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Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) against women persists as a critical public health and human rights issue, demanding nuanced understanding of its impacts and underlying dynamics. We performed cross-sectional, quantitative and qualitative, analyses on an online questionnaire from a snowball sample of 326 women aged 18 and above. Participants, defined as IPV-exposed (N = 202) and unexposed (N = 124), rated their well-being at the beginning and end of a relationship, based on 19 factors. Exposed women identified examples of the perpetrator's attributions following violent episodes, which were analyzed and themed. No statistically significant disparity in well-being was observed between exposed and unexposed groups at the onset of the relationships. The trajectory of well-being then clearly diverged as the relationship progressed. Positive factors contributing to exposed women's well-being declined, while negative factors increased, contrary to unexposed women. Three themes were found in the perpetrators' attributions: (1) her personality traits and behavior (56%), (2) perpetrator's external factors in life (33%), and (3) his distorted norms (11%). The results support and add to previous research on how to approach survivors as well as perpetrators of IPV. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study examined adolescent girls’ views of cosmetic surgery. Seven focus groups were run with girls aged 15–18 years (N = 27). Participants read case studies of women having cosmetic surgery, followed by discussion and exploration of their views. Thematic analysis identified four themes: (1) dissatisfaction with appearance, (2) acceptability of cosmetic surgery, (3) feelings about undergoing cosmetic surgery and (4) cosmetic surgery in the media. Results suggest the acceptability of cosmetic surgery varies according to the reasons for having it and that the media play an important role by normalising surgery and under-representing the risks associated with it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With Switzerland's population ageing, promoting healthy ageing remains a public health issue. This represents a challenge for the healthcare system, which is still mainly focused on curative or palliative care. It has been clearly established that it is possible to maintain the functional capacity of older people by taking early action on health-related behaviors. The VieSA (Vieillissement en Santé) project in the canton of Geneva, inspired by the WHO's ICOPE programme, offers innovative ways of promoting healthy ageing for and by seniors, by focusing on maintaining seniors' resources rather than targeting any deficits., Competing Interests: Les auteurs n’ont déclaré aucun conflit d’intérêts en relation avec cet article.