does spousal support can increase the women’s physical activity?

Does Spousal Support Can Increase the Women’s Physical Activity?

BACKGROUND Numerous benefits of physical activity are well-known for the prevention and treatment of various diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesity, and cancers. However, the status of physical activities among women remains noticeably less than the recommended level. Considering the importance of the spouses' participation in the promotion of women's health, this study exam...

Womens Working Status and Physical Spousal Violence in India

The purpose of this study is to identify the causal relationship between women’s working status and the risk of spousal violence against them. In India, working women tend to be more subject to physical spousal violence than non-working women. Given that there is virtually no option outside marriage for women in India, more spousal violence against working women can be understood as a result of...

Does Spousal Support Can Decrease Women’s Premenstrual Syndrome Symptoms?

Premenstrual syndrome is a syndrome that includes behavioral and physical symptoms occurring in the second half of the menstrual cycle and this syndrome affects millions of women universal. With regard to the importance of spouse participation in promoting reproductive and women's health, the aim of this study was to determine the effect of educational intervention for spouse on women's premens...

Does Residential Density Increase Walking and Other Physical Activity?

Does Habitual Physical Activity Increase the Sensitivity of the Appetite Control System? A Systematic Review

BACKGROUND It has been proposed that habitual physical activity improves appetite control; however, the evidence has never been systematically reviewed. OBJECTIVE To examine whether appetite control (e.g. subjective appetite, appetite-related peptides, food intake) differs according to levels of physical activity. DATA SOURCES Medline, Embase and SPORTDiscus were searched for articles publi...

Does HIV increase the risk of spousal violence in sub-Saharan Africa?

Although a positive association is found between HIV prevalence and intimate partner violence, a causal interpretation is hard to establish due to the endogeneity of HIV prevalence. Using the distance from the origin of the virus as an instrument, I find that an exogenous increase in HIV prevalence in a cluster has a sizable positive effect on the risk of physical and sexual violence against wo...