Work, health and ill health New research makes women's experiences visible

Niaid Womens Health Research (fy 2015-2016)

Abortion and Womens Mental Health

First, the methodological difficulties of these studies, especially due to confusing factors, not always easy to control adequately, such as the heterogeneity of women’s groups evaluated in regards to age, race, social status and religious beliefs; the presence of psychological changes or lack thereof, prior to the abortion of; the desire or lack thereof for the pregnancy; whether a woman can r...

Health research for development: making health research work ... for everyone.

The Commission on Health Research for Development tabled its findings in 1990 following three years of intensive data gathering on global health research [1]. The report documented for the first time the major mismatch between global expenditure on health research and the nature and extent of global mortality: only 5% of the world’s health research budget was spent on conditions responsible for...

Challenges to womens reproductive health: maternal mortality

Older Persons' Experiences of Depressive Ill-Health and Family Support

The aim of this study was to explore experiences of the meaning of family support among older persons with depressive ill-health. Data were collected from twenty-nine participants through semistructured interviews and analysed using interpretative hermeneutic and reflective methodology. The findings revealed a main theme, hovering between feelings of belongingness and aloneness in relationships...