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Barriers to enrolling in voluntary treatment programs in Malaysia: a study of women who use methamphetamine (WWUM).

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recommendations! Published in 2022 at "Journal of ethnicity in substance abuse"

DOI: 10.1080/15332640.2022.2147116

Abstract: Women with substance use disorders (SUDs) have been widely reported to face barriers in seeking treatment. We sought to identify barriers that prevented women who use methamphetamine (WWUM) from accessing the decade-old Voluntary Treatment Centers… read more here.

Keywords: wwum; women use; use; treatment ... See more keywords

Women's use of Swedish health care during the postpartum period in relation to maternal country of birth—A population‐based study

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recommendations! Published in 2024 at "Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica"

DOI: 10.1111/aogs.14935

Abstract: Migrant women are a heterogenous group with both higher and lower risk for pregnancy complications and adverse birth outcomes compared with women in the receiving countries. This study aimed to investigate women's use of Swedish… read more here.

Keywords: country birth; birth; women use; use swedish ... See more keywords

Feasibility and preliminary effects of a screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment model to address gender‐based violence among women who use drugs in Kyrgyzstan: Project WINGS (Women Initiating New Goals of Safety)

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recommendations! Published in 2017 at "Drug and Alcohol Review"

DOI: 10.1111/dar.12437

Abstract: INTRODUCTION AND AIMS Intimate partner violence (IPV) and other forms of gender-based violence (GBV) are serious public health threats among women who use drugs or engage in binge drinking in Kyrgyzstan. This study aimed to… read more here.

Keywords: violence; women use; use drugs; gender based ... See more keywords

Integrating routine screening for pregnancy intention and contraceptive use into care of women who use alcohol or other drugs

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recommendations! Published in 2025 at "Drug and Alcohol Review"

DOI: 10.1111/dar.14023

Abstract: Abstract Introduction There are high rates of unplanned pregnancy and low rates of contraceptive use in women with substance use disorders. Women who use drugs experience many barriers to health. In addiction treatment services in… read more here.

Keywords: women use; tool; use; pregnancy ... See more keywords
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Moral Economies of Care and Women Who Use Drugs in Ukraine

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recommendations! Published in 2023 at "Contemporary Drug Problems"

DOI: 10.1177/00914509221147739

Abstract: This article analyzes interviews with women who use drugs in Ukraine to understand the care conundrum they face as members of a stigmatized group. In the interviews, the women sought to position themselves as deserving… read more here.

Keywords: economies care; use drugs; women use; drugs ukraine ... See more keywords

Why Young Women Who Use Opioids Are at Risk for Rape: The Impact of Social Vulnerabilities and Sexually Coercive Drug Using Contexts.

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recommendations! Published in 2022 at "Violence against women"

DOI: 10.1177/10778012221137921

Abstract: This study tests a theoretically informed model to understand why women who use opioids (WWUO) are at risk of rape while using drugs. Structured interviews were conducted with 168 WWUO. Three domains were hypothesized to… read more here.

Keywords: use opioids; risk rape; women use; risk ... See more keywords

Scoping review: mapping clinical guidelines and policy documents that address the needs of women who are dependent on drugs during the perinatal period

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recommendations! Published in 2024 at "BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth"

DOI: 10.1186/s12884-023-06172-6

Abstract: Background Women who use or are in treatment for drug use during the perinatal period often have complex needs and presenting comorbidity. Women who use opioids during pregnancy, and their infants, experience poor outcomes. Drug… read more here.

Keywords: drug use; women use; care; perinatal period ... See more keywords

Visible and invisible cultural patterns influencing women’s use of maternal health services among Igala women in Nigeria: a focused ethnographic study

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recommendations! Published in 2025 at "BMC Public Health"

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-025-21275-9

Abstract: Explicit and implicit cultural patterns are critical cultural norms, beliefs, and practices that determine women’s health-seeking behaviour. These cultural patterns could limit women’s use of maternal health services, resulting in maternal health complications. The study… read more here.

Keywords: women use; use maternal; cultural patterns; maternal health ... See more keywords
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Muslim Women’s use of contraception in the United States

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recommendations! Published in 2018 at "Reproductive Health"

DOI: 10.1186/s12978-017-0439-6

Abstract: BackgroundAmerican Muslim women are an understudied population; thus, significant knowledge gaps exist related to their most basic health behaviors and indicators. Considering this, we examined American Muslim women’s contraception utilization patterns.MethodsSelf-reported data collected in late… read more here.

Keywords: women use; muslim women; contraception; american muslim ... See more keywords

Characteristics of maternity waiting homes and the women who use them: Findings from a baseline cross-sectional household survey among SMGL-supported districts in Zambia

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recommendations! Published in 2018 at "PLoS ONE"

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0209815

Abstract: Objective Maternity waiting homes (MWHs) have been identified as one solution to decrease maternal morbidity and mortality by bringing women living in hard-to-reach areas closer to a hospital or health center that provides emergency obstetric… read more here.

Keywords: women use; supported districts; maternity waiting; health ... See more keywords

A study protocol to explore and implement community-based point-of-care COVID-19 testing for women who use drugs in Baltimore, Maryland: The CARE study

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recommendations! Published in 2022 at "PLOS ONE"

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0277605

Abstract: Women who use drugs (WWUD) experience structural vulnerabilities (e.g., housing, food insecurities) and comorbidities that elevate their susceptibility to more severe COVID-19 symptoms or fatality compared to similarly-aged women who do not use illicit drugs.… read more here.

Keywords: point care; care covid; women use; care ... See more keywords