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ISSN: 0739-9332 Health Care For Women international Volume 24 2003 The Journal of the International Council on Women’s Health Issues * Taylor &Francis @ healthsciences HEALTH CARE FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL EDITOR Eleanor Krassen Covan, PhD Professor of Sociology & Director of Gerontology Programs University of North Carolina, Wilmington, NC, USA EDITOR EMERITUS FOUNDING EDITOR Phyllis Noerager Stern, DNS, RN, FAAN Carole Anne McKenzie, CNM, PhD Indiana University School of Nursing Indianapolis, IN, USA EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Joan Anderson, PhD, RN Henny Olsson, PhD, RN University of British ( ‘olumbia, CANADA Center for Caring Sciences, SWEI YEN Marjorie Gott, PhD Marion Pybus, MS, RN Gort Associates, ENGLAND Massey University, NEW ZEALAND Felicia Iweze, MSc, SRN, SCM, FWACN, MNIM Dolores M. Recio, PhD, RN Soroptomist International of Benin City, NIGERIA University of the Philippines, PHILIPPINES Sandra Katzman Margarete Sandelowski, PhD, RN, FAAN Yokohama, JAPAN University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Margarethe Lorensen, PhD, RN Dena Shenk, PhD Universitetet 1 Oslo, NORWAY University of ¢ ‘harlotte, USA Sally McManamny, DipNEd, BEd, RN Hanneke van Maanen, PhD incoln Institute of Health Sciences, AUSTRALIA International Council on Women’s Health Issues, GERMANY Else Nygaard, PhD Danmarks Tekniske Hojskole, DENMARK BOOK REVIEW EDITOR COMMUNICATIONS EDITOR Susan Mattson, RNC, CTN, PhD Carol Beausang, PhD Professor, College of Nursing, Arizona State University Indiana University School of Nursing [empe, Arizona 85287-2602, USA MANAGING EDITOR: Elizabeth Fugate-Whitlock, BSW, MA Abstracted and/or Indexed in: BIOSYS; Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL); e-psyche; MEDLARS; MEDLINE: Nursing Abstracts; Sociological Abstracts; Studies on Women Abstracts. 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Meleis NEWS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL ON WOMEN’S HEALTH ISSUES GETTING NO RESPECT: BARRIERS TO MAMMOGRAPHY FOR A GROUP OF SWEDISH WOMEN Inez Johansson and Carina M. Berteroé JAPANESE AMERICAN WOMEN: BEHAVIORS AND ATTITUDES TOWARD BREAST CANCER EDUCATION AND SCREENING Georgia Robins Sadler Mitsuko Takahashi, Celine M. Ko, and Tammy Nguyen THE MEANING OF HEALTH IN MAMMOGRAPHY SCREENING FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN Kathleen M. Russell, Melinda M. Swenson, Alta M. Skelton, and Rivienne Shedd-Steele WOMEN’S VIEWS OF A BREAST SCREENING SERVICE Elizabeth L. Hamilton, Matthew G. Wallis, Julie Barlow, Lesley Cullen, and Christine Wright TRADITIONAL BREASTFEEDING PRACTICES OF THE OJIBWE OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA Joan E. Dodgson and Roxanne Struthers INCOMPATIBLE EXPECTATIONS: THE DILEMMA OF BREASTFEEDING MOTHERS Yvonne L. Hauck and Vera F. Ilrurita BOOK REVIEW Susan Mattson Volume 24, Issue 2 EDITORIAL COMMUNICATION PATTERNS BETWEEN HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND THEIR CLIENTS AT AN ANTENATAL CLINIC IN ZIMBABWE Nester Murira, Kim Liitzen, Gunilla Lindmark, and Kyllike Christensson PROMOTING ATTENTIONAL HEALTH: IMPORTANCE TO WOMEN’S LIVES Mary Ann Stark and Bernadine Cimprich MAKING CULTURE VISIBLE: AN EXAMINATION OF BIRTHPLACE AND HEALTH STATUS Sharon Aneta Bryant THE CULTURAL CONTEXT OF GENDER IDENTITY: FEMALE GENITAL EXCISION AND INFIBULATION Bilkis Vissandjée, Mireille Kantiébo, Alissa Levine, and Radegonde N’Dejuru BARRIERS TO WELLNESS ACTIVITIES FOR CANADIAN WOMEN WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES Fran Odette, Karen K. Yoshida, Pat Israel, Audrey Li, Deb Ullman, Angela Colontonio, Heather McLean, and David Locker Annual Tables of Contents PREPAREDNESS OF HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS TO SCREEN WOMEN FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN A BORDER COMMUNITY Heather W. Goff, A. J. Shelton, Theresa L. Byrd and Guy S. Parcel ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES OF DOCTORS TOWARD DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS IN SOUTH AFRICA Karl Peltzer, Teresa-Anne Mashego, and Matilala Mabeba Volume 24, Issue 3 EDITORIAL NEWS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL ON WOMEN’S HEALTH ISSUES QUESTIONING THE CONSTRUCTION OF MATERNAL AGE AS A FERTILITY PROBLEM Barbara Hanson THE CLIENTELE OF TRADITIONAL BIRTH HOMES IN RURAL SOUTHEASTERN NIGERIA C. Otutubikey Izugbara and J. Kinuabeye Ukwayi A PROCESS MODEL OF DEPO-PROVERA USE IN CANADIAN WOMEN Mary Hampton and Barb McWatters THE IMPACT OF ECTOPIC PREGNANCY: A 16-YEAR FOLLOW-UP STUDY Judith N. Lasker and Lori J. Toedter INFLUENCE OF ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE USE ON PAIN PERCEPTION AND BLOOD PRESSURE Kelli F. Koltyn, Jennifer A. Landis, and Erin A. Dannecker ABORTION—IT IS FOR SOME WOMEN ONLY! HMONG WOMEN’S PERCEPTIONS OF ABORTION Pranee Liamputtong OUT OF SYNC: A GENERATION OF FIRST-TIME MOTHERS OVER 30 Teresa M. Dobrzykowski and Phyllis Noerager Stern MEASURING GYNECOLOGICAL MORBIDITY: EVALUATING TWO DIFFERENT DATA SOURCES FROM BEIRUT Mary Deeb, Francoise Ghorayeb, Tamar Kabakian-Khasholian, Joumana Yeretzian, and Naji Aswad Volume 24, Issue 4 EDITORIAL NEWS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL ON WOMEN’S HEALTH ISSUES FOUNDING AND PROCESSES OF THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL ON WOMEN’S HEALTH ISSUES: ATTENTIVE PARTNERING. THE FIRST 19 YEARS Phyllis Noerager Stern THE INFLUENCE OF INCOME ON THE EXPERIENCE OF INFORMAL CAREGIVING: POLICY IMPLICATIONS Allison M. Williams, Dorothy A. Forbes, Julie Mitchell, Mary Essar, and Brad Corbett OLDER WOMEN CARING FOR SPOUSES WITH ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AT HOME: MAKING SENSE OF THE SITUATION Olimpia Paun Annual Tables of Contents PHYSICAL ABUSE IN LOW-INCOME WOMEN IN ALEPPO, SYRIA Wasim Maziak and Taghrid Asfar DEPRESSION DURING EARLY RECOVERY FROM HEART SURGERY AMONG EARLY MIDDLE-AGE, MIDLIFE, AND ELDERLY WOMEN Sandra K. Plach, Linda Napholz, and Sheryl T. Kelber THE ARTISTRY AND ABILITY OF TRADITIONAL WOMEN HEALERS Roxanne Struthers WOMEN WITH HEART DISEASE: CAN THE COMMON-SENSE MODEL OF [ILLNESS HELP”? Kim Shifren Volume 24, Issue 5 EDITORIAL WOMEN LIVING WITH ENVIRONMENTAL [ILLNESS Andrea Chircop and Barbara Keddy CORRELATES OF CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING AMONG WOMEN IN TAIWAN Su-l Hou, Maria E. Fernandez, Elizabeth Baumler, Guy S. Parcel, and Pai-Ho Chen THEORETICAL MODEL OF PSYCHOTHERAPY: EASTERN ASIAN-ISLAMIC WOMEN WITH MENTAL ILLNESS David J. Carter and Anahita Rashidi AFRICAN AMERICAN ADOLESCENTS’ EXPERIENCES WITH UNPLANNED PREGNANCY AND ELECTIVE ABORTION Janet L. Andrews and Joyceen Boyle GENDER DIFFERENCES IN STORIES OF EVERYDAY INTERNET USE Suzanne Steffan Dickerson MATERNAL MORBIDITY IN RURAL UPPER EGYPT: LEVELS, DETERMINANTS, AND CARE SEEKING Khaled Yassin, Ulrich Laaser, and Alexander Kraemer AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY OF PRECOLPOSCOPY EDUCATION SESSIONS: WHAT DO WOMEN WANT TO KNOW? Janeine Neale, Marian K. Pitts, Phyllis D. J. Dunn, Gillian M. Hughes, and Charles W. E. Redman BOOK REVIEW Susan Mattson BOOK REVIEW Susan Mattson Volume 24, Issue 6 Special Issue on HIV/AIDS EDITORIAL Katherine Bruce NEWS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL ON WOMEN’S HEALTH ISSUES HOME-BASED CARE IN BOTSWANA: EXPERIENCES OF OLDER WOMEN AND YOUNG GIRLS Elizabeth Lindsey, Miriam Hirschfeld, Sheila Tlou, and Eiphram Ncube Annual Tables of Contents PEER LED HIV/AIDS PREVENTION FOR WOMEN IN SOUTH AFRICAN INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS Peggy O’Hara Murdock, Hari Garbharran, Martha Jo Edwards, Maria A. Smith, Johnny Lutchmiah, and Makhosi Mkhize VULNERABLE ADOLESCENT MOTHERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF MATERNAL ROLE AND HIV RISK Janna Lesser, Rachel Oakes, and Deborah Koniak-Griffin HIV SEXUAL RISK BEHAVIOR AMONG PUERTO RICAN WOMEN Denise Dixon, Michael Peters, and Janet Saul FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO WOMEN DECLINING ANTENATAL HIV TESTING Tomas Campbell and Susan Bernhardt ADHERENCE TO ANTIRETROVIRAL MEDICATIONS IN HIV/AIDS CARE: A NARRATIVE EXPLORATION OF ONE WOMAN’S FORAY INTO INTENTIONAL NONADHERENCE Kathleen Johnston Roberts and Traci Mann BARRIERS AND MOTIVATORS FOR LOW-INCOME BRAZILIAN WOMEN IN METROPOLITAN BELO HORIZONTE: INSIGHTS FOR AIDS PREVENTION Clauria Ladeira McCalman Volume 24, Issue 7 EDITORIAL CONTEXTUALIZING A MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGH: AN OVERVIEW OF THE CASE OF iVF Daphna Birenbaum-Carmeli FATALISM TOWARD BREAST CANCER AMONG THE WOMEN OF GHANA Rachel M. Mayo, Anita Hunter, and Veronica G. Parker SELF-CARING OF WOMEN WITH OSTEOARTHRITIS LIVING AT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF INDEPENDENCE Carol L. Baird, Donna Schmeiser, and Karen T. Yehle MEASURING REPRODUCTIVE MORBIDITY: A COMMUNITY-BASED APPROACH, JORDAN Salah M. Mawajdeh, Raeda Al-Qutob, and Amy Schmidt LIFE AS MOTHERS IN A NEW LAND: THE EXPERIENCE OF MOTHERHOOD AMONG THAI WOMEN IN AUSTRALIA Pranee Liamputtong and Charin Naksook Volume 24, Issue 8 EDITORIAL NEWS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL ON WOMEN’S HEALTH ISSUES IMPLEMENTING WOMEN’S CANCER SCREENING PROGRAMS IN AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE POPULATIONS Paula M. Lantz, Carlyn E. Orians, Edward Liebow, Jennie R. Joe, Linda Burhansstipanoyv, Julie Erb, and Kathryn Kenyon THE VIEW FROM SOMEWHERE: LOCATING LESBIAN EXPERIENCE IN WOMEN’S HEALTH Carol McDonald, Marjorie McIntyre, and Beverly Anderson Annual Tables of Contents MAJOR FACTORS THAT IMPACT ON WOMEN’S HEALTH IN TANZANIA: THE WAY FORWARD Pauline Peter Mella TE CONTARIA MI VIDA: | WOULD TELL YOU MY LIFE, IF ONLY YOU WOULD ASK Ruth Ann Belknap and Pilar Sayeed THE IMPACT OF HIV/AIDS ON BAHAMIAN WOMEN: A FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE Shane Neely-Smith ERRATA Volume 24, Issue 9 EDITORIAL WOMEN’S SOMATIC STYLES: RETHINKING BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION EDUCATION Lyndall Ellingson BREAST CANCER SCREENING METHODS: A REVIEW OF THE EVIDENCE Mandana Vahabi MAINTAINING RESPECTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY: GENDERED LABOR PATTERNS AMONG WOMEN INJECTION DRUG USERS Nila Ginger Hofman, Teri A. Strenski, Patricia A. Marshall, and Robert Heimer BEHAVIORAL PRACTICES AND MORTALITY IN WOMEN FORMER COLLEGE ATHLETES AND NONATHLETES Grace Wyshak MEDICALIZED MENOPAUSE, U.S. STYLE Vicki F. Meyer PERCEIVED EFFECTS OF TESTOSTERONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY IN PERIMENOPAUSAL AND POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN: AN INTERNET PILOT STUDY Andra §. Davis, Kay Gilbert, Philip Misiowiec, and Barbara Riegel BOOK REVIEW Susan Mattson Volume 24, Issue 10 EDITORIAL “NONE OF US WILL EVER BE THE SAME AGAIN”: REACTIONS OF AMERICAN MIDLIFE WOMEN TO 9/11 Sandra P. Thomas TAKING A DIFFERENT PATH: MENSTRUAL PREPARATION FOR ADOLESCENT GIRLS LIVING APART FROM THEIR MOTHERS Melanie B. Kalman PROMOTING WOMEN’S HEALTH-SEEKING BEHAVIOR: RESEARCH AND THE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN Dawn H. Currie and Sara E. Wiesenberg THE QUALITY OF WOMEN’S LIFE AFTER MASTECTOMY IN POLAND Irena Wrorska, Renata Stepien, and Teresa B. Kulik Annual Tables of Contents MISSING GIRLS AND SON PREFERENCE IN RURAL INDIA: LOOKING BEYOND POPULAR MYTH Mridula Bandyopadhyay OBSERVATIONS AND ADVERTISING: CONTROVERSIES IN THE PRESCRIBING OF HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY Anne Katz PREDICTORS OF WOMEN’S INTERNET ACCESS AND INTERNET HEALTH SEEKING Deborah J. Bowen, Hendrika Meischke, Nigel Bush, Jean A. Wooldridge, Robert Robbins, Abi Ludwig, and Gina Escamilla BOOK REVIEW BOOK REVIEW Following page 956: Title Page to Volume 24 Tables cf Contents to Volume 24 Reviewer's List to Volume 24 Author Index to Volume 24 bedoe Ne pe rpie e a SD