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ISSN: 0739-9332 Health Care for Women International Volume2 8 2007 The Journal of the International Council on Women's Health Issues Routledge N& Taylor & Francis Group 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 Paradee Nanasilp, PhD University of British Columbia, CANADA Chiang Mai University, THAILAND Sara Carmel, PhD Else Nygaard, PhD Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, ISRAEL University of Copenhagen, DENMARK Rosaly Correa-de-Araujo, MD, MSc, PhD Henny Olsson, PhD, RN Department of Mech 0¢ Mumnen Services. USA Center for Caring Sciences, SWEDEN Jacquie C. Gahagan, PRD eS... 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For further information, please visit: http:/ Author Index to Volume 28 Akhtar, S., 556 de Zapien, J. G., 764, 799 Akpabio, I. I., 700 Denman, C., 799 Aldrich, T., 192 Diaz, K., 360 Allen, J. A., 478 Donelle, L., 397 Anderton, D. L., 593 Doyle, S., 888 Aso, T., 828 Draucker, C. B., 731 Attakai, A., 764 el-Kak, F., 614 Bajenja, E., 856 Elley, C. R., 843 Bann, C. M., 556 Epstein, R., 360 Becker, D., 192 Belknap, R. A., 506 Fang, X., 490, 745 Belton, S., 419 Fernandez-C, A., 192 Bender, R. H., 556 Fiscella, K., 360 Bergstrom, S., 654 Fitch, M. I., 122 Berman, H., 453 Forssén, A. S. K., 909 Bourne, K., 677 Founds, S. A., 573 Bowen, D. J., 59 Franco, R., 930 Bralock, A. R., 247 Brewer, T., 478 Gal, M., 817 Brown, L., 782 Garcia, S$. G., 192 Buetow, S., 843 Giuliano, A. R., 799 Bunzel, M. E., 817 Giuliano, A., 764 Goldenberg, R. L., 556 Canales, M. K., 155 Gorin, S. S., 930 Carina, B., 339 Gray, R. E., 122 Carlstedt, G., 909 Greenlee, H., 59 Carolan, M., 534 Greenwald, H., 45 Carroll, J., 300 Griffin, K. L., 122 Christensson, K., 224 Guilfoyle, S., 930 Christiansen, C., 680 Coe, K., 764 Hauck, Y., 209 Connell, S., 94 Hoffman-Goetz, L., 397 Cotterchio, M., 782 Holcombe, G., 45 Covan, E. K., 121, 207, 437, 523, Holm, A.-K., 18 591, 763, 853 Honein, G., 285 Crompvoets, S., 75 Hong, Y., 490, 745 Cruz, N., 506 Hopper, E., 478 Howard, A., 155 da Gloria Gomes de Freitas, E., 224 Howlett, R., 782 Dahlback, E., 654 Hunter, J. L., 2 Hunter, J., 764, 799 Morrison, S., 268 Hurdle, D. E., 569, 872 Moss, N., 556 Murata, H., 828 Ihimaera, L., 843 Murphy, J., 782 Ikorok, M. M., 700 Myntti, C., 614 Ismail, F., 453 Nelson, S., 534 Jabbour, S., 614 Newman, B., 94 Jackson, M. K., 478 Nicol, M., 525 Janes, R., 843 Nimmon, L. E., 381 Johansson, E., 224 Nonni, A., 182 Nuvayestewa, L., 764 Kaddour, A., 614 Karamagi, E., 856 Obermeyer, C. M., 593 Karmaliani, R., 556 Ohlén, J., 18 Kasonka, L., 654 Omar, S., 360 Kipp, W., 856 Koniak-Griffin, D., 247 Panoskaltsis, T., 182 Konidaris, S., 182 Papenfuss, M., 764, 799 Kouskouni, E. E., 182 Patsouris, E. S., 182 Kreatsas, G., 182 Patterson, C., 94 Pettersson, K. O., 224 Lavery, M., 45 Pirani, F., 556 Lazaris, A. C., 182 Powers, D., 59 Li, X., 490, 745 Price, K., 593 Lin, K., 680 Rakowski, W., 155 Maglione, M. L., 478 Ransj6-Arvidson, A.-B., 654 Mai, V., 782 Ritvo, P., 782 Maimbolwa, M., 654 Rosen, B., 782 Martin, L., 764 Ross, R., 731 Matsushima, E., 828 Rubaale, T., 856 Matsushita, T., 828 Matthew, A., 782 Sakata, Y., 828 Mattson, S., 434 Salem, M. T., 614 McCorkle, R., 45 Sarah, W., 339 McCullough, M. A., 478 Sarivalassis, A., 182 McElmurry, B. J., 680 Sawatphanit, W., 731 McLaughlin, D., 478 Schulein, M., 593 Mitchell, T. L., 122 Seymour, S. S., 764 Mitchell, T., 309 Sharareh, A., 339 Miyasaka, N., 828 Sheinfeld, H., 817 Mondiwa, M., 209 Sievert, L. L., 593 Sims, S. L., 638 Wallace, D., 799 Stanton, B., 745 Wang, B., 745 Steed, R., 843 Ward-Griffin, C., 453 Stern, P. N., 638 Weaver, T. L., 478 Stiffler, D., 638 Webber, G., 712 Sudha, S., 268 Weerasinghe, S., 309 Suwansujarid, T., 731 Werner, J. S., 141 Winslow, W. W., 285 Tang, S. T., 45 Tanyi, R. A., 141 Yakiwchuk, C. V., 122 Tatum, C., 192 Yang, H., 745 Tindyebwa, D., 856 Yang, K., 329 Tower, M., 438 Zhao, R., 490, 745 Vishne, T., 817 Zhu, L., 208 Volpe, E., 360 Zurayk, H., 614 Health Care for Women International Volume 28 Table of Contents Volume 28 Number 1 Editorial Better Late Than Never: Reflections on the Delayed Prioritization of Cervical Cancer in International Health Jennifer L. Hunter Transforming Desolation Into Consolation: Being a Mother with Life-Threatening Breast Cancer Joakim Oblén and Ann-Kristin Holm Factors Related to Depressive Symptoms Among Long-Term Survivors of Cervical Cancer Ruth McCorkle, Siew Tzuh Tang, Howard Greenwald, Gwynne Holcombe, and Mary Lavery Effects of Breast Cancer Risk Counseling for Sexual Minority Women Deborah J.B owen, Diane Powers, and Heather Greenlee Comfort, Control, or Conformity: Women Who Choose Breast Reconstruction Following Mastectomy Samantha Crompvoets A Qualitative Analysis of Reproductive Issues Raised by Young Australian Women with Breast Cancer Shirley Connell, Carla Patterson, and Beth Newman Volume 28 Number 2 Editorial Eleanor Krassen Covan Survivor Dragon Boating: A Vehicle to Reclaim and Enhance Life After Treatment for Breast Cancer Terry L. Mitchell, Kara L. Griffin, Christine V. Yakiwchuk, Ross E. Gray, and Margaret I. Fitch Spirituality in African American and Caucasian Women with End-Stage Renal Disease on Hemodialysis Treatment Ruth A. Tanyi and Joan S. Werner Traditionality and Cancer Screening Practices Among American Indian Women in Vermont Mary K. Candies, William Rakowski, and Alan Howard 182 Human Papillomavirus Infection in Malignant and Benign Gynaecological Conditions: A Study in Greek Women Socrates Konidaris, Evangelia E. Kouskouni, Theodore Panoskaltsis, Georgios Kreatsas, Efstratios S$. Patsouris, Apostolos Sarivalassis, Aphrodite Nonni, and Andreas C. Lazaris Linking Cervical Cancer to the Human Papillomavirus: Findings from a Qualitative Study With Mexican Women Sandra G. Garcia, Davida Becker, Carrie Tatum, Tess Aldrich, and Araceli Ferndndez-C Volume 28 Number 3 207 Editorial Eleanor Krassen Covan 209 Malawian Midwives’ Perceptions of Occupational Risk for HIV Infection Martha Mondiwa and Yvonne Hauck i.)e e)> Strategies Applied by Women in Coping With ad-hoc Demands for Unauthorized User Fees During Pregnancy and Childbirth. A Focus Group Study From Angola Karen Odberg Pettersson, Kyllike Christensson, Engracia da Gloria Gomes de Freitas, and Eva Johansson Relationship, Power, and Other Influences on Self-Protective Sexual Behaviors of African American Female Adolescents Anita R. Bralock and Deborah Koniak-Griffin 268 Violence against Women, Symptom Reporting, and Treatment for Reproductive Tract Infections in Kerala State, Southern India S. Sudha, Sharon Morrison, and Limei Zhu Bridges and Barriers to Health: Her Story—Emirati Women’s Health Needs Wendy Wilkins Winslow and Gladys Honein Volume 28 Number 4 309 Connection Between the Meaning of Health and Interaction With Health Professionals: Caring for Immigrant Women Swarna Weerasinghe and Terry Mitchell Self-Assessments of Health by Korean Immigrant Women Kyeongra Yang The Health of Female Iranian Immigrants in Sweden: A Qualitative Six-Year Follow-Up Study Akhavan Sharareh, Bildt Carina, and Wamala Sarah Knowledge and Beliefs About Health Promotion and Preventive Health Care Among Somali Women in the United States Jennifer Carroll, Ronald Epstein, Kevin Fiscella, Ellen Volpe, Katherine Diaz, and Sadiya Omar ESL-Speaking Immigrant Women’s Disillusions: Voices of Health Care in Canada: An Ethnodrama Laura E. Nimmon Chat Room Computer-Mediated Support on Health Issues for Aboriginal Women L. Hoffman-Goetz and L. Donelle Borders of Fertility: Unplanned Pregnancy and Unsafe Abortion in Burmese Women Migrating to Thailand Suzanne Belton Book Review Susan Mattson Volume 28 Number 5 Editorial Eleanor Krdassen Covan Intimate Partner Violence and the Health Care Response: A Postmodern Critique Marion Tower Dating Violence and the Health of Young Women: A Feminist Narrative Study Farah Ismail, Helene Berman, and Catherine Ward-Griffin Mediators of Suicidal Ideation Within a Sheltered Sample of Raped and Battered Women Terri L. Weaver, Janice A. Allen, Elizabeth Hopper, Melissa L. Maglione, Dorcas McLaughlin, Mary Ann McCullough, Mary K. Jackson, and Teresa Brewer Correlates of Suicidal Ideation and Attempt Among Female Sex Workers in China Yan Hong, Xiaoming Li, Xiaoyi Fang, and Ran Zhao When I Was in My Home I Suffered a Lot: Mexican Women’s Descriptions of Abuse in Family of Origin Ruth Ann Belknap and Nancy Cruz Volume 28 Number 6 Editorial Eleanor Krassen Covan Vulnerability of First-Time Expectant Mothers During Ultrasound Scans: An Evaluation of the External Pressures That Influence the Process of Informed Choice Marian Nicol First Mothering Over 35 Years: Questioning the Association of Maternal Age and Pregnancy Risk M. Carolan and S. Nelson Diagnostic Validity of Two Instruments for Assessing Anxiety and Depression Among Pregnant Women in Hyderabad, Pakistan Rozina Karmaliani, Carla M. Bann, Farida Pirani, Saeed Akhtar, Randall H. Bender, Robert L. Goldenberg, and Nancy Moss Participating in Research for Pregnancy Complicated by Breech Sandra A. Founds Volume 28 Number 7 591 Editorial Eleanor Krassen Covan 593 Medication Use and Gender in Massachusetts: Results of a Household Survey Carla Makblouf Obermeyer, Kim Price, Michelle Schulein, Lynnette Leidy Sievert, ard Douglas L. Anderton 614 Beyond Reproductive Health: Listening to Women About Their Health in Disadvantaged Beirut Neighborhoods Huda Zurayk, Cynthia Myntti, Mylene T. Salem, Afamia Kaddour, Faysal el-Kak, and Samer Jabbour 638 Changing Women: Mothers and Their Adolescent Daughters Deborah Stiffler, Sharon L. Sims, and Phyllis Noerager Stern 654 Unsafe Induced Abortions Among Adolescent Girls in Lusaka Elisabeth Dablbdck, Margaret Maimbolwa, Lackson Kasonka, Staffan Bergstrém, and Anna-Berit Ransjo-Arvidson Volume 28 Number 8 67/7 Editorial Kate Bourne O80 Women and HIV/AIDS in China: Gender and Vulnerability Keke Lin, Beverly J. McElmurry, and Carol Christiansen 7OO Women’s Choice of Strategies for Improving Utilization of HIV/AIDS Screening Services Maria Michael Ikorok and Idongesit Ibanga Akpabio The Impact of Migration on HIV Prevention for Women: Constructing a Conceptual Framework Gail Webber The Lived Experiences of HIV-Positive, Pregnant Women in Thailand Ratchneewan Ross, Wilaiphan Sawatphanit, Claire Burke Draucker, and Tatirat Suwansujarid Sexual Coercion, HIV-Related Risk, and Mental Health Among Female Sex Workers in China Bo Wang, Xiaoming Li, Bonita Stanton, Xidoyi kang, Hongmei Yang, Ran Zhao, and Yan Hong Volume 28 Number 9 Editorial Eleanor Krassen Covan Predictors of Pap Test Use Among Women Living on the Hopi Reservation ‘athryn Coe, Lorencita Martin, Leon Nuvayestewa, Agnes Attakdi, Mary Papenfuss, Jill Guernsey de Zapien, Sallie Saltzman Seymour, Jennie Hunter, and Anna Giuliano Attitudes Toward HPV Testing: Interview Findings From a Random Sample of Women in Ontario, Canada L. Brown, P. Ritvo, R. Howlett, M. Cotterchio, A. Matthew, B. Rosen, J]. Murphy, and V. Mai Pap Smear Screening Among Women >40 years Residing at the United States—Mexico Border Danelle Wallace, Jennifer Hunter, Mary Papenfuss, Jill Guernsey De Zapien, Catalina Denman, and Anna R. Giuliano The Etiology of Some Menstrual Disorders: A Gynecological and Psychiatric Issue Helen Sheinfeld, Michael Gal, Michael E. Bunzel, and Tali Vishne Quality of Life in Gynecological Inpatients Undergoing Surgery Toshiko Matsushita, Hinako Murata, Eisuke Matsushima, Yu Sakata, Naoyuki Miyasaka, and Takeshi Aso Why Don’t Some Women Return for Cervical Smears? A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Investigation Stephen Buetow, Ron Janes, Robin Steed, Louise Ihimaera, and C. Raina Elley Volume 28 Number 10 Editorial Eleanor Krassen Covan