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BMC Women's Health: highlights of 2017

BMC Women’s Health has had yet another productive year, publishing important and insightful research relating to matters of women’s physical, mental and emotional health. Here we have selected five highlighted articles to celebrate the research published in 2017.

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Content type: Research article
| 16 August 2018

Loneliness among mothers raising children under the age of 3 years and predictors with special reference to the use of SNS: a community-based cross-sectional study

Authors: Marie Mandai, Misato Kaso, Yoshimitsu Takahashi and Takeo Nakayama
Content type: Research article
| 16 August 2018

Perception of Beninese on intimate partner violence: evidence from 2011-2012 Benin demographic health survey

Authors: Alphonse Kpozehouen, Noël Moussiliou Paraïso, Yolaine Glèlè Ahanhanzo, Elvyre Klikpo, Charles Sossa Jérôme, Laurent T. Ouédraogo and Roger Salamon
Content type: Research article
| 14 August 2018

Correlates of sexual inactivity and met need for contraceptives among young women in Ghana

Authors: D. Yaw Atiglo and Adriana A. E. Biney
Content type: Research article
| 14 August 2018

Prevalence of domestic violence and associated factors among pregnant women attending antenatal care service at University of Gondar Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia

Authors: Elfalet Fekadu, Getachew Yigzaw, Kassahun Alemu Gelaye, Tadesse Awoke Ayele, Tameru Minwuye, Tinsae Geneta and Destaw Fetene Teshome
Content type: Research article
| 9 August 2018

Intimate partner violence against women in Nigeria: a multilevel study investigating the effect of women’s status and community norms

Authors: Faith Owunari Benebo, Barbara Schumann and Masoud Vaezghasemi

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Content type: Research article
| 26 March 2014

Magnitude and risk factors of abortion among regular female students in Wolaita Sodo University, Ethiopia

Authors: Amha Admasie Gelaye, Kalemelekot Nigussie Taye and Tesfa Mekonen
Content type: Research article
| 8 June 2001

Penis size: Survey of female perceptions of sexual satisfaction

Authors: Russell Eisenman
Content type: Research article
| 12 September 2007

Knowledge and use of emergency contraception among women in the Western Cape province of South Africa: a cross-sectional study

Authors: Landon Myer, Regina Mlobeli, Di Cooper, Jennifer Smit and Chelsea Morroni
Content type: Research article
| 5 July 2013

Understanding why women seek abortions in the US

Authors: M Antonia Biggs, Heather Gould and Diana Greene Foster
Content type: Research article
| 26 March 2012

Prevalence, symptoms and management of uterine fibroids: an international internet-based survey of 21,746 women

Authors: Anne Zimmermann, David Bernuit, Christoph Gerlinger, Matthias Schaefers and Katharina Geppert

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BMC Women's Health is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of the health and wellbeing of adolescent girls and women, with a particular focus on the physical, mental, and emotional health of women in developed and developing nations. The journal welcomes submissions on women's public health issues, health behaviours, breast cancer, gynecological diseases, mental health and health promotion.

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Sherif A. El-Nashar, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
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Marc Schwartz, Georgetown University

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Alex Gentry-Maharaj, MSc, PhD is a Senior Research Associate at the Department of Women’s Cancer at the Institute for Women’s Health at University College London. The main focus of Alex’s work is screening for ovarian cancer.

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