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A Avgar

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PubMed1997

Women's health in Israel: a feminist perspective.

This paper draws on feminist health scholarship to provide critically needed tools for conceptualizing women's health care and health status in Israel. It explores the links between inequities in gender roles and the health experiences of women, as patients and caregivers. The critique points to the consequences of defining women's health in relation to men. In an attempt to chart directions for fundamental change in the approach to women's health in Israel, the author underscores the relevance of sociocultural environments in accounting for female well-being and for women's illnesses. Women professionals, particularly in the social health sciences, are identified as a key to adapting health care to women's unique needs within a woman-centered and egalitarian delivery system.

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PubMed1994

Hyaluronic acid for preventing experimental postoperative intraperitoneal adhesions.

Adhesions, which form in > 60% of patients following major abdominopelvic surgery, are a common cause of morbidity and infertility in women. Hyaluronic acid is a naturally occurring polysaccharide that has been shown to be beneficial in ophthalmic surgery and as intraarticular injections. This study was designed to examine the use of hyaluronic acid as an agent for adhesion prevention after experimental abrasion of rat uterine horns and to explore its possible mechanism of action. Twenty-nine female Sabra rats were randomly assigned to either a saline (n = 13) or hyaluronic acid (n = 16) group. Adhesions were created by local abrasion of the uterine surfaces. Five milliliters of 1% hyaluronic acid or saline was instilled intraperitoneally. Three weeks later the animals were killed and subjected to a second laparotomy. Intraabdominal adhesions were graded on the basis of gross appearance using a scoring system from 0 to 5. The adhesion score in the animals treated with hyaluronic acid was significantly (P < .001) lower than that in the control animals. Hyaluronic acid did not affect the attachment or proliferation of fibroblasts but had an inhibitory effect on platelet aggregation in a dose-dependent manner. Intraperitoneal instillation of 1% hyaluronic acid significantly minimized adhesions formed experimentally. The mechanism of action may involve inhibition of platelet aggregation.

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Contraceptive behavior of Jerusalem women seeking pregnancy counseling, 1980-1989.

BACKGROUND: Inconsistencies between intent and action in the area of birth control are often attributed, in both theory and medical practice, to female ignorance and lack of contraceptive skills. In the light of prevailing theories, this survey examines the contraceptive behavior of 1,425 Jerusalem clients of the Pregnancy Counseling and Follow-up Service. METHODS: The majority of clients were "in crisis" due to unplanned pregnancies and had turned to the counseling service for help in crisis resolution. The data are based on intake questionnaires and clinical records filled in by counselors. Recorded information included age, education, marital status, religious observance, previous pregnancies and abortions, contraceptives ever used and methods used prior to pregnancy, age of fetus, initial attitude, treatment process, and outcome. RESULTS: The results suggest that the women in the sample became pregnant not because they lacked the skills to avoid it, but because they failed to use those skills effectively. Younger, unmarried, and less educated women and those with many children were especially prone to risk-taking. They also waited longer than others before turning to counseling.

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