Journal of women's health
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Journal of women's health · Sep 2003
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Clinical TrialPrehospital cardiac arrest and the adverse effect of male gender, but not age, on outcome.
To analyze the incidence and outcome of prehospital cardiac arrest as it correlated to gender and age as a secondary end point in an interventional clinical trial. ⋯ Male gender, but not age, is associated with both an increased incidence and a worsened outcome in prehospital cardiac arrest.
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Journal of women's health · Sep 2003
Helping women with disabilities and domestic violence: strategies, limitations, and challenges of domestic violence programs and services.
To describe the types of services provided to women with disabilities at community-based domestic violence programs in the state of North Carolina, the challenges faced, and strategies used to provide the services. ⋯ Domestic violence programs in North Carolina provide services to women with disabilities but are faced with challenges stemming from limited funding, physical space, and training. Collaborations between domestic violence and disability service providers are necessary to improving the services and care delivered to women with disabilities who experience domestic violence.
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Journal of women's health · Jul 2003
Report from the CDC. Awareness of perinatal group B streptococcal infection among women of childbearing age in the United States, 1999 and 2002.
The issuance in 2002 of new guidelines recommending universal screening for group B Streptococcus (GBS), a leading cause of neonatal sepsis in the United States, has created a new opportunity to educate women of childbearing age to be active partners in prevention. ⋯ Awareness of perinatal GBS is high among currently pregnant women, for whom this issue is most important. Efforts to raise awareness should be targeted to women from traditionally underserved populations, such as those who are of nonwhite race or who have lower educational attainment or household income.
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Journal of women's health · May 2003
Clinical Trial Controlled Clinical TrialImproved fitness narrows the symptom-reporting gap between older men and women.
Functional differences between the sexes are well documented. The causes of functional decline are complex, but in general, women report more functional decline and have a greater prevalence of disabling chronic conditions than do men. The role of exercise training in attenuating functional decline has not been studied extensively. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to compare sex differences in adaptations to exercise training in measures of physical function (physical performance and self-report) and symptom reporting. ⋯ We conclude that among functionally impaired women, exercise training has a positive effect on physical disability and symptom reporting. Exercise training attenuated the gap in self-reported symptoms between men and women in this study.
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Journal of women's health · Jan 2003
Sexual orientation and variation in physical and mental health status among women.
To assess and compare the physical and mental health status of women of differing sexual orientation within a population-based sample. ⋯ In this rare opportunity to use population-based data to study lesbian and bisexual health, we found that sexual orientation as a nonheterosexual woman was associated with increased rates of poor physical and mental health. We believe these findings support the need for the increased systematic study of the relationship between sexual orientation and health.