Health care for women international
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Health Care Women Int · Dec 2002
Historical ArticleInformed consent and the history of inclusion of women in clinical research.
The purposes of this paper are to (a) discuss the troubled history of informed consent for research on women and its ramifications for women's participation in clinical trials; (b) interrogate current informed consent practices as to their accountability and justice in the treatment of women; and (c) recommend to nurse researchers and clinical nurses ways of improving the practice of informed consent in research with women.
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Domestic abuse is the leading cause of injuries and death among women of childbearing age in the United States. The broad purpose of this research is to discover how pregnant women's psychological and behavioral responses to abuse affect birth outcomes. ⋯ In this article, we will review pertinent literature and discuss the supports and barriers we observed when implementing an abuse screening program using the Abuse Assessment Screen, a well-tested and valid clinical instrument. Suggestions will be made for improving the screening rates at those sites where screening is absent or inconsistent.
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Health Care Women Int · Jan 2001
Disenfranchised mothers: caring for an adult child with schizophrenia.
Interviews with 29 parent caregivers of adult children with schizophrenia discovered that they periodically redefine their parental role over the course of the family member's illness. A grounded theory of "redefining parental identity" is briefly reviewed. ⋯ That is, although parents assume the right to take on responsibility for their family member, neither the legal system, mental health practitioners, nor often the ill persons themselves recognize that right. Particularly for the 16 mothers who tend to be the primary family caregivers, this lack of parental rights negatively affects their caregiving experience, especially as regards their caregiver stress, their experience of guilt and grief, and ultimately their own health.
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Health Care Women Int · Apr 2000
Exploration of migraine pain, disability, depressive symptomatology, and coping: a pilot study.
As many as 29% of women suffer from migraine headache, yet it remains a poorly understood phenomenon. Our purpose in conducting this pilot study was to determine the relationships among migraine pain, disability, depressive symptomatology, and coping in women. A convenience sample of 34 women was recruited from university and workplace populations. ⋯ Participants completed eight instruments measuring migraine pain, disability, depressive symptomatology, and coping. The two groups of women were not significantly different on demographic variables. Migraineurs scored significantly higher for pain characteristics, disability, depressive symptomatology, and total coping scores.