women's health

Smoking Linked to Irregular Menstruation and Early Menopause

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Bae, Jinju, Susan Park, and Jin-Won Kwon. “Factors Associated with Menstrual Cycle Irregularity and Menopause.” BMC Women’s Health 18 (2018): 36. PMC. Web. 11 Apr. 2018.
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A study exploring the factors leading to menstrual cycle irregularity and menopause has discovered smoking may contribute to irregular menstrual cycles. The research, carried out in Korea, also found an association with the early initiation of smoking and early menopause.

“No Alcohol Is Recommended, but . . .”: Health Care Students’ Attitudes about Alcohol Consumption during Pregnancy

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Coons, K. D., Watson, S. L., Yantzi, N. M., Lightfoot, N. E., & Larocque, S. (2017). “No alcohol is recommended, but . . . ”: Health care students’ attitudes about alcohol consumption during pregnancy. Global Qualitative Nursing Research, 3, 1–12. doi:10.1177/2333393617707663
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Canadian findings suggest that health care providers require further training and education to support their work preventing fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). However, the knowledge and training of health care students in relation to FASD remains largely unexplored. The purpose of this study was to understand the attitudes and beliefs of health care students about alcohol use during pregnancy.

Health Care Students’ Attitudes about Alcohol Consumption during Pregnancy

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Coons KD, Watson SL, Yantzi NM, Lightfoot NE, Larocque S. Health Care Students' Attitudes About Alcohol Consumption During Pregnancy: Responses to Narrative Vignettes.
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This article explores medical, midwifery, and nurse practitioner students’ attitudes about women who may consume alcohol throughout their pregnancies. Twenty-one health care students responded to a scenario-based vignette addressing alcohol consumption during pregnancy, as well as a semistructured interview, which were analyzed using Braun and Clarke’s thematic analysis approach.