Health, social, and violence profiles of women in treatment for psychoactive substance use in Madrid.

Objectives: This study aimed to describe the profile of women seeking treatment for the use of psychoactive substances in the city of Madrid. The study used a sample of 1968 women who sought treatment at the Addiction Care Centers (CAD) of the Madrid City Council in the year 2022, which accounted for 22.9 % of the total population attended.

"Keeping your composure": A digital ethnography of gendered alcohol norms on Instagram.

Background: The increase in alcohol consumption among young women has been the most striking change in drinking culture in Spain in recent years. This study sets out to examine how images and stories about alcohol consumption are presented on Instagram, the strategies for constructing them, and the impact of social norms, including gender norms, on the strategies of making alcohol consumption visible.

Methods: We have carried out a digital ethnography study in which different research techniques have been applied.

A qualitative insight at gender-based violence among young alcohol consumers in leisure contexts.

Objective: To know the characteristics of gender violence that underlies among adolescents in the context of leisure, their behavior and how they overcome these conflicts in leisure contexts where the consume alcohol.

Method: Qualitative study, with an ethnographic and feminist approach, with the participation of young people aged 16-22, frequenters of nightlife contexts and alcohol consumers, residents of two Andalusian provinces and one of Castilla-La Mancha. The participants were selected through intentional sampling and interviewed in depth.

"There is nothing better than participating in this study": Living the PAPAartis cardiovascular randomised controlled trial.

Qualitative research can bring new dimensions of understanding decision-making process in clinical trials. Participating in a randomized clinical trial requires patients to accept complex information and make decisions in a context of uncertainty. It becomes especially complicated in the case of serious diseases in which the treatment itself implies unknown risks.

"A good little tool to get to know yourself a bit better": a qualitative study on users' experiences of app-supported menstrual tracking in Europe.

Background: Menstrual apps facilitate observation and analysis of menstrual cycles and associated factors through the collection and interpretation of data entered by users. As a subgroup of health-related apps, menstrual apps form part of one of the most dynamic and rapidly growing developments in biomedicine and health care. However, despite their popularity, qualitative research on how people engaging in period-tracking use and experience these apps remains scarce.