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Gender differences and similarities in medical students’ experiences of mistreatment by various groups of perpetrators

BMC Medical Education, 2017
Background Mistreatment of medical students during medical education is a widespread concern. Studies have shown that medical students report the most mistreatment compared to students of other study programs and that the prevalence of mistreatment peaks
Heidi Siller, Gloria Tauber, Nikola Komlenac, Margarethe Hochleitner   +3 more
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Austrian male patients’ gender role conflict is associated with their wish for interpersonal violence to be addressed during patient-physician conversations: a questionnaire study

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Experiencing interpersonal violence and disclosing this experience to physicians can be associated with fear, shame, denial or emotional turmoil.
Nikola Komlenac, Heidi Siller, Margarethe Hochleitner   +2 more
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Conformity to masculine norms and self-stigma of help-seeking are not unique barriers to formal help-seeking in men, but are also relevant for women

European Psychiatry, 2022
Introduction Studies that explain men’s reduced willingness for formal help-seeking for depressive symptoms often did not analyze whether assumed unique barriers, namely, conformity to masculine norms (CMN), reduced self-compassion, and self-stigma are ...
N. Komlenac, F. Maresch, E. Lamp, M. Hochleitner   +3 more
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Prevalence and Patterns of Gender Violence: Major Variables in the Exposure to HIV/AIDS among Women in Nigeria [PDF]

, 2008
This study was carried out among 183 women in Ilorin metropolis, Nigeria. The study was designed to examine prevalence and patterns of gender violence and its relationship with sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS among women.
Adekeye, Olujide A
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HIV-related risk among justice-involved young African American women in the U.S. South

Health & Justice, 2023
Incarceration rates have increased exponentially among women, and racial disparities in justice involvement persist. Coupled with disparities in HIV in the US South that begin early in the life course, it is important to explicate the relationship ...
Felicia A. Browne, Yukiko Washio, William A. Zule, Wendee M. Wechsberg   +3 more
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Tools and approaches to operationalize the commitment to equity, gender and human rights: towards leaving no one behind in the Sustainable Development Goals

Global Health Action, 2018
The objective of this article is to present specific resources developed by the World Health Organization on equity, gender and human rights in order to support Member States in operationalizing their commitment to leave no one behind in the health ...
Gerardo Zamora, Theadora Swift Koller, Rebekah Thomas, Mary Manandhar, Eva Lustigova, Adama Diop, Veronica Magar   +6 more
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mHealth versus face-to-face: study protocol for a randomized trial to test a gender-focused intervention for young African American women at risk for HIV in North Carolina

BMC Public Health, 2018
Background Disparities in the prevalence of HIV persist in the southern United States, and young African American women have a disproportionate burden of HIV as compared with young women of other racial/ethnic backgrounds.
Felicia A. Browne, Wendee M. Wechsberg, Paul N. Kizakevich, William A. Zule, Courtney P. Bonner, Ashton N. Madison, Brittni N. Howard, Leslie B. Turner   +7 more
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Gender gap reduction and the one health benefits

One Health, 2023
Several factors including gender, age groups, cultures and social conditions may affect significantly the risk of diseases and their clinical evolution. Unfortunately, little research has been carried out on these aspects and, consequently few guidelines
Claudia Cataldo, Roberta Masella, Luca Busani   +2 more
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Gender mainstreaming in basic education of the City of Mati, Southern Mindanao, Philippines

Davao Research Journal, 2022
The integration of gender-responsive teaching strategies in public schools remains to be a challenge among educators. This social issue entails more in-depth investigation, especially in primary public education, to promote gender-responsive instruction ...
Jeralyn Hemillan-Sacro, Mary Fil M. Bauyot, Jhonnel P. Villegas   +2 more
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The role of vitamin D in autoimmune diseases: could sex make the difference?

Biology of Sex Differences, 2021
Over the last decades, a central role for vitamin D in immune modulation has been well established. The active form of vitamin D, i.e., 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D, through the interaction with vitamin D receptor, exerts different activities on the innate ...
Maria Luisa Dupuis, Maria Teresa Pagano, Marina Pierdominici, Elena Ortona   +3 more
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