In 1976, the Supreme Court mandated that incarcerated individuals have a constitutional right to receive medical care; however, there are no mandatory standards so access to and quality of reproductive health care for incarcerated pregnant women varies widely across facilities. Without federal or state standards, there is variability in the type of prenatal care pregnant women receive, their birthing experience, how long they are able to stay with their infant after birth, and whether they are permitted to breastfeed or express milk. In this column, I review policies related to reproductive health care in carceral settings, the gaps in data collection and research, programs to support the needs of incarcerated pregnant women, and recommendations from professional organizations on reproductive health care for incarcerated women in the prenatal and postpartum periods.
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J Relig Health
January 2025
School of Social Sciences, 20 Chancellor's Walk, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, 3880, Australia.
Drawing on studies with 40 informants in Ghana and 74 informants in South Africa, we explore spiritual interventions among staff and patients that accompany their use of assisted reproduction. These practices and expressions of faith reinforce staff and patients as moral subjects who have done everything possible to assist in the vagaries of assisted reproduction-another form of care to enable, complement, and enhance high-tech intervention. We consider the creation of sacred spaces in the clinics, the rituals that form part of IVF practice, and the dilemmas of translation when assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) travel to different cultural and religious contexts.
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January 2025
Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Today, methamphetamine (METH) is being used by adolescents and young adults. Our previous research demonstrated that intrauterine exposure to METH induces apoptosis in testicles and seminiferous tubes. However, based on available literature, the mechanism of this effect remains unidentified.
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January 2025
Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Alkhurmah University College, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia.
The purpose of the current study was to investigate the potential ameliorating murine reproductive effects of herbal tea extracts against bisphenol A-induced (BPA) cytotoxicity. A comparative study was applied among red, green and blue teas in mice groups. Samples were coded as RTE, GTE and BTE groups, respectively.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Sex Med
January 2025
Clinical Obstetric and Gynecological V Buzzi, ASST-FBF-Sacco, Via Castelvetro 24-20124-University of the Study of Milan, Milan, Italy.
Background: Vulvodynia is a multifactorial disease affecting 7%-16% of reproductive-aged women in general population; however, little is still known about the genetics underlying this complex disease.
Aim: To compare polygenic risk scores for hormones and receptors levels in a case-control study to investigate their role in vulvodynia and their correlation with clinical phenotypes.
Methods: Our case-control study included patients with vestibulodynia (VBD) and healthy women.
BMC Health Serv Res
January 2025
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 21205, USA.
Background: Since the inception of the ASHAs in the year 2005, their work horizons have increased from Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent health (RMNCH + A), Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases (CD & NCD) to oral health, ophthalmologic care, and other supportive community level healthcare services. The present literature lacks comprehensive understanding and synthesis of domain-wise knowledge of ASHAs and the factors affecting their knowledge. Therefore, this study aimed to synthesize and collate the relevant evidence to understand the overall knowledge of ASHAs.
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