Howard AF

No ORCID on file · 8 papers in corpus
other 2025
The journal of sexual medicine ·doi:10.1093/jsxmed/qdaf025

INTRODUCTION: Dyspareunia affects 8%-22% of women worldwide and an unknown number of gender-diverse people. Dyspareunia is commonly categorized into deep and superficial subtypes based on pain location and underlying etiology; however, curr…

other 2025
BMC medical informatics and decision making ·doi:10.1186/s12911-025-02907-x

BACKGROUND: We recognized a paucity of accessible, evidence-based, empowering patient-centred resources for those with endometriosis-associated dyspareunia. Affecting more than 50% of people with endometriosis, dyspareunia can significantly…

2025
BMC cancer ·doi:10.1186/s12885-025-14384-6

BACKGROUND: With recent evidence that opportunistic salpingectomy is effective in preventing high grade serous carcinoma, it is imperative to consider the optimal use of this procedure. In this research, we investigated the opinions of obst…

review 2024
Health informatics journal ·doi:10.1177/14604582241231151

People commonly and increasingly rely on the internet to search for health information, including those related to endometriosis-associated dyspareunia. Yet the content of such websites may be of variable accuracy and quality. This review a…

article 2024
The journal of pain ·doi:10.1016/j.jpain.2024.02.006

Given the limitations of medical treatment for endometriosis, self-management is a critical component of symptom management, and providing patients with information and education is a necessary complement to medical interventions. Though 50…

preprint 2022
·doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-1946310/v1

Abstract Background We recognized a paucity of accessible, evidence-based, empowering patient-centred resources for those with endometriosis-associated dyspareunia. We aimed to develop a patient-centred educational website for those affec…

2022
International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health ·doi:10.1080/19317611.2021.1949655

ObjectiveTo review the literature that has examined stigma in relation to the design, impact, and ways web apps can alleviate or aggravate sexual health-related stigma.MethodsSix databases were searched and 17 studies met the inclusion crit…

other 2021
Studies in health technology and informatics ·doi:10.3233/SHTI210715

User interface evaluation has become important in developing usable health care technologies. Although usability engineering methods have been applied in the design and evaluation of health care software, available heuristics focus on task-…