ABSTRACT Patient–initiated therapy (PIT) is a treatment approach in which patients with recurrent herpes simplex self–administer medication at the onset of prodromal symptoms. PIT, which allows patients to receive medication in advance and initiate treatment at any time, is a therapeutic approach that alleviates the burden of urgent clinic visits for ...
Sachi Koinuma +5 more
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Narrative Nursing and Perioperative Psychological Outcomes in Women Undergoing Cervical Cerclage: The Potential Indirect Role of Fear of Childbirth. [PDF]
Zhang Z +5 more
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US Life Expectancy and Increasing Mortality Rates: An Analysis of the Crisis
Policy Points US life expectancy is shorter than in other high‐income countries and the gap has widened dramatically over time, driven in particular by rising mortality rates that threaten the probability that youth can survive to middle age, or even adulthood.
STEVEN H. WOOLF
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Psychometric and clinical validation of the fear of childbirth questionnaire in a UK population. [PDF]
Sheen K +7 more
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Certified Nurse‐Midwife Practice Authority as a Structural Determinant of Maternal Health
Policy Points State scope‐of‐practice restrictions on certified nurse‐midwives are associated with lower workforce density and higher maternal vulnerability. In fact, 25 states currently impose collaborative or restricted practice environments that coincide with the nation's worst maternal health indicators.
CURISA M. TUCKER, JENNIFER BAUMSTARK
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Negative religious coping is associated with fear of childbirth and pregnancy distress: findings from correlational and regression analyses. [PDF]
Öçal SE, Çetinkaya ŞŞ.
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ABSTRACT This article examines the militarization of white settler women during the Kenya Emergency (1952–1960), analyzing how their armed participation disrupted and reconfigured colonial gender norms. Drawing on visual and textual archival and newspaper sources, this article explores representations of settler women as maternal guardians of the ...
Lauren Brown
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Does fear of childbirth in nulliparous women affect fetal outcomes? [PDF]
Demir O +7 more
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ABSTRACT The contributions of propagandist and writer Hildegart (1914–1933) to Spanish cultural life are overshadowed by accounts of her unusual upbringing and violent death. This article examines the conditions that enabled the teenager to become a prominent voice for feminism and sexual reform on the eve of Spain's Second Republic (1931–1939).
Micaela Pattison
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Effects of internet-based supportive intervention on knowledge, pregnancy stress, fear of childbirth, and pregnancy outcomes in primiparas. [PDF]
Tu F, He Y, Wang J, Qian Y.
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