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Human trafficking is a complex, multifaceted phenomenon that seriously violates human rights. From an intersectional perspective and through the systematic selection and analysis of 22 publications, this Scoping Review aims to identify categories and dimensions present in human trafficking for sexual exploitation in South, Central, and North America. The concepts of vulnerability and precariousness guide the analysis in identifying the most frequent categories and subcategories in the consulted literature. It concludes that there is an absence in literature that guides preventive policies at the macro and meso levels. Publications that, from a human rights perspective, focus on strategies for collective or community organization to resist human trafficking for sexual exploitation have great potential that has been little explored.

The authors' purpose in this study was to examine the effects of web-based Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) education on person's health management self-efficacy, treatment modality, and maternal-fetal-neonatal outcomes. We conducted a randomized controlled trial design. The study was conducted in 65 pregnant women (intervention group: 31, control group: 34). The level of health management self-efficacy was significantly higher in pregnant women who received web-based education compared to the control group. In addition, fewer pregnant women transitioned from nutrition therapy to insulin compared the control group. Among pregnant women with GDM, web-based education proved to be an effective intervention strategy, enhancing self-efficacy, promoting healthier behaviors, and ultimately reducing maternal and neonatal complications.

The clinical trial registration number: NCT05141929.

The authors of this study examined the levels of spiritual emptiness, stress management skills, and phubbing behavior in widows who had lost their husbands in the past six months. It also aimed to identify differences in these variables due to demographic characteristics and to explore the predictability of phubbing behavior from spiritual emptiness and stress management skills. The study sample consisted of 138 widows with an average age of 49, who completed scales assessing spiritual emptiness, stress management skills, and phubbing behavior. The authors' results indicated that widows had average levels of spiritual emptiness and phubbing behavior, but they had high levels of stress management skills. Additionally, differences in these variables were found due to age, employment status, and the number of widows' children's age. The authors' analysis revealed that phubbing behavior in widows could be predicted from spiritual emptiness and stress management skills.

In this study, the authors aimed to determine the prenatal comfort and quality of life levels of pregnant women with and without headaches. We conducted a descriptive study and collected online data from 425 pregnant women via social media between April and October 2022. The Personal Information Form, Prenatal Comfort Scale, and Quality of Life Scale-WHOQOL-BREF (TR) were used as data collection tools. Among the participants, 59.5% reported experiencing headaches during pregnancy. The mean scores on the Prenatal Comfort Scale were 64.28 ± 11.37 for those with headaches and 65.87 ± 9.44 for those without, with no significant difference (p = 0.133). However, significant differences were observed in the physical (p < 0.001), psychological (p = 0.002), and environmental (p = 0.012) sub-dimensions of the WHOQOL-BREF (TR), where participants with headaches had lower scores. While headaches did not significantly affect prenatal comfort, these findings indicate that they negatively impacted quality of life in physical, psychological, and environmental domains.

In this study, the authors use multiple linear regression to analyze the data of CGSS in 2021 to investigate the relationship between media use, social support, and women's subjective well-being. Their results show that: (1) There is a significant positive correlation between traditional media use and women's subjective well-being. (2) There is a significant positive correlation between informal social support and women's subjective well-being; There is no significant relationship between formal social support and women's subjective well-being. (3) Informal social support plays a partial mediating role in the relationship between traditional media use and women's subjective well-being. (4) Although the use of emerging media cannot directly predict women's subjective well-being, informal social support plays a fully mediating role in the impact of emerging media use on women's subjective well-being.

858 electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) recipients, from 44 countries, responded to an online survey. In keeping with previous studies, the majority (73%) were women. Most of the psychiatrists giving ECT (81%) were men. Women patients were less likely than men to report improved mood following ECT. Consistent with previous smaller studies, women patients also reported worse outcomes than men for multiple adverse effects, including anterograde and retrograde memory loss, and for how "harmful" ECT was in general. Even fewer women (15%) than men (29%) said they would want to have ECT again. Implications are discussed.

Within behavioral obesity interventions, progress on poor body satisfaction in women requires improvement. Women with low body satisfaction participated in obesity treatments focused on either weight-management education or cognitive-behavioral methods targeting physical activity and self-regulation. Improvements in participants' dietary behaviors, physical activity, waist circumference, body satisfaction, and mood were consistently greater in the cognitive-behavioral condition. Their improved diet and increased physical activity predicted increases in body satisfaction. Waist circumference change did not significantly increase the explained variance. Participants' changes in self-efficacy for controlled eating mediated diet→body satisfaction change relationships; and mood changes mediated physical activity→body satisfaction change relationships. We indicated implications for improving obesity intervention contents.

In this study the authors aimed to identify factors affecting cervical cancer incidence and mortality across World Health Organization member countries. Out of 194 member states, 127 were included in the analysis due to data availability. Hierarchical regression analysis was used to examine how cervical cancer incidence and mortality relate to health system capacity and population characteristics. Our findings indicate that the adolescent birth rate significantly affects cervical cancer incidence (p < 0.05), while all variables except prevalence of tobacco use have a significant effect on mortality (p < 0.05). Health system factors had a greater impact on mortality, while population characteristics influenced incidence.

In this study, we aimed to determine premenstrual symptoms and dysmenorrhea symptoms in women using ovulation and menstruation mobile applications. We conducted this study as descriptive and correlational with 730 women. We collected online using the personal information form, Premenstrual Syndrome Scale (PMSS) and Visual Analoque Scale (VAS). In addition, it was determined that as the VAS severity increased in dysmenorrhea, women's use of menstruation mobile application increased (p < 0.05). In addition, as the mean scores of PMSS irritability, pain, and bloating subscales increased, it was determined that the status of using menstruation mobile application increased (p < 0.05). We found that as both dysmenorrhea and premenstrual symptoms increased, the use of menstruation mobile application increased. Our findings suggest that women with dysmenorrhea and premenstrual syndrome use menstruation mobile applications more.

This study aimed at examining the effect of postpartum in-home and telephone supportive counseling on the quality of life (QoL) as primary outcome and maternal and neonatal outcomes as secondary objectives. This randomized clinical trial was performed on 93 women in Tabriz, Iran, who were randomly assigned into three groups of telephone, home supportive counseling, or control. Supportive counseling was provided on days 3-5, 7-9, and 20-25 postpartum. The QoL questionnaire was completed at 10-15 days postpartum. Infant birth weight and one-month weight were recorded. At 42-60 days postpartum, breastfeeding status, the number of infant medical visits, and the frequency of maternal-neonatal complaints were documented. Data were analyzed using ANCOVA and chi-square tests. The QoL in the telephone counseling group was higher than other groups (p = .008). There was no significant difference between groups in maternal and neonatal outcomes (p > .05). Telephone supportive counseling can improve mothers' QoL.