Health care for women international
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Health Care Women Int · Jan 2012
Randomized Controlled TrialThe effects of resistance training on cardiovascular disease risk factors in postmenopausal women: a randomized-controlled trial.
Our aim was to determine the effects of resistance training on cardiovascular risk factors in postmenopausal women. Forty-five women were included in the study. ⋯ There were significant time and group interactions for body mass index (p = .02), heart rate (p = .04), systolic blood pressure (p = .03), estimated mean peak VO(2) (p = .00), and total cholesterol (p = .00), but there were no interactions with other evaluated parameters. Resistance training has beneficial effects on particular cardiovascular risk factors in postmenopausal women.
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Health Care Women Int · Jan 2012
Randomized Controlled TrialThe use of perineal massage in the second stage of labor and follow-up of postpartum perineal outcomes.
Because perineal trauma causes both short- and long-term problems after labor, the high rate of episiotomies and spontaneous lacerations is an important women's health problem in Turkey. Our aim in this study was to investigate whether perineal massage during labor decreased perineal trauma and trauma-related problems. The study included 396 pregnant women who were giving birth for the first time, between March 2007 and February 2009, in Turkey. It can be concluded that perineal massage decreases the amount of suture material required for episiotomy and thereby the size of the episiotomy and the rate of episiotomies and lacerations.
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Health Care Women Int · Jan 2012
Safe motherhood practices among women of urban slums in bangladesh.
In this article we examine the prevalence and factors associated with the utilization of safe motherhood practices among slum-dwelling women of Bangladesh using the 2006 Bangladesh Urban Health Survey data. Overall, the utilization of maternal health care services was very low. The binary logistic regression analyses yielded significantly increased skilled services utilization for women with higher education levels, nonworking women, non-Muslims, women undergoing their first pregnancy, women who had lived in the slum longer, and amongst the rich. Awareness should be created through information, education, and communication programs, and services should be provided with minimum cost to promote safe motherhood practices among the urban poor in Bangladesh.