open access: Research on Women’s Health in Africa: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities

Health Care for Women International
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SPECIAL TRIPLE ISSUE
FREE ACCESS UNTIL APRIL 2015
Research on Women’s Health in Africa:
Issues, Challenges and Opportunities
Volume 35 (7-9) 2014

Guest Editors: Chimaraoke O. Izugbara, PhD, Senior Research Scientist, at the African Population and Health Research Center in Nairobi, Kenya, and Eleanor Krassen Covan, HCWI Editor-in-Chief

FEATURING 23 PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES -- The original papers included in this Special Triple Issue from Health Care for Women International offer insights to strengthen our understanding of the dynamics and drivers of health and wellbeing among women in Africa.

Free Access to the Special Issue until April 2015.

SELECTED CONTENTS

Editorial: Research on Women's Health in Africa: Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities, Chimaraoke O. Izugbara & Eleanor Krassen Covan

Women's Health in Women's Hands: A Pilot Study Assessing the Feasibility of Providing Women With Medications to Reduce Postpartum Hemorrhage and Sepsis in Rural Tanzania, Gail C. Webber & Bwire Chirangi

Rethinking How to Promote Maternity Care-Seeking: Factors Associated With Institutional Delivery in Guinea, Ellen Brazier, Renée Fiorentino, Saidou Barry, Yaya Kasse & Sita Millimono

Gender Differences in the Experiences of HIV/AIDS-Related Stigma: A Qualitative Study in Ghana, Gladys B. Asiedu & Karen S. Myers-Bowman

Effects of a Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Program in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Myra Taylor, Champak Jinabhai, Siyabonga Dlamini, Reshma Sathiparsad, Matthijs S. Eggers & Hein De Vries

“Abortion—It Is My Own Body”: Women's Narratives About Influences on Their Abortion Decisions in Ghana, Georgina Yaa Oduro & Mercy Nana Akua Otsin

Food Beliefs and Practices During Pregnancy in Ghana: Implications for Maternal Health Interventions, Ama de-Graft Aikins

Cervical Cancer in Developing Countries: Effective Screening and Preventive Strategies With an Application in Rwanda, Immaculee Mukakalisa, Ruth Bindler, Carol Allen & Joann Dotson

FREE ACCESS THROUGH APRIL 30, 2015

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