A vampire and a damsel in distress by Michele Tager, Lauren Nell

“… The film Twilight produced by Wyck Godfrey, Mark Morgan and Greg Mooradian and directed by Catherine Hardwicke, enjoyed global box office success, and proved particularly popular with female filmgoers. …”
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Asymptomatic Bacteriuria among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care at Hiwot Fana Specialized University Hospital, Harar, Eastern Ethiopia: Magnitude, Associated Factors, and An... by Mekuria Edae, Zelalem Teklemariam, Fitsum Weldegebreal, Degu Abate

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Demographic and clinical impact on preoperative BREAST-Q ePROM completion and baseline outcomes in women undergoing breast cancer surgery: a quantitative descriptive study at a Dan... by Karin Piil, Volker Jürgen Schmidt, Stine Thestrup Hansen, Lone Bak Hansen, Anna Mejldal, Julie Hougaard Prüsse, Lotte Gebhard Ørsted

“…The BREAST-Q is a PROM in questionnaire format, developed and validated to assess satisfaction and quality of life for breast surgery patients.The hypothesis tested is that considering disparities in geography, age and education among responders is essential for capturing a diverse patient population in future Patent-Reported Outcome Measures initiatives, examining how these characteristics are associated with Patent-Reported Outcome Measures utilisation and outcomes.Design Quantitative descriptive study.Setting Electronic Patient-Reported Outcome Measures were collected between 6 September 2021 and 5 September 2022 from patients recruited from an outpatient clinic at a Plastic- and Breast Surgery Department at a University Hospital in Denmark.Participants Participants include a total of 629 Danish-speaking women diagnosed with breast cancer and scheduled for breast cancer surgery, with a final participation rate of 468.Intervention Preoperative ePROMs and demographic data were collected between September 2020 and 2021 through patients’ secure national digital post-box.Main outcome measures Demographic variables of both responders and non-responders were assessed using t-tests, Mann-Whitney U tests and χ2 tests. …”
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Developing and evaluating human-centered design solutions for enhancing maternal health service utilization among vulnerable pregnant women in Oromia, Ethiopia: Study protocol for... by Habtamu Tamene, Bee-Ah Kang, Daryl Stephens, Yihunie Lakew, Rajiv Rimal

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Сandidate SNP-markers of rheumatoid arthritis that can significantly alter the affinity of the TATA-binding protein for human gene promoters by I. V. Chadaeva, D. A. Rasskazov, E. B. Sharypova, I. A. Drachkova, E. A. Oshchepkova, L. K. Savinkova, P. M. Ponomarenko, M. P. Ponomarenko, N. A. Kolchanov, V. A. Kozlov

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Cervical prolapse during labor: A case report by Adugnaw Bogale Worku, Molla Asnake Kebede, Abebe Agegn Wudineh, Adefris Getachew Techane, Mekuanint Dessie Lakew, Chuchu Arega Zeleke

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Ultrasonographic Assessment of Uterine Measurements and Endometrial Thickness Among Healthy Saudi Females Sample by Hassan MG, Alnafa HM, Alsofyan N, Alsulimi RS, Alsllal S, Abaalkhail NA, Alzurayr M, Alamr H, Elmahdi TS, Aldahes AS, Wanasi M, Hawesa H

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Impact of Mobile Health (mHealth) Use by Community Health Workers on the Utilization of Maternity Care in Rural Malawi: A Time Series Analysis by Kachimanga C, Ng’ambi WF, Kazinga D, Ndarama E, Amulele MA, Munyaneza F, Abejirinde IOO, van den Akker T, Kulinkina AV

“…Chiyembekezo Kachimanga,1,2 Wingston Felix Ng’ambi,3 Doctor Kazinga,1 Enoch Ndarama,4 Mercy Ambogo Amulele,5 Fabien Munyaneza,1 Ibukun-Oluwa O Abejirinde,6,7 Thomas van den Akker,2,8 Alexandra V Kulinkina1,9,10 1Partners in Health Malawi, Neno, Malawi; 2Athena Institute, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands; 3Health Economics and Policy Unit, Department of Health Systems and Policy, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Lilongwe, Malawi; 4Ministry of Health, Neno, Malawi; 5Medic, Nairobi, Kenya; 6Women College Hospital Institute for Health System Solutions and Virtual Care, Toronto, ON, Canada; 7Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; 8Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands; 9Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Allschwil, Switzerland; 10University of Basel, Basel, SwitzerlandCorrespondence: Chiyembekezo Kachimanga, Partners in Health Malawi, Post Office Box 56, Neno, Malawi, Email chembekachimanga@yahoo.co.ukPurpose: Maternal mortality in Malawi is high, with low coverage of maternity care being a contributing factor. …”
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Certain Death: Mike Flanagan’s Gothic Antidote to Traumatic Memory and Other Enlightenment Hang-Overs in <i>Doctor Sleep</i> by Erik Bond

“…Like Walpole’s mythopoeic Gothic novel, Flanagan’s Gothic films demonstrate how patrilineal lineage damages other men, not just women; thus, Flanagan’s films offer psychological workbooks for practicing a type of reparative masculinity that involves exposure-exercises of cognitive behavior therapy (<i>Doctor Sleep</i>’s “boxing” intrusive, traumatic memories), male communities of care, and interdependent empathy. …”
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Social Determinants and Access to Induced Abortion in Burkina Faso: From Two Case Studies by Ramatou Ouédraogo, Johanne Sundby

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Social Confrontation with Menstruation: A Feminist Ethnography of Menstrual Experience among Female Instagram Users by Rana Mohammad Taghinejad Esfahani, Majid Movahed, Halimeh Enayat, Aliyar Ahmadi

“…As a result, women's issues have rarely been addressed in public discourse or socio-political discussions. …”
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Postpartum Visit Attendance Increases the Use of Modern Contraceptives by Saba W. Masho, Susan Cha, RaShel Charles, Elizabeth McGee, Nicole Karjane, Linda Hines, Susan G. Kornstein

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Effects of Pregnancy and Bacterial Vaginosis on Proinflammatory Cytokine and Secretory Leukocyte Protease Inhibitor Concentrations in Vaginal Secretions by Jennifer Balkus, Kathy Agnew, Richard Lawler, Caroline Mitchell, Jane Hitti

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Anaemia in Pregnancy: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Adverse Perinatal Outcomes in Northern Tanzania by Grace Stephen, Melina Mgongo, Tamara Hussein Hashim, Johnson Katanga, Babill Stray-Pedersen, Sia Emmanueli Msuya

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Tanzanian Couples’ Perspectives on Gender Equity, Relationship Power, and Intimate Partner Violence: Findings from the RESPECT Study by Suneeta Krishnan, Divya Vohra, Damien de Walque, Carol Medlin, Rose Nathan, William H. Dow

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Hypertension in Jordan: Prevalence, Awareness, Control, and Its Associated Factors by Yousef Khader, Anwar Batieha, Hashem Jaddou, Sukaina I. Rawashdeh, Mohammed El-Khateeb, Dana Hyassat, Albaraa Khader, Kamel Ajlouni

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Central Venous Catheter-Related Tachycardia in the Newborn: Case Report and Literature Review by Aya Amer, Roland S. Broadbent, Liza Edmonds, Benjamin J. Wheeler

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Measuring Distributional Inequality: Relative Body Mass Index Distributions by Gender, Race/Ethnicity, and Education, United States (1999–2006) by Brian C. Houle

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Prepregnancy Depression and Breastfeeding Duration: A Look at Maternal Age by Jordyn T. Wallenborn, Anny-Claude Joseph, Whitney C. Graves, Saba W. Masho

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