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Women's Health*

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Women's Health*

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Women's Health*

The studied was conducted to assess the health care demand and use primary health services in the communes of 10 provinces representing for 7 ecological areas countryside: Ninh Binh, Phu Tho, Bac Can, Quang Ninh, Quang Tri, Khanh Hoa, Dac Lac, Tay Ninh, Dong Thap, Can Tho. There are statistically significant differences of morbidity rate as well as health service use in genders, in ecological areas and in different economic levels. Morbidity rate in woman is higher than in men and the rate increases proportionally following older age. There are genders inequalities in using health services, especially among poor households. Women are more likely to seek self-treatment while men seeks higher quality of health care services in hospital. The different is statistically significant.
Health Services ; Women

The study described the concern, perception, the health warning design that impressed women in Da Nang city. Study subjects were 330 women aged from 20 to 49 living in family of the smokers enrolled in a cross-sectional study. The results showed that 81. 7% women in Da Nang city were interested in the health warning; 98.2% women believed in the content of the health warning that cigarettes are harmful to the health; and 93.3% women thought the health warning reflected the evidence of the cigarette smoking. 62% women thought that the health warning strongly impressed the community; the content of the health warning reflected accurate harms of smoking, and the design of health warning should be printed bigger (73.9%) and should be on main sides of the package (47.2%). 18.7% of them thought that health warning should be changed periodically and recommended that the time for changing should be once a year.
Smoking ; Women, Health

Background: This study assessed the knowledge and attitudes of medical nurses regarding oral health and oral health care of pregnant women. Methods: This cross sectional study of 133 nurses in the district of Tumpat, Kelantan (Malaysia) used self-administered questionnaires. Results: Most nurses knew that dental plaque is associated with periodontal disease (97.7%). However, most nurses erroneously believed that tooth decay (86.5%) and excessive sugar consumption (87.2%) led to periodontal disease. About half of the nurses knew about the relationship between periodontal disease of pregnant women and low birth weight (43.6%) and preterm birth (48.9%). Many nurses had the misconception that the developing foetus draws calcium from the mothers’ teeth (78.2%). Most nurses had good attitudes toward improving their oral health knowledge (97.0%) and agreed they should help to deliver oral health education to pregnant women (94.0%). Age, length of service as a nurse, and length of service in antenatal care had no effect on the scores for the nurses’ knowledge and attitude regarding oral health and oral health care of pregnant women. Conclusion: Medical nurses had limited knowledge about oral health of pregnant women and had some misunderstandings about oral health, although they had good attitudes. Age, length of service as a nurse, and length service in antenatal care had no effect on the knowledge and attitude scores of the nurses.
Oral Health, Pregnant Women

The study was carried out on blood sample from married women aged 15-49 years old living above the well water source near by color metallurgic fabrik. Lead concentration in waste drained was many folds higher than permissible standard. Lead and arsemic concentrattion in the blood of studied women was higher singnificantly with p<0,05 and p < 0,001 respectively than control blood sample of subjects living in the areas without population. There was a strictly positive relation betweem the resident duration of the subject and blood concentration of poisonous metal in the blood. High blood concentration of the lead was associated with abortion and gynecolo gical diseases.
Women ; Health ; Women's Health ; Age Factors ; Blood ; Lead

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Hormone Replacement Therapy* ; Women's Health*

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Hormone Replacement Therapy* ; Women's Health*

Background: In past decades, Viet Nam achieved many accomplishments in maternal and child health care. However, these successes vary for each area in the country. Tay Nguyen is a high land and has many economic, social and health care difficulties. Objective: To evaluate the knowledge, practice of seeking out pregnancy, delivery and newborn care services of the ethnic minority women in four provinces in Tay Nguyen and to analyze the various factors related to health care behavior. Subjects and method: This was a descriptive, cross-sectional study, using both quantitative and qualitative methods to collect data. The study included 768 women living in 8 communes of 4 provinces in Tay Nguyen (Dak Lak, Dak Nong, Gia Lai, and Kon Tum). Results: 70% of pregnant women went to health facilities for antenatal care visits, but only 42% of them visited three or more times as recommended by the Ministry of Health. 19% of women thought that the antenatal care visits were unnecessary and 16% did not know about antenatal care. 64% of the deliveries occurred at home. Conclusion: Health education and communication in perinatal care need to be improved. It is important to bring health services to the communities to fill the gap in health care services for ethnic minority women.
Perinatal care ; women ; pregnancy ; health