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International Women's Day - #BalanceforBetter

BMC Women's Health and all of BMC is proud to be supporting International Women's Day 2019. We invite you to read our blog post about the theme of #BalanceforBetter and to browse our journals to read about recent research in gender equality, women's health, and women's rights.

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We are now recruiting Associate Editors for our Editorial Board to join our team of academic editors in assessing manuscripts in the field of women's health.

Content type: Study protocol
| 22 March 2019

The (cost) effectiveness of procedural sedation and analgesia versus general anaesthesia for hysteroscopic myomectomy, a multicentre randomised controlled trial: PROSECCO trial, a study protocol

Authors: Julia F. van der Meulen, Marlies Y. Bongers, Sjors F. P. J. Coppus, Judith E. Bosmans, José M. C. Maessen, Katrien Oude Rengerink, Lucilla E. Overdijk, Celine M. Radder, Lucet F. van der Voet, Nicol A. C. Smeets, Huib A. A. M. van Vliet, Wouter J. K. Hehenkamp, Arentje P. Manger, Wilbert A. Spaans, Erica A. Bakkum, Nicole Horrée…
Content type: Research article
| 15 March 2019

Women’s experiences of receiving care for pelvic organ prolapse: a qualitative study

Authors: Purva Abhyankar, Isabelle Uny, Karen Semple, Sarah Wane, Suzanne Hagen, Joyce Wilkinson, Karen Guerrero, Douglas Tincello, Edward Duncan, Eileen Calveley, Andrew Elders, Doreen McClurg and Margaret Maxwell
Content type: Research article
| 7 March 2019

“A secret club”: focus groups about women’s toileting behaviors

Authors: Mary H. Palmer, Jennifer M. Wu, Celine S. Marquez, Betty Rupp, Mitchell M. Conover and Diane K. Newman
Content type: Research article
| 4 March 2019

Massive single visit cervical pre-cancer and cancer screening in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Authors: Justin Lussy Paluku, Tamar E. Carter, Miriam Lee and Susan A Bartels
Content type: Research article
| 4 March 2019

Psychosocial factors that mediate the association between mode of birth and maternal postnatal adjustment: findings from a population-based survey

Authors: Fiona Alderdice, Jane Henderson, Charles Opondo, Marci Lobel, Maria Quigley and Maggie Redshaw

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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
| 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
| 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
| 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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Tovah Honor Aronin, Biomed Central

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Sherif A. El-Nashar, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Jane Fisher, Monash University
Aleksandra Gentry-Maharaj, University College London
Marc Schwartz, Georgetown University

Alex Gentry-Maharaj, Section Editor

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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The (cost) effectiveness of procedural sedation and analgesia versus general anaesthesia for hysteroscopic myomectomy, a multicentre randomised controlled trial: PROSECCO trial, a study protocol

Women’s experiences of receiving care for pelvic organ prolapse: a qualitative study

“A secret club”: focus groups about women’s toileting behaviors

Massive single visit cervical pre-cancer and cancer screening in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Psychosocial factors that mediate the association between mode of birth and maternal postnatal adjustment: findings from a population-based survey

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

Penis size: Survey of female perceptions of sexual satisfaction

Understanding why women seek abortions in the US

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

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

Aims and scope

Alex Gentry-Maharaj, Section Editor

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BMC Series blog

Recruitment of pregnant women in randomized trials: What could hold us back?

BMC Molecular and Cell Biology: one journal, one community, any organism

BMC Health Services Research: Editor picks of 2018

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