Women's Health

The relationship between social media use and body image in young people

Jul 19, 20201 min read

The relationship between social media use and body image in young people

There is reason to suggest that the use of social media has a negative impact on body image. Users tend to present idealised versions of...

Menopause: the ignored challenge in sexual and reproductive health

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Jun 24, 20201 min read

Menopause: the ignored challenge in sexual and reproductive health

Menopause is the permanent cessation of menses, owing to the gradual termination of ovarian follicular function against a backdrop of...

What Constitutes A Positive Contraceptive Experience?

Polygeia

Jun 14, 20204 min read

What Constitutes A Positive Contraceptive Experience?

Our research project is answering the question: ‘What constitutes a positive contraceptive experience?’. This question is designed to...

Not Just Stranger Danger, Violence as a Public Health Problem

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Jul 29, 20193 min read

Not Just Stranger Danger, Violence as a Public Health Problem

TW: violence, sexual assault, abuse For every day of 2017, 82 women were murdered by a current or former partner. So, should we be...

Cervical cancer prevention: a challenge for high income countries?

Polygeia

Aug 2, 20183 min read

Cervical cancer prevention: a challenge for high income countries?

Key points Cervical cancer is strongly associated with socioeconomic status: there is a substantial discrepancy between numbers of women...

Polygeia

May 10, 20183 min read

Redefining Women’s Health

Key points Women’s health has traditionally focused on sexual and reproductive health Other health issues also disproportionately affect...

Traditional Practices and Socio-cultural Norms Affecting the Health of Pregnant Women in LMICs

Polygeia

Sep 5, 20174 min read

Traditional Practices and Socio-cultural Norms Affecting the Health of Pregnant Women in LMICs

Social and cultural factors impact the health of pregnant women in a multitude of ways, especially in settings where traditional beliefs...

Traditional Birth Attendants: A valuable asset or a drain on resources?

Polygeia

Aug 22, 20173 min read

Traditional Birth Attendants: A valuable asset or a drain on resources?

“No woman should die in pregnancy or childbirth” is a phrase that is stamped all over official WHO maternal health documentation....

What’s in a name? Borderline personality disorder and stigma

Polygeia

May 23, 20174 min read

What’s in a name? Borderline personality disorder and stigma

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a disorder of self-function and interpersonal functioning. Its symptoms, which can be...

Maternal deaths: looking to the impacts of the Trump administration on abortion

Polygeia

May 5, 20173 min read

Maternal deaths: looking to the impacts of the Trump administration on abortion

President Trump has recently reinstated the Mexico City Policy, originally enacted by President Reagan in 1984, an extension of the 1973...

An unnecessary risk to women’s health?: Rising caesarean section rates worldwide

Polygeia

Mar 30, 20172 min read

An unnecessary risk to women’s health?: Rising caesarean section rates worldwide

Since 1985, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the global health community have considered an ideal rate for Caesarean Sections (CS)...

Migrant mothers and health tourism in the UK

Polygeia

Aug 30, 20164 min read

Migrant mothers and health tourism in the UK

With the EU referendum debates ongoing and an increase in the public concern for the refugee crisis, there has been a significant surge...

Breast Cancer: What are the Costs of Screening a Nation?

Polygeia

May 3, 20164 min read

Breast Cancer: What are the Costs of Screening a Nation?

The national breast cancer screening programme, introduced in 1988, gave promise in reducing mortality of the most common cancer in the...

Migrant Crisis: Risk Factors for Women’s Mental Health

Polygeia

May 2, 20163 min read

Migrant Crisis: Risk Factors for Women’s Mental Health

In a one month period in February 2016 more than 43,000 refugees arrived into Greece alone. The mass exodus of peoples from the Middle...

Polygeia

Apr 27, 20164 min read

Female Genital Mutilation and the Media

Female genital mutilation (FGM) is defined by the World Health Organisation as: “all procedures that involve partial or total removal of...

Sustaining Maternal and Child Health in the Sustainable Development Agenda

Polygeia

Apr 20, 20166 min read

Sustaining Maternal and Child Health in the Sustainable Development Agenda

The health and well-being of women and children are not only fundamental human rights, but are crucial for economic development, peace...

The threat of the Zika virus: the importance of accurate information from USA news networks

Polygeia

Apr 4, 20164 min read

The threat of the Zika virus: the importance of accurate information from USA news networks

On the 1st of February 2016, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared a cluster of cases of microcephaly amongst newborn children...

Glass Walls As Well As Ceilings: Gender Specific Barriers to Access for Health Interventions.

Polygeia

Mar 28, 20165 min read

Glass Walls As Well As Ceilings: Gender Specific Barriers to Access for Health Interventions.

Of the approximately 3 billion people who live on less than $2 a day, infectious diseases represent a potent and serious source of...