Push and pull: Exposure of young Taiwanese women to sexually explicit materials.

This study was designed to understand young Taiwanese women's perception of sexually explicit materials (SEMs). Researchers conducted six focus group discussions with 38 young women between the ages of 18 and 22 in Taiwan in 2009-2010 and used content analysis to analyze the data based on the push-pull theory. The results showed that the exposure of young women to SEMs was a sexual exploration process from no sexual activity to future sexual activity.

Thoughts and behaviors of women with symptoms of acute coronary syndrome.

Objective: Women delay seeking care for symptoms of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) because of atypical symptoms, perceptions of invulnerability, or keeping symptoms to themselves. The purpose of this study was to explore how women recognized and interpreted their symptoms and subsequently decided whether to seek treatment within the context of their lives.

Method: Grounded theory was used to provide the methodological basis for data generation and analysis.

The contralateral prophylactic mastectomy decision-making process.

Women facing an early-stage breast cancer diagnosis may elect to have a contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM) to reduce the risk of developing a contralateral breast cancer. In the United States, CPM rates for all surgically treated women with stages I through III unilateral breast cancer increased dramatically from 1998 to 2003. In 1991, the National Institutes of Health Consensus Panel concluded that breast-conserving surgery is an appropriate and preferred treatment for the majority of women with stage I and II breast cancer because it provides survival rates equivalent to those of total mastectomy while preserving the breast.

Cultural beliefs and attitudes toward health and health care among Asian-born women in the United States.

Objective: To describe Asian-born women's cultural beliefs and attitudes towards health, illness, and health care practices.

Data Sources: Online databases PubMed and CINAHL.

Study Selection: Twenty-four studies published between January 2000 and May 2009 were retrieved based on the inclusion criteria.

Barriers and facilitators for breastfeeding among working women in the United States.

Objective: To review the literature and describe the barriers and facilitators to the continuation of breastfeeding for at least 6 months by working women in the United States.

Data Sources: A search of PubMed, CINAHL, Sociological Abstracts, ISI, PsychInfo, and ProQuest.

Study Selection: Twenty studies based on the inclusion criteria and published between January 1, 1995, and January 2006.

Manifestations of enduring during interviews with sexual assault victims.

The retelling of a sexual assault, whether during sexual assault care or law enforcement interviews, or in the process of seeking social support, is an emotionally stressful event, yet there is little research describing the psychological experiences of retelling. In a study of barriers to sexual assault care, 43 survivors recounted 76 assault events during individual interviews. Although assaults occurred from 1 to 15 years prior to the interview, participants demonstrated emotional upset.

Preventing violence in an academic setting: one school of nursing's approach.

Workplace violence occurs in many different contexts, including academic settings. However, the types of violence that make headlines are less common than the everyday behaviors that, left unchecked, may lead to extreme situations. This article describes how a school of nursing developed a program of workplace violence prevention, intervention, and response.

Agenda dissonance: immigrant Hispanic women's and providers' assumptions and expectations for menopause healthcare.

This focus group study examined immigrant Hispanic women's and providers' assumptions about and expectations of healthcare encounters in the context of menopause. Four groups of immigrant women from Central America and one group of healthcare providers were interviewed in Spanish and English, respectively. The women wanted provider-initiated, individualized anticipatory guidance about menopause, acknowledgement of their symptoms, and mainstream medical treatment for disruptive symptoms.