Plesons, Marina Patkar, Archana Babb, Jenelle Balapitiya, Asanthi Carson, Flo Caruso, Bethany A. Franco, Margarita Hansen, Maja Manzenski Haver, Jacquelyn Jahangir, Andisheh
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Reproductive Health
In recognition of the opportunity created by the increasing attention to menstrual health at global, regional, and national levels, the World Health Organization’s Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research and the UNDP-UNFPA-UNICEF-WHO-World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction ...
Hori, Tomohide Harada, Hideki Yamamoto, Michihiro Yamada, Masahiro Yazawa, Takefumi Sasaki, Ben Tani, Masaki Katsura, Hikotaro Sato, Asahi Sasaki, Yudai
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International Journal of Surgery Case Reports
Introduction and importance Ectopic endometrium in the appendix is rare. The relationships between ectopic endometrium in the alimentary tract and digestive symptoms and between digestive symptoms due to ectopic endometriosis and periodic menstruation are controversial. We herein describe the successful treatment of acute appendicitis that we suspe...
Cardoso, Lauren F. Scolese, Anna M. Hamidaddin, Alzahra Gupta, Jhumka
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BMC Women's Health
BackgroundThe purpose of this study is to examine the frequency of “period poverty,” or not being able to afford sanitary products, among university students, and associations with poor mental health.MethodsAn online survey was conducted with a nationally-drawn sample (N = 471) of college-attending women to assess the association between period pov...
Sommer, Marni Caruso, Bethany A. Torondel, Belen Warren, Elodie C. Yamakoshi, Brooke Haver, Jackie Long, Jeanne Mahon, Thérèse Nalinponguit, Ella Okwaro, Neville
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Health Research Policy and Systems
Progress has been made in recent years to bring attention to the challenges faced by school-aged girls around managing menstruation in educational settings that lack adequate physical environments and social support in low- and middle-income countries. To enable more synergistic and sustained progress on addressing menstruation-related needs while ...
Gull, Jakob Smit, Eva
Tidigare forskning visar att menstruation påverkar kvinnors och flickors fysiska förmåga där undervisningen i idrott och hälsa inte är ett undantag. Problemen som lyfts är exempelvis att lärare har en negativ syn på menstruation vilket resulterar i att det inte berörs i undervisningen. Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka lärare i idrott och hä...
Xing, Xiaocun Xue, Pei Li, Shirley Xin Zhou, Junying Tang, Xiangdong
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Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung
We aimed to investigate the association between sleep disturbance and menstrual problems in female Chinese university students. A convenience sample of 1006 female university students participated in this study. Sleep duration, sleep quality, and insomnia symptoms were assessed by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and the Insomnia Severity Index. ...
An, Jun Young Hong, Yoo Rha Kong, Seom Gim
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Clinical and experimental pediatrics
Anemia is an important health problem affecting approximately 25% of the global population. Although its prevalence is decreasing worldwide, few studies have examined the prevalence of anemia in Korean adolescents. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of anemia in Korean adolescents over the past 21 years using data from the Korea National ...
Sommer, Marni Gruer, Caitlin Smith, Rachel Clark Maroko, Andrew Kim Hopper,
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Health & place
A growing literature attests to menstrual management difficulties of girls, women and other people who menstruate. Largely ignored are the menstruation-management needs of people experiencing homelessness. We explored these realities in New York City through in-depth interviews with individuals living on the street and in shelters (n = 22), key inf...
Saei Ghare Naz, Marzieh Rostami Dovom, Marzieh Ramezani Tehrani, Fahimeh
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International Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Context Menstrual cycle is considered the fifth vital sign among women. This study aimed to summarize the menstrual disturbances in different endocrine disorders. Evidence Acquisition In this narrative review, relevant studies (up to December 2019) were searched based on the MeSH keywords diabetes, polycystic ovary syndrome, Cushing’s syndrome, thy...
Mokhtari, Najme Salavati, Azadeh Azmoude, Elham
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International Journal of Reproductive Biomedicine
Background Although female sexual function can be affected by many psychological, interpersonal, and sociocultural factors, limited studies have focused on the relationships between this construct with some concepts such as women's attitudes toward menstruation and perception from their gender role. Objective To investigate the association between ...
