Middle-Aged Iranian Women's Accounts of Their Sexual Health Care Practices: A Conventional Content Analysis.

Context: Little research has been done to examine sexual health care among middle-aged women, particularly in developing countries that are socioculturally conservative, such as Iran.

Methods: In 2015, as part of a descriptive qualitative study, face-to-face interviews were conducted with 17 women aged 40-65 residing in Golestan Province, Iran. Graneheim and Lundman's approach to conventional content analysis was used to interpret the sexual health care narratives of the women.

Sexual Experience of Iranian Women in Their Middle Life: A Qualitative Approach.

Background: Sexual problems are common among the middle-aged women; however, there is no deep understanding of sexuality in midlife. The current study aimed to investigate Iranian women's attitudes and experiences about sexual life changes in midlife.

Methods: This is a descriptive qualitative study.

Sexual Function and Exercise in Postmenopausal Women Residing in Chalous and Nowshahr, Northern Iran.

Background: The sexual function of menopausal women is influenced by several factors.

Objectives: We aimed to investigate the association between exercise and sexual function among postmenopausal women residing in Northern Iran.

Patients And Methods: Using a multistage, randomized sampling method, 405 postmenopausal women, aged 40 to 65 years, were recruited to participate in this population-based, cross-sectional study.

Mothers' Perception of Quality of Services from Health Centers after Perinatal Loss.

Introduction: Perinatal loss is one of the most stressful life events that parents and caregivers experience. Providing an empathetic, caring environment to support mothers who experience perinatal loss is necessary. The aim of this study was to assess mothers' perception of the quality of services received from health centers after perinatal loss.

Iranian Women's Experiences with Intimate Partner Violence: A Qualitative Study.

Background: Violence against women has been identified as a public health problem, which has fundamental consequences on women's physical, mental, and reproductive health. To understand abused women and provide support for them, it is necessary to enter the world in which the victims of intimate partner violence live. This study was designed to investigate experiences of abused Iranian women of intimate partner violence.