... severity should be adjusted according to women's previous fitness level. Workout during menopause and post-menopause time assists in preventing or slowing the progress of many conditions. Originality/value Women's previous fitness level must be taken into consideration when choosing the intensity...

...Mansi Patnaik; Khushbu Thadani Purpose This study explores the gaps in reproductive health education (RHE) experienced by women and adolescent girls living in urban informal settlements in Pune, India. It focuses on how socio-economic, occupational and cultural barriers shape their engagement...

... to do regular physical activities in order to prevent osteoporosis in Iranian Muslim working women. Design/methodology/approach The present cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted on 217 women employed in a university in Iran. The tool for data collection was a researcher-made questionnaire...

.... The current study aims to explore Australian women's perceptions of disease awareness advertising with differing sponsors, to determine whether their attitudes towards the sponsor and their reported behavioural intentions differ as a function of the perceived sponsor or co‐sponsor. Design/methodology...

...Jane Ogden; Faye Sherwood Purpose This experimental study seeks to explore the impact of media images on women's body dissatisfaction and to assess whether this impact could be reduced by an educational intervention describing the power of air‐brushing. Design/methodology/approach The study...

...Roslyn Kane; Ellen Sieg Purpose This paper aims to discuss how sex and relationship education (SRE) could benefit from considering current levels of young women's empowerment in (hetero)sexual relationships and challenge popular notions of twenty‐first century young women “having it all...

...Olufunmilayo I. Fawole; Ademola J. Ajuwon; Kayode O. Osungbade Purpose This intervention project targeted one vulnerable group, female apprentices in Ibadan, Nigeria, to evaluate the effectiveness of multiple interventions aimed at preventing voilence against women (VAW). Design/methodology...

...Jim McKenna; Wendy Mackey Jones While work‐home conflict has well‐established negative outcomes, few studies explore how this might be resolved. This study explored the delivery and outcomes of a three‐session workplace intervention delivered by a non‐specialist counsellor to women with high work...

...Ann Lazenbatt; Frances McMurray Gender inequalities in income and wealth make women particularly vulnerable to poverty. Participatory Rapid Appraisal (PRA) is a research process, which enables practitioners to uncover an unmet need or an under‐served group within a community. The study focuses...

...Jennifer Davis; Debra Lee; Kate Jarvis; Helen Zorbas; Sally Redman Despite evidence showing the benefits of early diagnosis of breast cancer many Australian women delay seeking advice when they find a change in their breast. This paper describes the process evaluation of a national programme...

... by exposure to other sources. There is a need to develop and disseminate messages that provide women with an accurate understanding of breast cancer and breast cancer screening. It is important to differentiate between “causes” and “risk factors”. This is perhaps best done with a simple example: being...

...Wendy Mackey Jones; Jim McKenna Work‐home conflict of women in a multinational computer organisation was examined in two phases using quantitative and qualitative methods. In Phase 1 a questionnaire was sent to all directly employed females (n = 204), who were also invited to participate...

... violence, and on culturally‐promoted, psychological and economic violence. YFH need to be empowered educationally and economically to enable them to resist violence. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Violence Women Nigeria The study population was the YFH who trade in these motor‐parks. Generally...

...Carolyn Rogers; Karen Thompson; Sally Robinson Discusses the process of introducing a breast health strategy into schools through multi‐disciplinary working. Although breast screening plays an important part in the early detection of breast cancer, up to a third of women do not take up...

...Tracy Williams; Valerie A. Clarke; Sally Savage Women’s understanding of familial aspects of breast cancer was examined using both focus groups and interviews. The studies covered issues related to perceptions of breast cancer risk factors, perceived breast cancer risk, understanding of risk...

...Barnardo’s; the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council Things We Don’t Talk about: Working with Girls and Young Women on the Issues of Abusive Relationships, Sexual Exploitation and Abuse . Bradford , Women Young people Risk Assertiveness Barnardo’s is a UK...

..., and illness representations from the self‐regulatory model. Items reflecting older women’s illness representations about cancer and cancer screening were derived from an earlier qualitative study. Using a highly structured interview schedule, telephone interviews were conducted with 1,200 women aged 50‐70...

.... Research shows that young women′s greatest fear is leakage, whereby people (in this case men) will know that they are bleeding. The menstrual taboo is perpetuated and reinforced by sanpro adverts which promote their particular brand as being less easily detected and most efficient. As most information...