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My husband is my responsibility:” motivations and activities of informal caregiving for patients with chronic diseases in Uganda

Discover Public Health
Background Informal care is a vital part of care for many people with chronic diseases in sub-Saharan Africa. Though challenging and demanding, many individuals are involved in the provision of this care.
Ephraim Kisangala, Margaret Heslin, Edward J. D. Webb, Muhammed Nasir Ayub Khan, Barbara Barrett, Eve Namisango, Godfrey Zari Rukundo   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Two Shades of Green? Gender Differences in Environmental Concern and Activism

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines gender differences in environmental concern and activism using data from the World Values Survey. The results indicate that women are more likely than men to be concerned about the environment, but are less likely to engage in environmental activism.
Hava Orkut, Caroline Perrin
wiley   +1 more source

Safeguarding maternal health against extreme heat in India: A policy analysis of state‐level heat action plans

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective This study identifies and characterizes policy measures across Indian states to protect pregnant and lactating women from extreme heat exposure through a thematic analysis of state‐level heat and climate adaptation plans. Methods Using content analysis, we systematically reviewed publicly available Heat Action Plans (HAPs) (N = 19 ...
Gabriela De Jesus Cipriano Flores, Surya Surendran, Karthika Kumar, Devaki Nambiar, Jane E. Hirst   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Interventions addressing violence against women in health services: An overview of systematic reviews regarding barriers and facilitators to implementation

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Violence against women is a global issue rooted in gender inequities, requiring coordinated responses within the healthcare system. However, both providers and users face significant challenges in effectively implementing interventions to address it.
Odette del Risco Sánchez, Larissa Rodrigues, Erika Zambrano, Fernanda Garanhani Surita   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pawsitive Connections: Understanding How Informal Pet Interactions Relate to Daily Youth Functioning

Journal of Adolescence, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Human‐animal interaction (HAI) has been linked to well‐being across functional domains and throughout the lifespan. Limited research has explored specific types of informal HAIs with pets or the impact of HAI in daily life. Methods Over 2 weeks in 2021, caregivers of youth (N = 42; ages 6–17, M = 12.21; 50% male) reported daily on
Tanya Mitropoulos, Shelby McDonald, Charles Calderwood, Rosanna Breaux   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Experience of Informal Caregivers for Persons with Metastatic Cancer Perceptions of Support [PDF]

, 2014
Presented to the Faculty of the University of Alaska Anchorage in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF SCIENCEPurpose/Objectives: To investigate the experience and perceptions of support of caregivers for persons with ...
Fossler, Erica
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Turning Down Mum's Cooking: The Ethics of Dietary Difference within Families

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although food ethicists have called for greater attention to the relational context of eating for over a decade, the context of ‘eating with family’ remains largely ignored. But the family is both a morally specific relational context and one within which many people do most of their eating.
Megan A. Dean
wiley   +1 more source

Sharing, listening, learning and developing understandings of Kaupapa Māori research by engaging with two Māori communities involved in education. [PDF]

, 2006
This paper is a culmination of common understandings that were elicited from two pieces of research: ‘The Impact of the BHP New Zealand Steel Mining on the Tangata Whenua and the Environment’ and ‘The Impact of Maori Medium Education within a Mainstream ...
Kana, Fred, Tamatea, Karaitiana
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Lactation, Childrearing, and Gender Justice

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this article, I discuss the significance of early infant feeding choices for the goal of gender justice. Focusing on human lactation practices, I identify Exclusive Gestational Nursing (EGN) as the norm in advanced industrial societies, which creates the expectation and permission for gestators, and only gestators, to nurse children, and ...
Jenny Brown
wiley   +1 more source

A qualitative study on the experiences of caregivers on menstrual management of adolescent girls with developmental disabilities in selected special schools of Karveer Taluka, Maharashtra

BMC Women's Health
Background Adolescent Girls with Developmental Disabilities (AGDD) face unique challenges in menstruation management, requiring care and support from both informal and formal caregivers.
Madhura Meghraj Bhosale, Anusree Prabhakaran, Arathi P Rao   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source