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The burden of health associated with benign gynecological disorders in low-resource settings

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Black, Kirsten I., Fraser, Ian S.·2012·International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
DOI 10.1016/j.ijgo.2012.05.002
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Benign gynecological conditions impact on women's lives in a myriad of ways. Many of these conditions exert their burden on women's health because they remain undiagnosed, unacknowledged, or unreported for many years. Some of these conditions cause debilitating primary symptoms, especially of heavy menstrual bleeding, the lethargy of iron deficiency, and of persistent pelvic pain, with substantial impact on quality of life and ability to function on a day-to-day basis. The distressing quality of life impact of pelvic floor prolapse or of local vulval lesions should not be overlooked. Many also have secondary health consequences with adverse effects on fertility and reproductive outcome.

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  • The structural realities of girls' and women's lives in many low and middle-income countries create a gap in information through minimum media exposure to health messages, lack of accessible reproductive health clinics, low rates of secondary and tertiary education, lower access to internet and media compared with boys and men, and health clinic staff who may be insufficiently trained to conduct差分

    “The structural realities of girls and women’s lives in many LMICs create a gap in information through, for example, minimum media exposure to health messages, the lack of accessible health clinics that are focused on reproductive health43; the low rates of secondary and tertiary education persisting in many countries,44 45 the lower access to internet and media that girls and women have in compar”

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  1. Tchente Nguefack C, Fogaing AD, Tejiokem MC, Nana Njotang P, Mbu R, Leke R. Pregnancy outcome in a group of Cameroonian women with uterine fibroids. [in French]J Gynecol Obstet Biol Reprod (Paris) 2009;38(6):493-9.

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Authors
Black, K. I., & Fraser, I. S.
Affiliations
The University of Sydney (AU)
Corresponding author
Fraser, Ian S.
ORCID
Black, Kirsten I.
Venue
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2012-08-09
Volume
119
Issue
S1
Pages
S72-5
ISSN
  • 0020-6695 (ISSN-L)
  • 0020-7292
  • 1879-3479
DOI
10.1016/j.ijgo.2012.05.002
OpenAlex
W2051313222
Cited by
14
References
43
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FWCI
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Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Obstetrics and Gynecology › Uterine Myomas and Treatments
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Obstetrics and Gynecology › Gynecological conditions and treatments
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Menstrual Health and Disorders
Keywords
health burden, resource-limited settings, menorrhagia, iron deficiency, pelvic pain, quality of life, pelvic floor prolapse, fertility, reproductive outcomes, undiagnosed disease
MeSH terms
Female, Genital Diseases, Female, Humans, Infertility, Female, Quality of Life, Socioeconomic Factors, Cost of Illness, Reproductive Health

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