A systematic literature review on how consumer and community involvement have shaped and influenced pre-pregnancy care interventions for women with diabetes.

Background: Diabetes and pregnancy studies have found better outcomes when interventions were developed with consumer (individuals with lived experience of diabetes) and community involvement. When consumers are central to development and delivery of interventions, study participants have better engagement and outcomes, particularly for individuals from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) and/or lower socio-economic backgrounds. Our study aims to examine the scope of consumer and community involvement (CCI) in the construction and implementation of pre-pregnancy care (PPC) interventions and discuss a framework for consumer-lead intervention development.

The experience of weight gain during and after breast cancer treatment: a qualitative study.

Purpose: After breast cancer diagnosis and treatment, the majority of women will gain weight. The aim of this study was to describe the experiences of weight management among Australian women with breast cancer.

Methods: This is a secondary analysis of data from a qualitative study evaluating the feasibility of novel interventions for weight management after breast cancer.

Silicone Irregular Hexagon Pessary Versus Polyvinyl Chloride Ring Pessary for Pelvic Organ Prolapse: Randomised Controlled Trial.

Introduction And Hypothesis: Vaginal pessaries are the mainstay of the non-surgical management of pelvic organ prolapse (POP). A flexible silicone irregular hexagonal (SIH) pessary was developed based on the results of a prior vaginal case study. We hypothesised that the SIH pessary would have a higher rate of retention and self-management than the polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pessary.

The interrelationship between women's help-seeking experiences for vaginismus and their sense of self: a qualitative study and abductive analysis.

Objective: There is a lack of research on women's holistic experiences of vaginismus, also called sexual pain-penetration disorder, from their perspective. To address this gap, an abductive qualitative study aimed to examine women's help-seeking experiences for vaginismus, and its impact on their sense of self.

Methods: This study was informed by a feminist approach to the theory of self focused on participants' negotiation of dis/empowerment when help-seeking for vaginismus.