• In-depth interviews were held with 15 self-identified LGBTQIA+ people who had sought healthcare services in six hospitals in the major cities of Delhi and Mumbai and with 23 cisgender heterosexual employees of those hospitals. (citizen-news.org)
  • SRHR is often seen as lower priority than other areas of humanitarian response, and existing SRHR programming typically focuses on maternal health and interventions related to gender-based violence for heterosexual, cisgender women of reproductive age. (odi.org)
  • Some students receive comprehensive sex education, while others are provided narrowly focused sex education that fails to share essential information youth need to stay healthy, and often fails to provide inclusive information for folks who are not heterosexual and cisgender. (plannedparenthoodaction.org)
  • Since many health insurance plans use this definition to determine qualification for treatment, couples who are not cisgender and heterosexual are often excluded from coverage. (stacker.com)
  • Queer people are sometimes forced to pay six to 12 months of out-of-pocket costs for fertility treatments before qualifying for coverage, while cisgender, heterosexual couples do not face these same barriers. (gaycitynews.com)
  • Testing couples together for HIV is also a highly effective HIV prevention strategy and Rwanda is the only country in Africa that has nationalized this service in all government clinics. (biomedcentral.com)
  • A wide variety of people, including heterosexual couples, same-sex partners, older persons, individuals who are not in sexual relationships may required infertility services. (thedoctorweighsin.com)
  • We generally think that since we do not have sex with men, we are exempt from those risks, because the information campaigns in the media only portray heterosexual couples," an accountant resident in the Diez de Octubre neighbourhood of Havana told IPS, requesting anonymity. (ipsnews.net)
  • The court sided with a Catholic social services agency, which refused to work with same-sex couples applying to foster children, arguing that the agency's First Amendment rights took precedence over charges of discrimination. (stacker.com)
  • And the Supreme Court ruled in 2017 that LGBTQ+ parents have the same right to be co-listed on their child's birth certificate as heterosexual couples. (stacker.com)
  • Should HIV discordant couples have access to assisted reproductive technologies? (bmj.com)
  • In this paper we identify and evaluate arguments for and against offering assisted reproductive technologies (ART), specifically IVF, to HIV discordant couples (male partner HIV positive, female partner HIV negative). (bmj.com)
  • In the past, Australian reproductive services have treated HIV discordant couples with artificial insemination using sperm from HIV negative male donors. (bmj.com)
  • Safety and public health considerations figure prominently in the debate about offering ART to HIV discordant couples. (bmj.com)
  • Governor Andrew Cuomo is directing insurers to begin covering fertility services for same-sex couples. (gaycitynews.com)
  • Health insurance companies in New York must immediately cover fertility treatments for at least some queer couples, according to a new statewide mandate announced on February 11. (gaycitynews.com)
  • Governor Cuomo is directing the Department of Financial Services to eliminate any extra costs facing same-sex couples seeking fertility treatments such as in vitro fertilization, egg freezing, sperm donations, and more. (gaycitynews.com)
  • In fact, one in 10 heterosexual couples struggle with infertility. (jezebelmagazine.com)
  • The only legal barrier for heterosexual couples, in most cases, is age. (europeandatajournalism.eu)
  • Ms. Neufeld is honored to represent married couples, both heterosexual and same sex couples and individuals seeking to utilize various reproductive technologies. (gmlaw.com)
  • These living below the upper poverty line, being include studies carried out among sero- unable to obtain both their food and non- discordant couples [ 8,9 ] and studies done in food requirements: clothing, shelter, health countries such as Uganda where a decline education and transport [ 5 ]. (who.int)
  • The existence of sterility will not always require ART to be the first option to consider, as there are occasions when its cause is a mild disorder that can be solved with more conventional treatments or with behaviors based on promoting health and reproductive habits. (wikipedia.org)
  • A balance that we walk": Characteristics, attributes and behaviors that promote healthy American Indian heterosexual couple relationships. (montana.edu)
  • The Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills model examines factors that are used to initiate and maintain sexual and reproductive health promotion behaviors. (bvsalud.org)
  • 2002, the sixth in a series of national behaviors in the past year that put them at increased risk of HIV, and 1.5 percent had reproductive health surveys that have engaged in drug use behaviors that put them at risk. (cdc.gov)
  • Questions for Kevin Heslin, Health Statistician and Lead Author of " Sexual Orientation Differences in Access to Care and Health Status, Behaviors, and Beliefs: Findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, National Survey of Family Growth, and National Health Interview Survey . (cdc.gov)
  • For a more comprehensive look at relevant legislation concerning sex education and related topics such as reproductive health care, LGBTQ rights, and HIV/AIDS, continue reading on to the "State Legislative Activity" section of Massachusetts's profile. (siecus.org)
  • She added, "These new actions mark a major win for women and the LGBTQ community, and we will continue breaking down barriers to family planning until every New Yorker has access to the protections and services they need to start a family of their own. (gaycitynews.com)
  • Some of these include resources to pay out of pocket, not enough adequately trained providers, the assumption by providers that the individual is cis-gendered and heterosexual, provider fear or dislike of LGBTQ+ people, and not knowing how to access LGBTQ-component providers. (npace.org)
  • The conclusions, findings, and opinions expressed by authors contributing to this journal do not necessarily reflect the official position of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Public Health Service, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the authors' affiliated institutions. (cdc.gov)
  • Methods-- Data from the NSFG Cycle 6, conducted by the Centers for Disease immunodeficiency virus or HIV, the Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), are based virus that causes acquired on interviews with a national sample of the household population of the United States. (cdc.gov)
  • These women felt that the reproductive rights movement focused primarily on "pro-choice" versus "pro-life" (supporters versus opponents of abortion rights) debates. (wikipedia.org)
  • In contrast, the reproductive justice movement acknowledges the ways in which intersecting factors, such as race and social class, limit the freedom of marginalized women to make informed choices about pregnancy by imposing oppressive circumstances or restricting access to services, including but not limited to abortion, Plan B pills, and affordable care and education. (wikipedia.org)
  • Reproductive justice focuses on practical access to abortion rather than abortion rights, asserting that the legal right to abortion is meaningless for women who cannot access it due to the cost, the distance to the nearest provider, or other such obstacles. (wikipedia.org)
  • Activist women of color had grown frustrated with centering of "choice" and individual rights in the dominant reproductive rights paradigm, as articulated in appeals to "the right to choose" or "my body, my choice" in debates about abortion. (wikipedia.org)
  • Safe and legal abortion, access to health services for non-heterosexuals, HIV transmission. (uib.no)
  • This so-called 'heartbeat bill' comes as part of a years-long erosion for reproductive rights in conservative states, where abortion is banned as soon as a fetal heartbeat might possibly be detected. (out.com)
  • For example, according to the New York Times , abortion rights advocates attending the hearing openly laughed at male lawmakers who spoke about pregnancy and women's health. (out.com)
  • HAVANA, Apr 1 2015 (IPS) - In addition to other forms of discrimination, lesbian and bisexual women in Cuba face unequal treatment from public health services. (ipsnews.net)
  • Recent studies back up Tamayo's statement, pointing to prejudice against lesbian and bisexual women among the country's health personnel, and ignorance about their particular sexual health needs. (ipsnews.net)
  • Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) people have historically been underrepresented in national health surveillance systems, which has limited efforts to identify disparities in population health status and access to care by sexual orientation. (cdc.gov)
  • We wanted to show the breadth of topics that can be studied by researchers using NCHS data about the health of lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) people. (cdc.gov)
  • Mean body weight was lower in gay men than heterosexual men, but higher in lesbian and bisexual women than heterosexual women. (cdc.gov)
  • In contrast, both lesbian and bisexual women reported having this type of health care access less often than heterosexual women. (cdc.gov)
  • NHIS data showed that lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults all reported that they couldn't afford common health services more often than heterosexual adults. (cdc.gov)
  • Bisexual men and women, gay men, and lesbian women all reported smoking and heavy drinking (NHIS) and using marijuana and illicit stimulants (NSFG) more often than heterosexual people. (cdc.gov)
  • These NHIS findings are consistent with findings from the NHANES physical examinations showing higher average body weight, waist circumference, and BMI in lesbian and bisexual women than heterosexual women. (cdc.gov)
  • The results of this report also underscore how important it is to keep the bisexual and gay or lesbian categories separate in these kinds of analyses - in contrast to creating an overarching "sexual minority and heterosexual" categorization. (cdc.gov)
  • Bisexual people were different from their gay or lesbian and heterosexual counterparts on several health indicators. (cdc.gov)
  • Inequities and disparities in access to fertility care services adversely affect the poor, unmarried, uneducated, unemployed, and other marginalized populations. (thedoctorweighsin.com)
  • Health disparities and barriers to care can make staying healthy challenging, but knowing LGBTQ+ health risks can ensure you stay on top of your health. (drugwatch.com)
  • The underlying goal of all of Dr. Rink's studies to date in Montana is the prevention of sexually transmitted infections and teen pregnancies in American Indian (AI) youth, resulting in reduced sexual and reproductive health disparities and improved health in AI families and communities. (montana.edu)
  • Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice , 7(1): 72-89. (montana.edu)
  • Applying indigenous CBPR principles to partnership development in health disparities research. (montana.edu)
  • These findings suggest that the association of sexual identity with some indicators of health and access to care is different for men and women, which may have implications for the development of health programs and policies to reduce sexual orientation disparities and promote health equity. (cdc.gov)
  • NHANES, NHIS, and NSFG enable research on topics relevant to the health of LGB people, which may inform efforts to advance health equity by focusing on disparities by sexual orientation. (cdc.gov)
  • Current interests are development of heterosexual behavior in adolescents, biosocial determinants of reproductive behavior, and maternal and child health services. (springer.com)
  • Unintended pregnancies carry a greater risk of poorer health outcomes than planned pregnancies such as low infant birth weight and poor maternal mental health ( 8 , 9 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • This report based on the State of the World's Fathers(SOWF) report, which captures data policies, programmes, and research related to boys and men's participation in caregiving and fatherhood, maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH), and violence prevention, brings together the components related to or advancing child rights and gender equality. (fatherhood.gov)
  • This fact, together with the rates have been reported at 75 and 102 per still limited capacity to diagnose HIV in 1000 live births respectively, with maternal the health services, would suggest that the mortality at 365 per 100 000 [ 2 ]. (who.int)
  • [ 6 ] About 74% of new cases in women in the United States are contracted through heterosexual intercourse, 23% by contaminated needles, and most of the remaining cases by maternal-child transmission. (medscape.com)
  • The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to decide on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization this June. (plannedparenthoodaction.org)
  • It has been argued that the failure to address the sexual health needs of heterosexual men is a human rights issue, 10 but even from the perspective of women's health, the logic of reducing the transmission of sexual pathogens by screening and treating men is persuasive. (bmj.com)
  • If we look at women's health through the lenses of inequality, the gap between lesbians and heterosexuals in regard to health services has a lesbophobic subtext hidden behind the discourse on 'social needs'," said Alfonso, an expert with the National Centre for Sex Education (CENESEX). (ipsnews.net)
  • That is why organizations dedicated to promoting Black women's health are raising awareness about pre-exposure prophylaxis or PrEP. (raise-nation.com)
  • The gap between a comparable and amples include the World Health Organi- a valid measurement of intimate partner zation (WHO) multi-country study on violence can be bridged by the inclusion of women's health and domestic violence qualitative research to identify the types of against women, the WorldSAFE initiative, violence that women experience. (who.int)
  • Women's health and development : a global challenge / Beverly J. McElmurry, Kathleen F. Norr, Randy Spreen Parker. (who.int)
  • The reproductive justice framework encompasses a wide range of issues affecting the reproductive lives of marginalized women, including access to: contraception, comprehensive sex education, prevention and care for sexually transmitted infections, alternative birth options, adequate prenatal and pregnancy care, domestic violence assistance, adequate wages to support families, and safe homes. (wikipedia.org)
  • They gathered in Chicago for a conference sponsored by the Illinois Pro-Choice Alliance and the Ms. Foundation for Women with the intention of creating a statement in response the Clinton administration's proposed plan for universal health care. (wikipedia.org)
  • They launched the framework by publishing full-page statement titled "Black Women on Universal Health Care Reform" with 800+ signatures in The Washington Post and Roll Call addressing reproductive justice in a criticism of the Clinton health care plan. (wikipedia.org)
  • More qualitative studies on HIV/AIDS stigma including stigma in health care institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa are recommended. (hindawi.com)
  • That is why it is important to see your health care provider for routine exams. (cdc.gov)
  • CDC provides information and educational materials for women and health care providers to raise awareness about the five main gynecologic cancers. (cdc.gov)
  • Pregnant women who are HIV-positive can work with their health care providers to ensure their babies do not contract HIV during pregnancy, delivery, or after delivery (through breast milk). (cdc.gov)
  • It is possible for a mother to have HIV and not spread it to her baby, especially if she knows about her HIV status early and works with her health care provider to reduce the risk. (cdc.gov)
  • To deliver ART to large numbers of people, many HIV care programmes in low and middle income countries (LMIC) with generalized HIV epidemics use a public health approach using standardized simplified treatment protocols and decentralized service delivery ( 3 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • how to support patients to access treatment through Victoria's Public Fertility Care Service. (thewomens.org.au)
  • The Victorian Public Fertility Care Service is co-led by the Women's and Monash Health and assists people of all genders who have been trying unsuccessfully to conceive or who have issues which may prevent or impair fertility or safe conception. (thewomens.org.au)
  • Jo is a Health Psychologist Registered with the Care Professions Council (HCPC) and Chartered (CPsychol) by the British Psychological Society (BPS). (regents.ac.uk)
  • Participants spoke not just of ill health but of social dislocation and feeling depressed, marginalised and isolated, often as a result of their inability to access care as well as the discriminations they faced along the way. (odi.org)
  • Our healthcare team has extensive experience in offering inclusive care to a diverse clientele, including LGBTQ+ and heterosexual individuals. (on-sitemedservices.com)
  • Lesbians may have more risk factors for breast cancer than their heterosexual peers because they might not have children or don't feel the need for regular reproductive care. (delawaretoday.com)
  • Some avoid medical care due to fear of discrimination or lack of understanding on the part of health care professionals. (delawaretoday.com)
  • Participants heard talks on breast-health issues by health care professionals and stories from survivors. (delawaretoday.com)
  • The PRISMA statement for reporting systematic reviews and meta-analyses of studies that evaluate health care interventions: explanation and elaboration. (cdc.gov)
  • J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care 2006;32:27-9. (cdc.gov)
  • Cervinski MA, Gronowski AM. Reproductive-endocrine point-of-care testing: current status and limitations. (cdc.gov)
  • Transnational reproductive travel is symptomatic of insufficient supplies of reproductive resources, including donor gametes and gestational surrogacy services, and inequities in access to these within domestic health-care jurisdictions. (researchgate.net)
  • prevent politicians from interfering with a person's fundamental right to make their own reproductive health care decisions. (plannedparenthoodaction.org)
  • It's up to us to protect the freedom to make these important health care decisions. (plannedparenthoodaction.org)
  • Not all Minnesotans can afford the health care services they need to be healthy or plan their families. (plannedparenthoodaction.org)
  • We need to make sure that all Minnesotans can access and afford the health care they need. (plannedparenthoodaction.org)
  • A health care provider closely monitors the development of the eggs using transvaginal ultrasound and blood tests to assess follicle growth and estrogen production by the ovaries. (wikipedia.org)
  • The welfare of the child, prevention of harm, issues of discrimination, acceptable levels of risk, and the obligations of health care professionals also figure. (bmj.com)
  • In a statement, Melissa DeRosa, the Governor's spokesperson and chair of the Council on Women and Girls, said the move is a step toward removing barriers in reproductive health care. (gaycitynews.com)
  • Local and national resources can help you prevent or treat these health conditions with the right medical testing, care and support. (drugwatch.com)
  • The information on Drugwatch.com has been medically and legally reviewed by more than 30 expert contributors, including doctors, pharmacists, lawyers, patient advocates and other health care professionals. (drugwatch.com)
  • Health equals self-care. (drugwatch.com)
  • We should really focus on our health and self-care, because if we are taking care of ourselves then we can help others in the community. (drugwatch.com)
  • Fear of discrimination and lack of health insurance coverage prevent many people in the community from seeking care. (drugwatch.com)
  • Lack of access to preventive health screenings, quality mental and physical health care, including reproductive health and substance use services, and other health related factors such as untreated sexually transmitted infections play a role. (raise-nation.com)
  • As health care providers and advocates promote PrEP to women, messages must emphasize that adherence is critical. (raise-nation.com)
  • This may mean providing them with regular counseling or mental health treatment, or even day care and transportation services so that they can get to doctors' appointments. (raise-nation.com)
  • Integrated mental and physical health care tailored for Black women, coupled with essential social services and support, not only are necessary for biomedical tools like PrEP to be effective, but are also required if women are to learn their HIV status through HIV testing, seek and stay in medical treatment, and adhere to antiretroviral treatment (ART). (raise-nation.com)
  • Our projects span multiple focus areas in clinical and health psychology, engineering, nursing, and public health - these include topics such as Insomnia, Addiction Treatment, HIV Care Engagement, Cancer Survivorship, Mood and Anxiety, and Global Health. (virginia.edu)
  • Caring for women means providing antenatal care, sexual and reproductive health promotion, and access to essential and lifesaving care. (aidsactioneurope.org)
  • 4 young people from their community told us about the challenges they face in being 'out', and how difficult it is to access health care and related services. (streettalktv.com)
  • The study found that the provision of care by nurses in Primary Health Care is close to the sociocultural aspects of these women when considering the beliefs and values of each individual, especially regarding the life context and their care experiences. (bvs.br)
  • If you are older than age 25, ask your health care provider if you need to be tested. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Untreated syphilis can lead to ocular syphilis, otosyphilis, and Human Services (MDHHS), whereas treatment and care are neurosyphilis, conditions resulting from Treponema pallidum coordinated by local public health departments and health infection of the eye, inner ear, or central nervous system. (cdc.gov)
  • Department (KCHCSD) alerted MDHHS that two cases of response included case investigation, partner notification, dis- ocular syphilis had been identified during the previous 5 weeks semination of health alerts, patient referral to a public health in two hospitalized women (patient A and patient B) who were clinic for diagnosis and treatment, hospital care coordination, from the same geographic area (Figure). (cdc.gov)
  • To a few, the analyses found that the association with sexual identity differed between men and women for several measures of health and access to care. (cdc.gov)
  • Gay men reported having a usual place of medical care more often than heterosexual men. (cdc.gov)
  • Is it fair to say that LGB people have more health problems and access to care problems than heterosexual people? (cdc.gov)
  • Additionally, there are other health problems and access to care problems that were beyond the scope of this report. (cdc.gov)
  • WHO/Mozambique has also the responsibility to collaborate with the Ministry of Health in the generation and use of appropriate health information to support decision making, health care delivery and management of health services, at all levels. (who.int)
  • Expanding the use of the AMR Scorecard is a priority to address the need for quality clinical microbiology laboratory services in support of optimal patient care and AMR surveillance. (bvsalud.org)
  • Consider Expedited Partner Therapy (EPT) for heterosexual partners unable or unwilling to access care. (cdc.gov)
  • A systematic review was undertaken incorporating studies from PubMed, EMBASE, CINAHL, Web of Science and Global Health, the International AIDS Society Abstract Archive, the World STI & HIV Congress Abstract Archive and the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections Abstract Archive published between 2016 and 2021, updating previous systematic reviews. (frontiersin.org)
  • However, since 2016 notifications among heterosexual women of reproductive age have also substantially increased. (qld.gov.au)
  • In addition to the PESS, Mozambique also has several disease specific & health programme and systems related strategic plans such as the Integrated MDG 4 & 5 plan, Strategic Plan for Malaria 2012-2016 , and Human Resources Development Plan 2008-2015 . (who.int)
  • First tests during calendar year for women and heterosexual men aged 15 years or more in major cities who attended ACCESS sexual health clinics during 2011-2019. (mja.com.au)
  • The positive test rate among both urban women and heterosexual men tested was higher in 2019 than in 2011. (mja.com.au)
  • Among people tested at sexually transmitted infection clinics in major Australian cities, the positive syphilis test rate was higher for both women and heterosexual men in 2019 than in 2011. (mja.com.au)
  • People who attend reproductive health or alcohol and drug services should be routinely screened for syphilis. (mja.com.au)
  • Screening people for syphilis in reproductive health and alcohol and drug services is important, as is attention to the social determinants of syphilis risk. (mja.com.au)
  • Reproductive justice, distinct from the reproductive rights movements of the 1970s, emerged as a movement because women with low incomes, women of color, women with disabilities, and LGB+ people felt marginalized in the reproductive rights movement. (wikipedia.org)
  • While this approach has enabled the scale-up of ART in overwhelmed health systems, broader health needs of people with HIV are often not addressed. (frontiersin.org)
  • The service is available to people of all genders whose situation or health may prevent or impair fertility or safe conception and/or who have been trying to conceive naturally but have been unsuccessful. (thewomens.org.au)
  • The Women's and its partner fertility services cares for people living in our catchment areas, as well as the western, northern, and northeastern parts of Victoria. (thewomens.org.au)
  • The health needs of crisis-affected people in the field of SRHR are not being met , with overwhelming reports of bureaucratic, economic and prejudicial barriers to even basic SRHR services. (odi.org)
  • Owing to stigma, discrimination and identity issues, many people in the transgender community struggle with their mental health and with meeting societal goals and milestones. (ippf.org)
  • Research by Dr Alex M ü ller from the University of Cape Town has exposed the amount of discrimination and violations of access to healthcare that people who identify as LGBT experience in public health facilities. (dailymaverick.co.za)
  • According to the WHO's 2020 Infertility Fact Sheet, infertility affects millions of people of reproductive age worldwide. (thedoctorweighsin.com)
  • But prejudice against non heterosexual people continues to grow. (ipsnews.net)
  • Twenty-nine states and Washington D.C. prohibit foster and adoption agencies from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, while 12 states permit these agencies to refuse to provide services to LGBTQ+ people on the basis of religious beliefs. (stacker.com)
  • Assisted reproduction services like in vitro fertilization (IVF) have also historically been less accessible to LGBTQ+ people, in part because of a limiting definition of infertility. (stacker.com)
  • Other changes to legislation in some states have improved access to family services for LGBTQ+ people. (stacker.com)
  • People infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are living longer and experiencing improved health. (bmj.com)
  • 1, 2 The prospect of better health and increased life expectancy means that the idea of becoming a parent is not out of the question and some people with HIV want children. (bmj.com)
  • The governor's office did not respond to requests for clarification regarding the scope of the directive, including whether or not it extends to transgender people in heterosexual relationships. (gaycitynews.com)
  • In addition to risks that affect all men and women regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation, such as heart disease and cancer, people in the LGBTQ+ community may face certain higher physical and mental health risks. (drugwatch.com)
  • South Florida Exploratory Committee Member and Broward, Palm Beach, and Miami Dade reproductive attorney exploratory committee member for the Jewish Fertility Foundation , providing financial assistance, emotional support, and educational programming to Jewish people with medical infertility. (gmlaw.com)
  • Moss offers trans and queer centered support services for people at all stages of their reproductive and family building journeys. (evidencebasedbirth.com)
  • Family violence is a social and public health issue across the world for many populations and affects many different types of people, for example, children, women, and vulnerable adults. (fatherhood.gov)
  • These brave, young group of people shared what their first sexual experience was like and how difficult it is to discuss any topics of this nature with their parents or with health workers. (streettalktv.com)
  • As Candace Bond-Theriault wrote for Out in March , 'Not all people who have abortions identify as heterosexual women. (out.com)
  • Analysis of data extracted from de‐identified patient records from 34 sexual health clinics participating in the Australian Collaboration for Coordinated Enhanced Sentinel Surveillance of Sexually Transmissible Infections and Blood Borne Viruses (ACCESS). (mja.com.au)
  • On this International Transgender Day of Visibility, we learn more about her experiences and those of the transgender community in Kenya, more so regarding their access to sexual reproductive health and rights (SRHR) information and services. (ippf.org)
  • We also need to access sexual reproductive health (SRH) services in facilities that uphold the tenets of good medical practice, where services are offered with respect, dignity and without any form of discrimination. (ippf.org)
  • Unless PrEP is part of the broader movement to decriminalise sex work or is integrated into comprehensive sexual reproductive health services, it's naïve to assume sex workers will come forward to access PrEP. (dailymaverick.co.za)
  • Lobbying the AMA and others has been part of a strategic effort by ASRM to ensure that more Americans have access to reproductive medicine. (thedoctorweighsin.com)
  • That's why Planned Parenthood is committed to ensuring that Minnesotans have easy, affordable access to contraceptives and other reproductive health services. (plannedparenthoodaction.org)
  • And they want access to assisted reproductive technologies (ART) which may reduce the risk of transmission to uninfected partners and offspring. (bmj.com)
  • The investigation looked into what the legislation of 43 European countries says about legal access to treatments, and into the costs and coverage of treatments by public health services. (europeandatajournalism.eu)
  • access to essential drugs, just 22% are at- Globally, condoms are an important tended by skilled health personnel [ 3 ], and option in the fight against HIV/AIDS. (who.int)
  • Increasing access to essential drugs, monitoring the emergence of anti-infective drug resistance, and creating a safer environment for drug prescription, distribution, and consumption as well as the development of national drug policies within the framework of national health policies, constitute the main aims of the support provided by WHO/Mozambique within the area of essential drugs. (who.int)
  • Left untreated, it can cause pelvic inflammatory disease in women, which can lead to serious reproductive complications including tubal infertility, ectopic pregnancy, and chronic pelvic pain. (cdc.gov)
  • To examine changes in the positive infectious syphilis test rate among women and heterosexual men in major Australian cities, and rate differences by social, biomedical, and behavioural determinants of health. (mja.com.au)
  • 180 of 52 221 tested women (0.34%) and 239 of 36 341 heterosexual men (0.66%) were diagnosed with infectious syphilis. (mja.com.au)
  • Reproductive justice is "the human right to maintain personal bodily autonomy, have children, not have children and parent the children we have in safe and sustainable communities," according to SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective, the first organization founded to build a reproductive justice movement. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 1997, 16 women-of-color-led organizations representing four communities of color - Native American, Latin American, African American, and Asian American - launched the nonprofit SisterSong to build a national reproductive justice movement. (wikipedia.org)
  • It was coined and formulated as an organizing framework by a group of Black women who came together for that purpose in 1994 and called themselves Women of African Descent for Reproductive Justice. (wikipedia.org)
  • The women developed the term as a combination of reproductive rights and social justice, and dubbed themselves Women of African Descent for Reproductive Justice. (wikipedia.org)
  • Overall, integrated facilities have the potential of improving reproductive health of women accessing HIV services in LMICs. (frontiersin.org)
  • FP enables women to make decisions regarding the number, timing and spacing of pregnancies and enables better reproductive health outcomes through education about birth spacing and provision of contraception ( 5 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • In addition to educational and health-related offerings, the program is working to form a network so that the women can communicate online. (delawaretoday.com)
  • Did you know nearly 9 in 10 women of reproductive age will use contraception at some point in their lives? (plannedparenthoodaction.org)
  • We now have evidence which questions the wisdom of the targeting of sexual health screening by sex for chlamydia as men have an equal, or even greater, risk of infection than women. (bmj.com)
  • This was last attempted in the 1860s through the Contagious Disease Acts, which mandated that women in English ports and garrison towns could be subjected to enforced sexual health screening, while their sexual partners (sailors and soldiers) were treated only on presentation with symptoms. (bmj.com)
  • Their specific sexual and reproductive health needs are ignored, and they are invisible in prevention and treatment campaigns for women. (ipsnews.net)
  • In her view, social pressure on women who are not heterosexual, amounting to homophobia, causes various forms of psychological and sexual malaise. (ipsnews.net)
  • She found that ethical deficiencies in the system are leading women to postpone clinical tests until they can see a doctor who has been recommended, or a health professional sharing their own sexual orientation. (ipsnews.net)
  • Personnel working in preventive screening services for cervical and uterine cancer told Alfonso that lesbian women tend to come forward for testing too late for any therapeutic action to be taken. (ipsnews.net)
  • All Cubans enjoy health coverage by a local family clinic, which is responsible for reminding women when it is time for their next Pap test. (ipsnews.net)
  • In 2013, a total of 765,822 Cuban women aged over 25 had a Pap test done, a take-up rate of 195.8 per 1,000 according to the most recent figures from the Cuban Annual Health Statistics. (ipsnews.net)
  • In contrast, the geographic distribution of men who reported heterosexual contact with a woman who used IV drugs was different from that of women with AIDS who were IVDUs (Table 2C). (cdc.gov)
  • However, studies show that women with ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome do not experience any long-term health or fertility problems. (jezebelmagazine.com)
  • The Chief Medical Officer has issued a public health communique to health professionals advising of significant increases in notifications of women of reproductive age in major cities of Australia. (qld.gov.au)
  • Gay men were more likely than heterosexual men to have received treatment for an STD in the previous 12 months, while lesbian women were less likely than heterosexual women to have received STD treatment in the last year. (cdc.gov)
  • In contrast to previous antimicrobial resistance patterns, declining azithromycin susceptibility occurred in all parts of the country, especially in the Midwest, as well as among men who have sex with men (MSM), men who have sex with men and women, and heterosexuals. (cdc.gov)
  • However, these protections are only safe as long as sexual and reproductive health advocates lead our state government. (plannedparenthoodaction.org)
  • Funding through the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) and the Department of Public Health assist districts in selecting and accessing training on high quality sex education in partnership with organizations such as ANSWER, ETR, Planned Parenthood League of MA, and Advocates for Youth. (siecus.org)
  • Local initiatives to address sex education are present across the state, and advocates can use initiatives such as the Holyoke Adolescent Sexual Health and Pregnancy Prevention Task Force Accountability Committee to guide efforts to improve their community's sex education. (siecus.org)
  • Our writers are members of professional associations, including American Medical Writers Association, American Bar Association, The Alliance of Professional Health Advocates and International Society for Medical Publication Professionals. (drugwatch.com)
  • however, this has not been tested for heterosexual or transgender individuals who are at risk. (npace.org)
  • The State of Delaware's Women's Mobile Health Screening Van was on site to provide mammograms. (delawaretoday.com)
  • Results of the Department of Health funded chlamydia screening pilots in Portsmouth and the Wirral found a prevalence of up to 9% among young men attending youth centres and nearly twice this among men attending GUM clinics. (bmj.com)
  • The higher chlamydia incidence rates among female adolescents in surveillance data has commonly been linked to more extensive testing of girls due to their health seeking behaviour and the fact that screening strategies and reproductive health services mainly target females [ 1 , 5 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • En la sede de este equipo, el abordaje clínico grupal data ya de varios años pero particularmente el grupo de púberes surgió en el año 2018. (bvsalud.org)
  • Following more than a decade of work on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in Montana, including four years leading a CAIRHE research project, the Fort Peck Sexual Health Project , Dr. Elizabeth Rink received her first major National Institutes of Health grant of her own in May 2018 (R01MD012761) to continue her promising work. (montana.edu)
  • Syphilis is a notifiable sexually transmissible infection (STI) in Queensland under the Public Health Act 2005 and Public Health Regulation 2018 with all laboratory-diagnosed positive syphilis test results being notified to the Notifiable Conditions System. (qld.gov.au)
  • a disease of the reproductive system defined by the failure to achieve a clinical pregnancy after 12 months or more of regular unprotected sexual intercourse. (thedoctorweighsin.com)
  • and, for those reporting heterosexual intercourse, use of effective contraception. (who.int)
  • Assisted reproductive technology ( ART ) includes medical procedures used primarily to address infertility . (wikipedia.org)
  • For the last five years, I have started my Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) lecture in Family Law with this question. (americanbar.org)
  • 2 And by some estimates, this percentage is expected to drastically increase in the next two decades, with scientists and epidemiologists predicting that by 2040, most babies will be born using assisted reproductive technology. (americanbar.org)
  • Marla Neufeld is a partner in Greenspoon Marder's Surrogacy and Assisted Reproductive Technology practice group, which she founded, and represents parties working with a surrogate, egg, sperm or embryo donor. (gmlaw.com)
  • Courts will continue to address complicated claims regarding parental rights and responsibilities in an era where reproductive technologies such as in vitro fertilization and surrogacy distribute conception, gestation, and parenthood among a variety of participants, with decidedly racial implications. (americanbar.org)
  • Key amongst their pressing needs is services for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), which are often more acute at times of (and following) crisis when fertility rates tend to rise and gender-based violence increases. (odi.org)
  • Using Lebanon as a case study, this project sets out to provide evidence of unmet needs for SRHR services in protracted crisis settings and their impacts, addressing persistent misconceptions about the criticality and need for such services. (odi.org)
  • U.S. selected practice recommendations for contraceptive use, 2013: adapted from the World Health Organization selected practice recommendations for contraceptive use, 2nd edition. (cdc.gov)
  • Whether personal or professional, most law students will interact with family law during their legal education, and reproductive technology will be included in their future practice and lives. (americanbar.org)
  • This book explores the harmful impacts of domestically violent fathering in heterosexual relationships, and emphasizes the urgent need for changes in policy and practice to improve the safety and wellbeing of the children concerned. (fatherhood.gov)
  • Psychologists and other mental health professions are well suited to destigmatize HIV infection at individual, community, and societal levels, thereby making prevention and treatment of HIV safe and routine. (raise-nation.com)
  • Pregnancy prevention among Native American men ages 18 to 24: The role of mental health and intention to use birth control. (montana.edu)
  • DBCC is reaching out to this community through its partnership with CAMP Rehoboth, a gay and lesbian community-service organization in Rehoboth Beach. (delawaretoday.com)
  • The epidemic is a serious threat to the country's social and economic development and has serious and direct implications on the social services and welfare. (who.int)
  • According to Martínez, medical training in Cuba is too narrowly focused on a biological approach and makes hardly any reference to psychosocial determinants of health. (ipsnews.net)
  • What is your organization's experience providing sexual and reproductive health services? (on-sitemedservices.com)
  • Health Organization's domestic violence questionnaire which was modi ed by the results of focus group discussions conducted in Amman. (who.int)
  • If your organization is not currently providing specific SRH clinical services but plans to as a result of this contract to the populations identified in Section 1.4.4, please list the services and describe each in narrative form. (on-sitemedservices.com)
  • World Health Organization. (cdc.gov)
  • The World Health Organization (WHO), also defines ART this way. (wikipedia.org)
  • lt;p>As the World Health Organization (WHO) works toward its goal to eliminate hepatitis B by 2030, the quest to halt hepatitis B mother-to-child transmission has never been more urgent. (aidsactioneurope.org)
  • Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, Chicago, November 16-20. (springer.com)
  • The HIV epidemic continues to present an immense global public health challenge with ~37.7 million individuals living with HIV in 2020, two thirds being in sub-Saharan Africa ( 1 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • To ensure the public fertility service continues to meet the needs of all Victorian residents, we are unable to prioritise an individual based on their age. (thewomens.org.au)
  • The Ministry of Internal Affairs and the State Security Service of Georgia have primary responsibility for law enforcement and the maintenance of public order. (state.gov)
  • BMC Public Health 2010;10:249. (cdc.gov)
  • Except for a few designated facilities run by NGOs, most public health facilities are frankly not safe or inclusive spaces for sex workers to disclose their identities. (dailymaverick.co.za)
  • 3-mental health services should, at least in theory, be able to help guide public health policies when these involve a significant modification of individual behaviour. (bvsalud.org)
  • Infectious syphilis is a significant public health concern, particularly due to the risk of congenital syphilis. (qld.gov.au)
  • Ministry of Public Health, Sana'a, Yemen. (who.int)
  • 2 Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America (Correspondence to C.J. (who.int)
  • Intimate partner violence is a global public must be weighed against the benefits of health crisis because of its high prevalence standardization and comparability. (who.int)
  • Documenting specific knowledge and attitudes about HIV in the culturally diverse nation of Solomon Islands is essential to inform locally targeted public health responses. (who.int)
  • As part of a large capacity-strengthening project at Atoifi Adventist Hospital in East Kwaio, Solomon Islands, researchers, using a 'learn-by-doing' process, worked with participants in public health research methods. (who.int)
  • Since 2009, there has been a concerted effort to have operational research embedded into the way local health services and community leaders engage with public health issues in East Kwaio on the remote eastern coast of the island of Malaita. (who.int)
  • This has included theoretical training and practical workshops in public health research methods using decolonizing methodologies and participatory research frameworks. (who.int)
  • This involves interaction with the entire health system to protect public interest. (who.int)
  • The main health facility-related data sources are public health surveillance, health services data and health system monitoring data including human resources, health infrastructure, and financing. (who.int)
  • The reduction in mother-to-infant transmission of HIV is regarded as one of the most effective US public health initiatives. (medscape.com)
  • Antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea is a public health issue. (cdc.gov)
  • Additional organizations began to form or reorganize themselves as reproductive justice organizations starting in the early 2000s. (wikipedia.org)
  • These organizations are important because they influence the perspectives and practices in the international health community. (thedoctorweighsin.com)
  • and 4) a multi-sector network of youth-servicing organizations at the systems level in Fort Peck to coordinate SRH services for AI youth. (montana.edu)
  • This report updates data for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection associated with heterosexual transmission and is based on national AIDS surveillance, HIV seroprevalence surveys, and studies of populations at varying levels of risk for heterosexual transmission. (cdc.gov)
  • Forty-one percent of heterosexual transmission cases were reported in the preceding 12 months, compared with 36% of all other AIDS cases. (cdc.gov)
  • Forty-six states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands have reported AIDS cases in persons who had heterosexual contact with an 'at-risk' partner. (cdc.gov)
  • His country's health authorities had prepared a post-eradication action plan, designed to maintain high immunization coverage, sustain clinical, epidemiological and laboratory surveillance of acute flaccid paralysis and guarantee laboratory biocontainment of wild-type poliovirus. (who.int)
  • and the Mental Health and Wellness Study Group (MEHEWE) that, with support from Africa's CDC and the WHO Regional Office for Africa, seeks to determine the impact of COVID-19 on the ongoing financial, medical, and social welfare of adults across the globe. (regents.ac.uk)
  • The Queensland Syphilis Surveillance Service (QSSS) (North and South Queensland teams) reviews all notified syphilis cases. (qld.gov.au)
  • The service also plays a key role in enhanced surveillance data collection, and education on syphilis, and may assist with contact tracing. (qld.gov.au)
  • Infertility Services: We provide initial infertility assessments and short-term treatments before specialist referrals. (on-sitemedservices.com)
  • Health insurance coverage for infertility treatments varies widely. (thedoctorweighsin.com)
  • Support is provided for the strengthening of the Ministry of Health capacities to optimize development and utilization of its human resources for health. (who.int)
  • Schools will be randomly allocated 1:1 to intervention/control as a single batch using a random number generator remotely by LSHTM clinical trials unit (CTU), stratified by school-level GCSE attainment and local index of deprivation, which are key predictors of sexual health. (who.int)
  • The hospital employees interviewed did not only work in HIV and mental health services (the focus of most previous studies), but also in departments such as venereology, endocrinology, gynaecology, proctology and surgery. (citizen-news.org)
  • Women's partners may act as facilitators of professional help-seeking for mental health problems in the postpartum period. (mdpi.com)
  • Journal of Native American and Alaska Native Mental Health Research , 19(1), 57-75. (montana.edu)
  • Women's mental health in Africa / edited by Esther D. Rothblum and Ellen Cole. (who.int)
  • She was formerly the PGR Lead and the Academic and Professional Lead for Health and Life Sciences at the University of the West of Scotland, London Campus (2017-2021) following her appointment as Director of Programmes for Professional Doctorate Training in Health Psychology at London Metropolitan University (2011-2017). (regents.ac.uk)
  • All treatment in the Cuban health system is free of charge and is delivered without institutionalised discrimination. (ipsnews.net)
  • To help the country to achieve the MDGs, this program encourages and helps the preparation of long term multi-sectoral investment plans, securing financing for its implementation, and the coordination of health interventions' scaling up, on the basis of health priorities, within a sound macroeconomics framework. (who.int)
  • 62 The framework moves women's reproductive rights past a legal and political debate to incorporate the economic, social, and health factors that impact women's reproductive choices and decision-making ability. (wikipedia.org)
  • The term reproductive justice combines reproductive rights and social justice. (wikipedia.org)
  • 7 The country shares a border with Papua New Guinea and they share many social, cultural, economic, political and health system characteristics. (who.int)
  • The National Health Sector Strategic Plan serves as a framework for multi-annual operational plans named Economic and Social Plan (Plano Economico e Social - PES). (who.int)
  • The reproductive justice framework was developed in response to the limitations of the reproductive rights framework, which has become the globally dominant framework for working with reproductive issues in policy, programming, and scholarship. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Mozambique country health profiles provide an overview of the situation and trends of priority health problems and the health systems profile, including a description of institutional frameworks, trends in the national response, key issues and challenges. (who.int)
  • Syphilis is a curable multistage disease caused by bacteria of the species Treponema pallidum , subspecies pallidum, that can cause serious health problems if left untreated. (qld.gov.au)
  • A gonorrhea test can help you catch the disease early so you can get treatment before you develop lasting health problems or spread it to others. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Obstacles to effective contraceptive use, such as attitudes and health service factors, need further clarification. (guttmacher.org)
  • There are countries in Europe where babies born with assisted reproductive techniques (ART) are between 5 and 8 percent of the total. (europeandatajournalism.eu)
  • Dayanis Tamayo, a 36-year-old education specialist who lives in Santiago de Cuba, 862 kilometres from Havana, feels that health professionals are judgmental when they discover that her partner is a woman. (ipsnews.net)
  • This report is based on interviews and group discussions conducted in 10 cities on the major Philippine islands of Luzon and the Visayas with 76 secondary school students or recent graduates who identified as LGBT or questioning, 22 students or recent graduates who did not identify as LGBT or questioning, and 46 parents, teachers, counselors, administrators, service providers, and experts on education. (hrw.org)
  • The new deal is expected to generate additional employment in both countries, grow bilateral trade and unlock new opportunities in sectors such as food and drink, business services such as law and accounting, advanced engineering, defence, education, energy, life sciences and healthcare. (bournemouth.ac.uk)