Health Care for Women International CONTENTS Volume 17 / Number! / 1996 NEWS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL ON WOMEN’S HEALTH ISSUES / v THE FUTURE OF SOCIAL SECURITY AND ITS IMPACT ON OLDER WOMEN / Shirley S. Chater / vi IS RUBIN’S “TAKING-IN” AND “TAKING-HOLD” A USEFUL PARADIGM? / Louise K. Martell / J PREGNANT WOMEN AT RISK: AN EVALUATION OF THE HEALTH STATUS OF REFUGEE WOMEN IN BUFFALO, NEW YORK / Lucinda R. Kahler, Catherine M. Sobota, Candace K. Hines, and Kim Griswold / I5 DELAY IN PRENATAL CARE AS A RESULT OF BATTERING IN PREGNANCY: CROSS-CULTURAL IMPLICATIONS / Lori Taggart and Susan Mattson / 25 PATTERNS OF POSTPARTUM HEALTH IN MOTHERS OF LOW BIRTH WEIGHT INFANTS / Susan Gennaro and Anne Krouse / 35 THE IMPACT OF A HISTORY OF RAPE AND INCEST ON THE POST- HYSTERECTOMY EXPERIENCE / RuthN. Wukasch / 47 DETERMINING THE ADEQUACY OF A HEALTH PROMOTION SELF- CARE INTERVIEW GUIDE WITH HEALTHY, MIDDLE-AGED, MEXICAN AMERICAN WOMEN: A PILOT STUDY / Donna L. Hartweg and Violeta A. Berbiglia / 57 IMAGES AND SENSATIONS OF WAR: A COMMON THEME IN THE HISTORY OF MILITARY NURSING / Sharon S. Dittmar, Marietta P. Stanton, Mary Ann Jezewski, and Suzanne S. Dickerson / 69 AUGMENTATION MAMMOPLASTY: A COMPLEX CHOICE / Marion Allen and Kathleen Oberle / 8] PAPERS TO APPEAR IN FUTURE ISSUES / 9] Health Care for Women International CONTENTS Volume17 / Number2 / 1996 EDITORIAL / v THE WATER BABY / Barbara A. Keddy / 93 CROSS-NATIONAL COMPARISON OF FAMILY DYNAMICS DURING THE THIRD TRIMESTER OF PREGNANCY IN THE UNITED STATES AND ICELAND / Marjorie A. White, Margaret E. Wilson, Barbara Tomlinson, and Margrét Tomasdottir / 97 QUESTIONING, RESISTING, ACQUIESCING, BALANCING: NEW MOTHERS’ CAREER REENTRY STRATEGIES / Suellen Miller / 109 AIDS AWARENESS AND KNOWLEDGE AMONG BOTSWANA WOMEN: IMPLICATIONS FOR PREVENTION PROGRAMS / Kathleen F. Norr, Sheila D. Tlou, and Beverly J. McElmurry / 133 RACISM AND HEALTH CARE ACCESS: A DIALOGUE WITH CHILD- BEARING WOMEN / Nanny L. Murrell, Renée Smith, Gwendolyn Gill, and Gozil Oxley / 149 PERIMENSTRUAL SYMPTOMS AMONG CHINESE WOMEN IN AN URBAN AREA OF CHINA / Mei-yu Yu, Xiu-lan Zhu, Jin-yue Li, Deborah Oakley, and Nancy E.Reame / 16] HEALTH-RELATED CONCERNS AND EXPERIENCES OF EMPLOYED PERIMENOPAUSAL WOMEN IN ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT / Blanche I. Mikhail and Mirrelle S. Ragheb / 173 INTRAINDIVIDUAL CHANGE AND INTERINDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN FACTORS INFLUENCING OLDER WOMEN’S HEALTH-SEEKING BEHAVIOR / Mary Ellen Quinn, Mary Ann Johnson, and Peter Martin / 187 ANNOUNCEMENTS / 197 PAPERS TO APPEAR IN FUTURE ISSUES / 199 Health Care for Women International CONTENTS Volume 17 / Number3 / 1996 EDITORIAL / v FOLLOWING THE THREAD OF ARIADNE TO THE HEALTH OF WOMEN / Kristina Davidson, Erik Trell, Cristos Lionis, Antonis Koutis, Tomas Faresj6, Toomas Timpka, and Michael Fioretos / 20] EXPERIENCES OF DISCLOSURE IN WOMEN INFECTED WITH HIV / Linda Moneyham, Brenda Seals, Alice Demi, Richard Sowell, Leland Cohen, and Joyce Guillory / 209 EXPERIENCES OF WOMEN WITH CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN / Julie K. Zadinsky and Joyceen S. Boyle / 223 RECENT MAMMOGRAPHY IN WOMEN AGED 35 AND OLDER: PREDISPOSING VARIABLES / Victoria Champion and Anna M. Miller / 233 ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY AND CORONARY HEART DISEASE IN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN / Kathryn M. King / 247 NEW MEXICO WOMEN WITH NO PRENATAL CARE: REASONS, OUTCOMES, AND NURSING IMPLICATIONS / Pairicia Grant Higgins and Martha Burton / 255 Health Care for Women International CONTENTS Volume17 / Number4 / 1996 EDITORIAL / vy NEWS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL ON WOMEN’S HEALTH ISSUES / x WOMEN IN A SOUTH INDIAN FISHING VILLAGE: ROLE IDENTITY, CONTINUITY, AND THE EXPERIENCE OF MENOPAUSE / Theresa George / 27] FINANCIAL INCENTIVE AND THE USE OF MAMMOGRAPHY AMONG HISPANIC MIGRANTS TO THE UNITED STATES / Tracy L. Skaer, Linda M. Robison, David A. Sclar, and Gary H. Harding / 28] PERIMENOPAUSE: THE TRANSITION INTO MENOPAUSE / Suling Li, Dorothy Lanuza, Meg Gulanick, Sue Penckofer, and Karyn Holm / 293 MENOPAUSE AND HORMONE USING EXPERIENCES OF CHINESE WOMEN IN TAIWAN / Chueh Chang and Chu Hui Chang / 307 HMONG WOMEN AND POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION / Stephanie Stewart and Jaya Jambunathan / 319 ESKIMO WOMEN AND A MENSTRUAL CYCLE STUDY: SOME ETHNO- GRAPHIC NOTES / Joyceen S. Boyle, Lou F. Gramling, and Ann M. Voda / 331 MIDWIFERY IN NEW ZEALAND: RESPONDING TO CHANGING TIMES / Valerie E.M. Fleming / 343 EMPOWERMENT OR DISCOURAGEMENT: WOMEN’S EXPERIENCE OF CARING AND UNCARING ENCOUNTERS DURING CHILDBIRTH / Sigridur Halldérsd6ttir and Sigfridur Inga Karlsd6ttir / 36] ANNOUNCEMENTS / 381 PAPERS TO APPEAR IN FUTURE ISSUES / 383 Health Care for Women International CONTENTS Volume 17 / Number5 / 1996 Special Issue: Gender and Quality of Health Care for Women Guest Editor: Marjorie Muecke, RN, PhD, FAAN Assistant Editor: Caroline Mallory THE GENDER ANALYSIS IMPERATIVE: INTRODUCTION TO THE SPECIAL ISSUE / Marjorie Muecke / 385 EVALUATING RURAL BANGLADESHI WOMEN’S PERSPECTIVES OF QUALITY IN FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES / Maxine Whittaker, Rezina Mita, Bazle Hossain, and Michael Koenig / 393 SEXUALITY AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE IN SAO PAULO, BRAZIL / Regina Maria Barbosa, Tania di Giacomo do Lago, Suzana Kalckman, and Wilza Vieira Villela / 413 THE ASSESSMENT OF REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR PRENATAL CARE / Raeda Al-Qutob, Salah Mawajdeh, and Firas Bin Raad / 423 QUALITY OF CARE FOR WOMEN IN NORTHEAST THAILAND: INTERSECTIONS OF CLASS, GENDER, AND ETHNICITY / Andrea Whittaker / 435 QUALITY HEALTH CARE FOR WOMEN: A GLOBAL CHALLENGE / Carla AbouZahr, Carol Vlassoff, and Anuradha Kumar / 449 GENDER INEQUITY: AN ISSUE FOR QUALITY ASSESSMENT RESEARCHERS AND MANAGERS / Patricia Pittman and Pamela Hartigan / 469 MAKING WOMEN AND MEN MATTER: THE PHILIPPINE POPCOM EXPERIENCE / Marilen J. Dafiguilan and Emmeline L. Verzosa / 487 ANNOUNCEMENTS / 505 Health Care for Women International CONTENTS Volume17 / Number6 / 1996 EDITORIAL / vp EXPERIENCES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN AND CAUCASIAN WOMEN WHO SURVIVE URBAN RESIDENTIAL FIRES / Christopher Jepson, Mary Pickett, Anne Keane, Anne Tax, and Ruth McCorkle / 505 DISMISSING THE EVIDENCE: THE MEDICAL RESPONSE TO WOMEN WITH SILICONE IMPLANT-RELATED DISORDERS / Lynette J. Dumble / 515 HEALTH RISKS AMONG SHIFT WORKERS: A SURVEY OF FEMALE NURSES / Yoram Barak, Anat Achiron, Robert Kimh, Yair Lampl, Ronit Gilad, Avner Elizur, and Ida Sarova-Pinhas / 527 INDICES FOR MATERNAL/FAMILY ANXIETY AND DISRUPTION RELATED TO INFANT APNEA AND HOME MONITORING / Ruth Launius Jenkins / 535 THE CIGARETTE SMOKING EXPERIENCE OF PREGNANT LATINAS IN THE UNITED STATES / Pamela K. Pletsch and Mary K. Johnson / 549 SMOKING, ACCULTURATION, AND PREGNANCY OUTCOME AMONG MEXICAN AMERICANS / Cindy Brattan Wolff and Mary Portis / 563 EXPLAINING BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION PRACTICE / Karin L. Olson and Janice M. Morse / 575 FATIGUE IN WOMEN WITH MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION / Filomena F. Varvaro, Susan M. Sereika, Thomas G. Zullo, and Robert J. Robertson / 593 BOOK REVIEWS / 603 PAPERS TO APPEAR IN FUTURE ISSUES / 605 Following page 605: Title Page to Volume 17 Contents of Volume 17 Author Index to Volume 17 ” ‘ wey: Wr A wes Rist, ip ee em Bele