Vaginal Douching Among Latinas: Practices and Meaning

Vaginal douching and vaginal substance use among sex workers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

the relationship between topic familiarity and guessing lexical meaning and retention among iranian efl learners

the skill of reading in english as a foreign language is an important and challenging one which is affected both by linguistic and extra linguistic factors. since vocabularies are part and parcel of every reading comprehension text, knowing enough vocabulary always facilitates this process. however, guessing strategy as one of the most important strategies has consistently ignored by language l...

Vaginal douching: evidence for risks or benefits to women's health.

Vaginal douching is the process of intravaginal cleansing with a liquid solution. Douching is used for personal hygiene or aesthetic reasons, for preventing or treating an infection (1), to cleanse after menstruation or sex, and to prevent pregnancy (2). For at least 100 years, there have been conflicting views on the benefits or harm in douching. Although there is a broad consensus that douchi...

Vaginal Douching in Cambodian Women: Its Prevalence and Association With Vaginal Candidiasis

BACKGROUND We determined the prevalence of vaginal douching (cleansing of the vagina with liquid) in a sample of Cambodian women, and examined the associations of douching with genitourinary symptoms and infections, after controlling for potential confounding factors, including genitourinary symptoms and sociodemographic factors. METHODS A total of 451 adolescent and adult females aged 15 to ...

Beauty Practices Among Latinas: The Impact of Acculturation, Skin Color and Sex Roles

BEAUTY PRACTICES AMONG LATINAS: THE IMPACT OF ACCULTURATION, SKIN COLOR, AND SEX ROLES. By Angelica Flores Advisor: Elliot Jurist, Ph.D. This study sought to explore if and how Latinas use of beauty products (cosmetics) was influenced by their degree of acculturation to U.S. American culture, their phenotype (skin color and facial features) and sex role orientation. While beauty practices are o...