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What It Was Like, What Happened, What It Is Like Now: Liminal Spaces and the Pedagogy of Recovery

Anthropology of Consciousness, Volume 37, Issue 2, Fall 2026.
ABSTRACT Addiction recovery is frequently interpreted through biomedical or punitive frameworks that overlook its cultural, ritual, and pedagogical dimensions. This article offers a theoretical and interpretive analysis of peer‐led, meeting‐based recovery communities in North America, particularly those organized around mutual‐aid traditions such as ...
Patrick L. Pellett
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of the barriers towards menstrual hygiene management: evidence from a qualitative study among school communities: lessons from Bahir Dar city in northwest Ethiopia

Frontiers in Reproductive Health
BackgroundThe challenges of safe menstrual hygiene management practices in low-income settings, including the study areas are pressing. However, Studies specifically focusing on barriers that schoolgirls face in managing monthly menstruation in schools ...
Yimenu Adane, Argaw Ambelu, Muluken Azage, Yalemtsehay Mekonnen   +3 more
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Knowledge, Perceptions and Practices Regarding Menstrual Hygiene among Students

NPRC Journal of Multidisciplinary Research
Menstrual hygiene management (MHM) is a critical aspect of public health, especially for adolescent students. This study investigates the knowledge, perceptions, and practices regarding menstrual hygiene among students. Menstrual hygiene is a critical aspect of health and well-being, yet it remains a taboo topic in many cultures, affecting the ...
Manika Jatal, Neha Chaudhary
openaire   +1 more source

Human Skin Odor Throughout Life: A Literature Review

Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology, Volume 25, Issue 9, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Human skin continuously releases volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that constitute the skin volatilome, a dynamic chemical signature reflecting genetic, hormonal, microbial, and environmental influences. Objective To provide a comprehensive, critically appraised synthesis of current knowledge on the human skin volatilome across the ...
Ghada Farouk Mohammed, Ahmed Kaid Alantary, Mohammed Saleh Al‐Dhubaibi, Saleh Salem Bahaj, Nada Sameh Aziz, Ahmed Mohammed Al‐Dhubaibi   +5 more
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Hygiene: new hopes, new horizons.

, 2011
Although promotion of safe hygiene is the single most cost-effective means of preventing infectious disease, investment in hygiene is low both in the health and in the water and sanitation sectors.
Stephen Luby, Val Curtis, Wolf Schmidt, Rocio Florez, Touré, Ousmane, Curtis, Val, Luby, Stephen, Schmidt, Wolf, Florez, Rocio, Ousmane Touré, Biran, Adam, Adam Biran   +11 more
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The Landscape of Women's Health Podcasts: A Scoping Review

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research, Volume 52, Issue 9, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Aim To map and characterize the available evidence on podcasts addressing topics related to women's health. Methods This scoping review was conducted in accordance with the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) guidelines. A comprehensive search was carried out in 12 databases in November 2025.
Ellen Beatriz Saboia de Castro, Janielle Ferreira de Brito Lima, Kayo Elmano Costa da Ponte Galvão, Eremita Val Rafael, William Caracas Moreira, Roger Rodrigues da Silva, Mônica Oliveira Batista Oriá, Maria Luziene de Sousa Gomes   +7 more
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Study of Menstrual Hygiene Practices Among Adolescent Girls in a Tribal Area of Central India. [PDF]

Cureus, 2022
Borkar SK, Borkar A, Shaikh MK, Mendhe H, Ambad R, Joshi A.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Betwixt playing the waiting game and waiting in vain: Temporal governance and the thin alignment of care under universal health coverage in Kenya

Medical Anthropology Quarterly, Volume 40, Issue 3, September 2026.
Abstract This article investigates how Kenyan citizens access healthcare within the framework of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) reforms. Based on ethnographic fieldwork, it reconceptualizes waiting as a politically structured phenomenon rather than a simple delay. The analysis shows that UHC reforms do not eliminate waiting but instead redistribute it,
Edwin Ambani Ameso
wiley   +1 more source

Menstrual hygiene practices among adolescent women in rural India: a cross-sectional study. [PDF]

BMC Public Health, 2022
Singh A, Chakrabarty M, Singh S, Chandra R, Chowdhury S, Singh A.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Periods, Pains, Pills, and Performance—Fighting Blood, Bodies and Biology

Sociological Forum, Volume 41, Issue 3, Page 369-381, September 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper draws on various data from long‐term immersion in combat sports to explore the period experiences of cis women fighters. We blend theoretical ideas from the social scientific literature on menstruation and the sociology of medicalization, pain and injury.
Reem AlHashmi, Debra Forbes, Christopher R. Matthews   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source