Women In Port Research Articles

Maternal Markers for Detecting Urinary Tract Infection among Pregnant Women in Port Said City, Egypt

Background: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the highest frequently problem caused by bacterial factors in a pregnant woman, which can lead to significant complications for both fetus and mother that hasten early detection for problems and prevention. The study aimed to identify the maternal markers for detecting urinary tract infection among pregnant women in port said City, Egypt. Subjects and Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive design was performed on 101 pregnant women who attend the obstetrics and gynecology clinic at Port Said general hospital with the inclusion criteria from first September 2017 to end of February 2018. The structured interviewing questionnaire and Laboratory test record were used to collect the data using a purposive sample. Result: In this study, 53.5 % of the studied women had positive bacteria in the urine culture. E. coli (39%) had the highest percentage of the isolated bacteria followed by Staphylococcus aureus (26%). The frequency of micturition, followed by dysuria, lower abdominal pain, urine color change, painful burning sensation, incomplete bladder evacuation were the most common maternal markers, predisposing factors associated with UTI during pregnancy were age, occupation, family income, previous treatment for UTI during current pregnancy, regular urination, diabetes mellitus, and previous urinary tract infection. Recommendations: A guidelines about preventive measures of UTI for pregnant women should be providing. Since the symptoms are considered reliable markers for detecting UTI during pregnancy, so suitable screening for early detection and provide proper treatment for infected cases should be implemented.

SOME HORMONAL CONTRACEPTIVES, HORMONE-RELATED REPRODUCTIVE BREAST CANCER RISK FACTORS AMONG WOMEN IN PORT HARCOURT: A CASE-CONTROL STUDY.

10Oct 2017 SOME HORMONAL CONTRACEPTIVES, HORMONE-RELATED REPRODUCTIVE BREAST CANCER RISK FACTORS AMONG WOMEN IN PORT HARCOURT: A CASE-CONTROL STUDY. Ijah R. F , Adeniji F. O , Mezie-Okoye M. M. and Dodiyi-Manual A. MPH Student and Correspondence Author, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, of the University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Lecturers of the Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, of the University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. General Surgeon of the Department of Surgery, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. General Surgeon of the Department of Surgery, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

Book Review: Women in Port: Gendering Communities, Economics and Social Networks in Atlantic Port Cities, 1500–1800, edited by Douglas Catterall & Jody Catterall

Book Review: Women in Port: Gendering Communities, Economics and Social Networks in Atlantic Port Cities, 1500–1800, edited by Douglas Catterall & Jody Catterall

Women in port: gendering communities, economies, and social networks in Atlantic port cities, 1500-1800

List of Maps and Illustrations Acknowledgements List of Contributors Introduction. Mother Courage and Her Sisters: Women's Worlds in the Premodern Atlantic, Douglas Catterall and Jodi Campbell Section 1: Metropolitan Frameworks The Women of Early Modern Triana: Life, Death and Survival Strategies in Seville's Maritime District, Alexandra Parma Cook Aberdeen and the Dutch Atlantic: Women and Woollens in the Seventeenth Century, Gordon DesBrisay Ports, Petticoats and Power? Women and Work in Early-National Philadelphia, Sheryllynne Haggerty Between Lady and Slave: White Working Women in the Eighteenth-Century Leeward Islands, Natalie Zacek Section 2: Traders and Travelers The Price of Assimilation: Spanish and Portuguese Women in French Cities, 1500-1650 Gayle Brunelle Capable Entrepreneurs: The Women Merchants and Traders of New Netherland, Kim Todt and Martha Dickinson Shattuck Can she be a woman? Gender and Contraband in the Revolutionary Atlantic, Ernst Pijning Lives On the Seas: Women's Trajectories in Port Cities of the Portuguese Overseas Empire, Junia Ferreira Furtado Section 3: Interactions and Intermediaries Wives, Brokers, and Laborers: Women at Cape Coast, 1750-1800, Ty M. Reese Gendering the Black Atlantic: Women's Agency in Coastal Trade Settlements in the Guinea Bissau Region, Philip J. Havik Housekeepers, Merchants, Rentieres: Free Women of Color in the Port Cities of Colonial Saint-Domingue, 1750-1790, Dominique Rogers and Stewart King Conclusion. Women in the Port Cities of the Early Modern Atlantic World: Retrospect and Prospect, Noble David Cook Bibliography Index