Educating Nursing Students About Female Genital Cutting/Mutilation Using a Standardized Patient in a Virtual Dramatization Simulation.

Introduction: Female genital cutting/mutilation (FGC/M) is a ritual to remove any or all of the external female genitalia. Educational strategies regarding the teaching of FGC/M for nursing students are scarce. The focus of this article is to describe the development, implementation, and evaluation of a virtual, FGC/M-related dramatization simulation with a standardized patient (SP).

Peripartum Cardiomyopathy and Spouses' Experiences of Persistent Uncertainty.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of spouses whose wives had peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM).

Design Methods: Participants were recruited for this phenomenological study through online sites Facebook and SavetheMommies. Fifteen men from four countries participated through semistructured phone interviews conducted between October 2019 and August 2020.

Nursing students' knowledge gained about female genital cutting/mutilation through dramatization simulation with a standardized patient: A quasi-experimental study.

Background: Female genital cutting is a culture bound ritual involving excision of the female genitalia. Little is known about nursing students' knowledge and perceptions of female genital cutting and no studies using simulation to teach this topic exist.

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the impact of a dramatization simulation on nursing students' knowledge about and perceptions of female genital cutting.

Validation of the Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25/Nepali Version Among Bhutanese Refugees in the United States.

Background: Bhutanese refugees' mental problems are relatively high. The Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25 (HSCL-25) has been used widely in examining refugees' mental health, but its psychometric properties in Nepali version is unknown.

Purpose: To examine psychometric properties of the HSCL-25/Nepali version.

Searching for content on female genital cutting/mutilation in curriculums of U.S. Nursing Schools.

Background: Over 500,000 women and girls in the U.S. are at risk for female genital cutting/mutilation, (FGC/M) because their cultural heritage is from countries where FGC/M is prevalent.

"I Hate the Word 'Liver'": A Photovoice Study of Burmese and Bhutanese Adolescent Health Care Brokers in Northeast Ohio.

Introduction: Adolescents health care brokers interpret for family and community members lacking English language proficiency in health care settings. The purpose of this study was to explore personal experiences of Burmese and Bhutanese teenagers who served as health care brokers in resettled refugee families in Northeast Ohio.

Method: A mixed methods design using photovoice guided this study.

Post-Traumatic Stress, Depression, and Quality of Life in Women with Peripartum Cardiomyopathy.

Purpose: Peripartum cardiomyopathy, a traumatic life-threatening type of heart failure, occurs in the last trimester of pregnancy or shortly after childbirth. Little is known about psychological or emotional conditions women experience with peripartum cardiomyopathy. The purpose of this study was to examine relationships among post-traumatic stress, depression, and quality of life in women with peripartum cardiomyopathy.

Social Pressure for Pregnancy Scale: Its Development, Psychometric Properties, and Potential Contributions to Infertility and Depression Research.

Background: Women with infertility in different cultures, especially those in West African countries, are viewed as inferior. They tend to experience discrimination and have suboptimal mental health outcomes. However, recent evidence shows that social pressure for pregnancy, not infertility, is a significant predictor of depression.

Seasonality of birth defects in West Africa: could congenital Zika syndrome be to blame?

The link between Zika virus infection during pregnancy and microcephaly and other neurodevelopmental defects in infants, referred to as congenital Zika syndrome (CZS), was recently discovered. One key question that remains is whether such neurodevelopmental abnormalities are limited to the recently evolved Asiatic ZIKV strains or if they can also be induced by endemic African strains. Thus, we examined birth registries from one particular hospital from a country in West Africa, where ZIKV is endemic.

Infertility, Psychological Distress, and Coping Strategies among Women in Mali, West Africa: A Mixed-Methods Study.

Relatively little is known about infertility and its consequences in Mali, West Africa where the context and culture are different from those of previously studied settings. This study therefore aimed to specifically examine infertility induced psychological distress and coping strategies among women in Mali. A convergent mixed-methods design-correlational cross-sectional and qualitative descriptive-guided the study.

Welcome Day: A Community Interprofessional Model for Meeting the Needs of Migrant Workers.

Welcome Day, one specific day in the life of Hartville Migrant Ministry (HMM), a faith-based ministry in Ohio, illustrates the organization's vision, mission, and community collaboration. Migrant and seasonal farm workers, the Migrant Head Start program, HMM and Welcome Day, interprofessional collaboration, and Malone University School of Nursing faculty and students support are discussed. Programs and activities presented here could be reproduced in other communities.

Coagulation factor XII regulates inflammatory responses in human lungs.

Increased procoagulant activity in the alveolar compartment and uncontrolled inflammation are hallmarks of the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Here, we investigated whether the contact phase system of coagulation is activated and may regulate inflammatory responses in human lungs. Components of the contact phase system were characterized in bronchoalveolar lavage fluids (BALF) from 54 ARDS patients and 43 controls, and their impact on cytokine/chemokine expression in human precision cut lung slices (PCLS) was assessed by a PCR array.

Amish-Initiated Burn Care Project: Case Report and Lessons Learned in Participatory Research.

Purpose: This case report describes the phases of an Amish Burn Care Project and the lessons learned throughout the process.

Method: Data sources to construct the case report included participant observation, interviews, archival documents, and a focus group.

Results: The narrative is organized into five phases of a participatory research approach: engagement, formalization, mobilization, maintenance, and expansion.

The effect of Burns & Wounds (B&W)/burdock leaf therapy on burn-injured Amish patients: a pilot study measuring pain levels, infection rates, and healing times.

Purpose: The purposes of this pilot study were to measure pain associated with dressing changes, assess the presence of infection, and document healing times of burn-injured Amish in central Ohio using an herbal therapy consisting of Burns and Wounds™ ointment (B&W) and burdock (Arctium ssp.) leaves. B&W contains honey, lanolin, olive oil, wheat germ oil, marshmallow root, Aloe vera gel, wormwood, comfrey root, white oak bark, lobelia inflata, vegetable glycerin, bees wax, and myrrh.

The life-changing impact of peripartum cardiomyopathy: an analysis of online postings.

Background: Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM), a form of acute heart failure, is a life-altering condition affecting thousands of pregnant or postpartum women. Little is known about the overall impact of PPCM on women's lives.

Purpose: To describe the contents of postings made on the My Space® PPCM support group Web site by women diagnosed with PPCM.

Seroprevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen among pregnant women attending the Hospital for Women & Children in Koutiala, Mali.

Objective: To establish the rate of seroprevalence of the hepatitis B surface antigen in pregnant women in south-eastern Mali, and to decrease mother-to-child transmission.

Methods: In a descriptive cross-sectional comparison study, 3 659 pregnant women attending a non-governmental hospital in Koutiala, Mali, during 2008 and 2009 were screened for the hepatitis B surface antigen during antenatal clinic attendance or when admitted for delivery. A chart review compared the hepatitis B virus (HBV)-positive women to HBV-negative women used as controls to identify potential risk factors for HBsAg positivity.

"I am not alone": a survey of women with peripartum cardiomyopathy and their participation in an online support group.

Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a devastating condition in which women without a previously identified heart condition experience heart failure in the ninth month of pregnancy or in the first 5 months after delivery of a baby. Online support groups are virtual communities for people affected by the same social or health issue. No literature exists on the benefits of women involved in an online support group for peripartum cardiomyopathy.

HIV/AIDS fatalism, beliefs and prevention indicators in Gabon:comparisons between Gabonese and Malians.

HIV/AIDS fatalism may impact on individuals' health-seeking behaviour and HIV-prevention efforts. This descriptive study measured levels of HIV/AIDS fatalism and documented HIV/AIDS beliefs and practices among a sample of Gabonese and Malians living in Gabon, West Africa. The Powe Fatalism Inventory-HIV/AIDS version was used to measure levels of fatalism, while a short-answer survey was used to document personal beliefs and behaviours related to HIV and AIDS among 160 people in Gabon.

Knowledge of female genital cutting and experience with women who are circumcised: a survey of nurse-midwives in the United States.

Thousands of women with a history of female genital cutting (FGC) have immigrated to the United States. The purpose of this study was to assess certified nurse-midwives' (CNMs') knowledge of FGC and to explore their experiences caring for African immigrant women with a history of genital cutting. A descriptive survey design was used.

Fatalism and HIV/AIDS beliefs in rural Mali, West Africa.

Purpose: To examine beliefs about HIV/AIDS of rural Malians and to measure their level of fatalism in context of HIV/AIDS and prevention behaviors.

Design: Descriptive, correlational.

Methods: An AIDS Knowledge and Beliefs survey and the Powe Fatalism Inventory (PFI)-HIV/AIDS version were administered to a convenience sample of 84 people at three health center maternity clinics in southeastern Mali, West Africa.

Women's stories of abortion in southern Gabon, Africa.

The purpose of this study was to explore the reasons women in rural, southern Gabon, Africa, chose to terminate their pregnancies, the methods used to induce abortions, and postabortion effects experienced by these women. Abortion is illegal in this country. A descriptive qualitative design guided the methodology for this study.

Postabortion research: methodological and ethical issues.

The author conducted research on long-term postabortion experience guided by the principles of phenomenology, and she describes the ethical and methodological issues encountered during the study, in which she interviewed 17 women who were more than 5 years postabortion, in this article. Discussed here, in the context of abortion as a sensitive topic for researcher and participant, are personal bias; recruitment, protection, and interviewing of participants; data analysis; and communication of findings. During the research process, the author gave particular attention to the formulation of the consent form, contact with the participants, the interview technique, the choice of a transcriptionist, and the use of a second reader.

The experience of nursing students in an online doctoral program in nursing: a phenomenological study.

The increased sophistication of technology has led to greater use of distance learning, providing graduate nursing students with increased access to such programs, while more easily maintaining employment. Little information is available regarding the experience for those students enrolled on these programs. This information would be of value to both those who are considering online courses, and to those who are charged with developing and teaching these courses.