Executive Summary The Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA), a trade union of close to one million women workers in India's informal economy, organises poor women to attain self-reliance and full employment. Over the past decade, HIV/AIDS has emerged as a growing concern amongst SEWA members and their communities. Although women who are not sex workers have traditionally been thought to be s...

OBJECTIVE This paper aims to show that, compared with young women, there is an apparent discrepancy in the reported sexual behaviour of young men and records of their fatherhood. DESIGN The data come from four studies of the sexual behaviour of young people in various parts of Britain between 1960 and 1990 and from statistics published by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys. MAIN ...

Maximal force production per unit of muscle mass (muscle quality, or MQ) has been used to describe the relative contribution of non-muscle-mass components to the changes in strength with age and strength training (ST). To compare the influence of age and gender on MQ response to ST and detraining, 11 young men (20-30 years), nine young women (20-30 years), 11 older men (65-75 years), and 11 old...

BACKGROUND Decreases of strength and speed of muscle contraction are considered major causes of functional impairments in older people. However, the age-related changes in grip force-generating capacity are not clear. The purpose of this study was to measure the parameters of the explosive grip force test and to compare the differences between young and older women. METHODS Thirty healthy you...

Introduction and Theoretical Focus: The family planning and reproductive health needs of young people in sub-Saharan Africa remains understudied and insufficiently understood. As growing numbers of girls age into adulthood, sustained efforts are needed to ensure that all receive access to the family planning counseling and services they want and need. Long acting reversible contraception (LARC)...

There is significant variability in both baseline clotting tendency and response to antiplatelet therapy. Responses are associated with outcome. We have investigated whether differences could explain the increased risk observed in women presenting with coronary artery disease. We have utilized short thrombelastography to assess (i) baseline clotting responses, (ii) response to aspirin and clopi...

BACKGROUND There is relevant between individual variability in paracetamol clearance in young women. In this pooled study, we focused on the population pharmacokinetic profile of intravenous paracetamol metabolism and its covariates in young women. METHODS Population PK parameters using non-linear mixed effect modelling were estimated in a pooled dataset of plasma and urine PK studies in 69 y...

The Achilles tendon cross-sectional area (CSA), tensile force, and stress during an isometric contraction were examined in healthy young (n = 9, age = 29 +/- 1 years, mean +/- SEM) and elderly (n = 10, 79 +/- 2 years) women. CSA area was obtained with magnetic resonance imaging 3 cm proximal to the insertion, and tendon force was obtained from the isometric ankle moment. The moment of force abo...

Background Young people constitute a major proportion of the general population and are influenced by a variety of factors, especially in regards to seeking help. An understanding of help-seeking behaviors among young people is important for designing and implementing effective targeted health services. Methods We conducted in-depth interviews with 23 young adults aged 21-22 years in Soweto, So...

  ABSTRACT Carcinoma of the vulva has commonly been recognized as a disease of postmenopausal women, but some cases have been reported in young women during pregnancy. Medical records were reviewed for a patient with vulvar carcinoma diagnosed in pregnancy. Using Medline and cross references, pertinent articles were sought and reviewed. A 28-year-old Afghan woman in her sixth...