The persistent power of stigma: A critical review of policy initiatives to break the menstrual silence and advance menstrual literacy.

Menstruation is shrouded in stigma and shame-that is the common refrain in burgeoning initiatives on menstrual health and hygiene.Public policies alone cannot undo stigma and enact social change, but they do interact with social norms.They can reflect and adopt stigmatizing attitudes and, as a result, institutionalize, formalize, and legitimize sti

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Diagnostic dilemma in a large choledochal cyst

Choledochal cysts are rare congenital anomalies that have a variable presentation with occasional diagnostic and therapeutic dilemmas.Our case is a 14-year female presented with recurrent abdomen pain with confusing diagnostic findings, suggestive of wilwood .75 master cylinder a large choledochal cyst (22x29x17cm) initially managed by percutaneous

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Psychometric Properties of the Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory-Child Version (OCI-CV) in Chilean Children and Adolescents.

In recent years, there has been a considerable increase in the development of assessment tools for obsessive-compulsive symptomatology in children mitigated gall and adolescents.The Obsessive Compulsive Inventory-Child Version (OCI-CV) is a well-established assessment self-report, with special interest for the assessment of dimensions of Obsessive

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