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| Research article summary (published 30 Dec 2001): |
Vaginal douching practices among women attending a university in the southern United States.
Full Abstract
The authors assessed the frequency, characteristics, and motivational antecedents of vaginal douching practices among 125 White and 155 Black female college students. Overall, 40% of the students had ever douched and half of those women currently douche. Black women were most likely to be encouraged to douche by their mothers, whereas White women were more influenced by television advertisements. Among the sexually active women, being Black, using oral contraceptives, using spermicides, and being encouraged to douche by their mothers or by the media were independently associated with ever having douched. These associations were present among both Black and White women and were stronger when current douching was compared with never having douched. Women who were discouraged from douching by a physician or nurse were more likely to have stopped the practice. Douching is common, even among educated young women; nurses' and physicians' advice to stop douching appears to have a salutary effect.
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Author information
Author/s: Funkhouser, Ellen (E); Hayes, Tameka D (TD); Vermund, Sten H (SH);
Affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and International Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA. emfunk(-atsign-)uab.edu
Grants: U19AI38514 (Agency:United States NIAID)
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Journal: Journal of American college health : J of ACH (J Am Coll Health), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2002-Jan; vol 50 (issue 4) : pp 177-82
Dates: Created 2002/03/25; Completed 2002/04/09; Revised 2007/11/14;
PMID: 11910951, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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