECP, and prior research on physicians' practices often has focused on a single specialty. This study examined the attitudes and practices regarding advance provision and OTC status of ECP among physicians in five medical specialties likely to encounter patients in need of ECP. ⋯ Certain physician characteristics were significantly associated with their ECP-related attitudes and practices. The majority of physicians surveyed in this study did not offer advance prescriptions for ECP, and few had initiated discussions on ECP with patients, which may pose critical barriers to patients' timely access.
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Journal of women's health · May 2007
Family medicine physicians' advice about use of nonconventional modalities for menopausal symptom management.
This study explores the beliefs and practices of family medicine physicians regarding the use of nonconventional modalities for menopausal symptom management. ⋯ These data reveal some important trends about how family medicine physicians respond to nontraditional approaches for menopausal symptom management. Because family medicine physicians typically receive some training in behavioral and psychotherapeutic approaches and there is some evidence for the effectiveness of behavioral strategies in menopausal symptom management, it is not surprising that they are more likely to endorse these approaches. Most family medicine physicians, however, have little or no training in the other nonconventional modalities, and our data show that these modalities received lower levels of endorsement, suggesting that physicians are not clear on their advantages or disadvantages.