JerMa88/BMC_Womens_Health_Peer_Reviews huggingface dataset:
Title: Challenges, experiences, and potential supports for East and Southeast Asian mothers in
the workforce: A systematic review
Version: 1 Date: 14 Oct 2023
Reviewer's report:
Thank you for addressing this topic. There is a lot of work here. The message you wanted to
convey was unclear however. In my opinion there are significant methodological flaws to be
addressed before it could be considered for publication.
1. There are two options and the one you choose will have a significant effect on the manuscript's
revision:
a. You have not deeply examined any of the issues you've identified. Given the large number of
both qualitative and quantitative papers you've included it would be advisable to split them and
develop up two separate manuscripts - one qualitative and one quantitative with a clear research
question/objective for each. Have a look at the Johanna Briggs Institute website for guidance.
Use a recognised framework - narrative synthesis - e.g., Popay 2006. Splitting the qual and quant
will give you a chance to really examine the issues and make meaningful conclusions.  The
discussion section is currently very thin and splitting will give you an opportunity to show a
deeper understanding of the issues and implications.
b. If you don't want to split it consider narrowing your demographic area to decrease the
number of papers and improve comparability of findings. You haven't provided a justification
for including the entire Asian continent, where the issues will be markedly different given the
diversity of cultures.
2. Systematic reviews generally search at least 4 databases, not 2, with a date range of 10 years.
There is no justification provided for your choices here, which is impacting the size of the data
set. Including papers from 2000 with data from the mid 90s decreases your ability to make
confident statements about current issues.
4. You appear to be reporting the results separately rather than attempting any integration, which
is what would be expected when you include both qualitative and quantitative data in the one
paper - see point #1. A useful framework for an integrative review is Whitmore & Knafl's work.
3. If not integrating, a framework for analysing the qualitative data is important to identify and be
followed - again see point #1 or Braun & Clark's framework.  Please read published systematic
reviews that have presented a synthesis of qualitative data, for e.g., quotes are generally included.
4. Identify the set of outcomes you are going to report in the quantitative data and be consistent.
5.  The search is old, it needs to be updated.
Good luck. There is a lot of work here. The messages are currently hidden. A major restructure
will provide an opportunity to provide significant insights into this topic.
Title: Challenges, experiences, and potential supports for East and Southeast Asian mothers in
the workforce: A systematic review
Version: 1 Date: 27 Dec 2023
Reviewer's report:
- The title talks about “Challenges, experiences, and potential supports” and abstract objective
talks about “systematically review and summarize the challenges”. To me both don’t match.
Please review.
- I would suggest doing an analysis of the available national policies and strategies. Does
the country have any policy and/or strategy that may support working women’s re-entry at
workplace? Policies like “6 months paid maternity leave”, “paid paternity leave”, “presence of
creche at workplace”, “scope for work from home” etc. If yes, then looking at those policies
might help answer the findings of the review.
Title: Challenges, experiences, and potential supports for East and Southeast Asian mothers in
the workforce: A systematic review
Version: 3 Date: 14 Jun 2024
Reviewer's report:
The authors should be commended for identifying an important topic for review, and for
completing an articulate and comprehensive manuscript. I suggest the following improvements
below:
The introduction needs more information to justify the review - are there any factors specific
to East and Southeast Asian labour markets that warrant the specificity of the review? (Yes,
there are, but these need to be clear.) In particular, more information is needed on specifics of
women's participation in these economies.
The aims could be written more clearly i.e. This systematic review aimed to 1) xx and 2) yy -
this makes the methods easier to follow.
More focus on the research question is needed throughout the methods, particularly in the search
strategy , eligibility criteria, and data extraction sections, as this was a systematic review and
not a scoping review so these need to be tight.
More detail is needed on how study findings were synthesised in the review.
The discussion needs to be written in a manner that makes it clear what the findings of the
review were versus the findings of other literature. Relating to other literature and the overall
importance of this work seems to be missing. The latter part of the discussion addresses this
somewhat, so I suggest a restructure based on themes and an introductory paragraph in the
discussion highlighting the findings and where they sit within broader literature.
Title: Challenges, experiences, and potential supports for East and Southeast Asian mothers in
the workforce: A systematic review
Version: 4 Date: 06 Jul 2024
Reviewer's report:
Thank you for the time you have taken to revise your manuscript; it is looking great.
My one point of revision is that in the abstract you report data in themes but in your methods
you just say qualitative data is reported in narrative form. Was a thematic analysis or similar
framework used to synthesise and report results narratively, or not? It is just a bit unclear and
it's important that this methodology be made clear.
Other than this I am happy with the changes and look forward to seeing this article published.
Title: Menstrual hygiene management practice and associated factors among high school and
preparatory school adolescent students in Debre Markos town, Northwest, Ethiopia: A mixed-
method study
Version: 2 Date: 02 Jan 2024
Reviewer:  Sonnen Atinge
Reviewer's report:
-Track changes have been used to convey comments to the authors.
-Grammatical errors were so many, I could not correct all. The authors can be advised to submit
it to an English editor.
Title: Menstrual hygiene management practice and associated factors among high school and
preparatory school adolescent students in Debre Markos town, Northwest, Ethiopia: A mixed-
method study
Version: 8 Date: 19 Mar 2024
Reviewer:  Sonnen Atinge
Reviewer's report:
1. Your abstract is 354 words, just check to ensure you have not exceeded the word count for
abstract
2. Please remove the "s" from introduction, discussion, conclusion. These headings do not need
to be in plural. Instead, pluralize the heading "reference" as references.
3.  (##### ## #####.What is the meaning of this, on page 11, under theme 1.
4. Please reformat your tables:  when you write a variable as heading, the options that follow
should come under the variable heading, on the same column with the variable title, not shifting
them away and creating a different column for them. Please check and confirm this in most
studies.
5. In some tables you left the grid lines, in others you removed them. Please be uniform, and
remove in all tables.
Title: Menstrual hygiene management practice and associated factors among high school and
preparatory school adolescent students in Debre Markos town, Northwest, Ethiopia: A mixed-
method study
Version: 10 Date: 01 May 2024
Reviewer:  Sonnen Atinge
Reviewer's report:
1. My earlier comment on reformatting the tables under variables was complied with but in
tables 2-6, you have aligned the options under the variable headings in the centre, please align
left as you did in the 1st table.
2. I strongly advise you download an English language editor or checker like Grammarly, it
helps with spellings, punctuations, grammar, tenses, etc. It is free online, and easy to use.
Title: Menstrual hygiene management practice and associated factors among high school and
preparatory school adolescent students in Debre Markos town, Northwest, Ethiopia: A mixed-
method study
Version: 12 Date: 09 Jul 2024
Reviewer's report:
PEER REVIEWER ASSESSMENTS:
OBJECTIVE - Full research articles: is there a clear objective that addresses one or several
testable research questions? (Brief or other article types: is there a clear objective?)
Yes - there is a clear objective
DESIGN - Is the current approach (including controls and analysis protocols) appropriate for
the objective?
Yes - the approach is appropriate
EXECUTION - Are the experiments and analyses performed with sufficient technical rigor to
allow confidence in the results?
Yes - experiments and analyses were performed appropriately
STATISTICS - Is the use of statistics in the manuscript appropriate?
Yes - appropriate statistical analyses have been used in the study
INTERPRETATION - Is the current interpretation/discussion of the results reasonable and not
overstated?
Yes - the author's interpretation is reasonable
OVERALL MANUSCRIPT POTENTIAL - Has the author addressed your concerns sufficiently
for you to now recommend the work as a technically sound contribution? If not, can further
revisions be made to make the work technically sound?
Probably - with minor revisions
PEER REVIEWER COMMENTS:
GENERAL COMMENTS: This is an interesting paper which adds to the overall literature in
this area. Menstruation in this population and its sequelae are important not only in health terms,
but in a whole range of social and economic outcomes. It is great to see this reported in such
careful and impressive ways. The authors are to be congratulated. I particularly liked the detail
with which the context of the study was reported so that its generalisability can be assessed well
by policymakers and others.
That said, it is still not ready for publication. While the authors have responded to the previous
referees requests, there are very many grammatical errors that need attention. I started to list
these, but there are so many that I think it needs a proper edit. For instance, in the abstract
alone, there are errors in lines 3, 4, and 5 of the results section. Also in the first line of the main
introduction. This is not acceptable and detracts from the good science within the paper.
ADDITIONAL REQUESTS/SUGGESTIONS:
I would suggest two main amendments. That the use of English be sorted out. And also that the
validity of the measures used be clearly reported. Currently this seems to have been overlooked.
Title: Immediate risk of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and diagnostic value of colposcopy
among cytology-negative women with oncogenic HPV: A retrospective study
Version: 1 Date: 18 May 2024
Reviewer's report:
A very interesting and well done article, especially regarding the topic and the particularity of
the topic.. As described, perhaps a limitation of this work  is “small sample size and retrospective
study”.
Your result, regarding the immediate rate of CIN2+ lesions and CIN3+ lesions in patients with
non-HR-HPV 16/18 positivity,  is extremely interesting in line with the works of Kabaca and
Athena.
Certainly more research will be needed to better validate this result.
In completion it would be interesting to evaluate works regarding negative cytology but
associated with positive HPV-DNA not 16/18 which resulted in carcinoma as reported in
Zappacosta et al etc.
As reported in the work, this will allow a better clinical assessment of the patient and a better
choice in the type of therapy
Title: Immediate risk of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and diagnostic value of colposcopy
among cytology-negative women with oncogenic HPV: A retrospective study
Version: 1 Date: 04 Jun 2024
Reviewer's report:
I read with great interest the manuscript, which falls within the aim of this Journal and offers
a high-quality overview of the topic.
The tables and figures are clear and interesting.
Although the manuscript can be considered already of high quality, I would suggest taking into
account the following minor recommendations:
- I suggest another language revision round to correct a few typos and improve readability.
- Inclusion/exclusion criteria should be better clarified by extending their description.
- I find it interesting to include a reference to the latest advances in HPV cervical lesions: Golia
D’Augè T, Cuccu I, Etrusco A, D’Amato A, Laganà AS, D’Oria O, Bogani G, Di Donato V,
Muzii L, Giannini A. State of the art on HPV-related cervical lesions. Ital J Gynaecol Obstet.
2024 June p.p. 135-137. doi: 10.36129/jog.2024.161.
-What are the implications of these findings for clinical practice and/or further research? It is
important to report the results obtained by the authors in the context of clinical practice and to
adequately highlight what contribution this study adds to the existing literature on the topic and
future study perspectives.
- The authors have not adequately highlighted the strengths and limitations of their study. It
would be better to explain these points.
- Authors should discuss risk factors that influence the recurrence of high-grade cervical lesions
(see PMID:  37747763).
Title: Immediate risk of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and diagnostic value of colposcopy
among cytology-negative women with oncogenic HPV: A retrospective study
Version: 1 Date: 15 Jun 2024
Reviewer's report:
Review
Immediate risk of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and diagnostic value of colposcopy among
cytology-negative women with oncogenic HPV: a retrospective study
Thank you very much for this opportunity.
The study has very interesting results which have to be properly discussed.
Experimental data supports the claims. The manuscript is written clearly enough that most of
it is understandable to non-specialists.
The authors have provided adequate evidence for their claims. The authors have treated previous
literature fairly. The paper offers sufficient methodological detail so that the experiments can
be reproduced.
It is necessary to add the strong of the study: one of the strong of the study is the  use of
total genotyping which allows us to also study the frequency of  genotypes HPV non 16/18 in
CIN2+ lesions given that  has been demonstrated that in elderly women CIN2+ lesions are often
associated with genotypes not HPV16 e HPV18. Furthermore, if total genotyping is not used,
how do you know if genotype 31 or genotype 33 is persistent?
The abstract reflects the study.
Please consider rewriting  the whole manuscript text following the academic writing style
criteria. In general, for academic writing, it is suggested to build the text from a third-person
point.
The discussion part requires restructuring. Please follow the outline suggested below:
Discussion
Rationale of the study (why it was done)
Main findings of the study
What makes our study unique
What it adds to what we already know
Study subjects
Subject of the discussion
Comparison of your results with previously published studies on the topic.  Agreement and
disagreement with the studies compared
Sum up of the study, study strengths and limitations
Title: Immediate risk of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and diagnostic value of colposcopy
among cytology-negative women with oncogenic HPV: A retrospective study
Version: 2 Date: 02 Jul 2024
Reviewer's report:
Thanks to the authors for the response. Upon evaluation of the article, after the implementations
suggested by the reviewers, it appears well compliant, although insufficient to the specific
answer of "to evaluate works regarding negative cytology but associated with positive HPV-
DNA not 16/18 which resulted in carcinoma as reported in Zappacosta et al etc (https://
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24790420/)".
Title: Immediate risk of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and diagnostic value of colposcopy
among cytology-negative women with oncogenic HPV: A retrospective study
Version: 2 Date: 02 Jul 2024
Reviewer's report:
Thank you for going through the manuscript and the reviewers' points
Honestly, the authors have responded satisfactorily to the reviewers’ criticisms.
The manuscript is well written and falls within the aim of this Journal.
Title: Ethnic inequalities in coverage and use of women's cancer screening in Peru
Version: 1 Date: 13 Apr 2024
Reviewer's report:
Dear author,
I appreciate to review of the manuscript "Ethnic Inequalities in the use of cancer screening
services for women´s in Peru’. Thank you for the opportunity to read this competent study. I
commend the author for several strengths of their work, including the importance of the theme.
Considering these strengths, though, as I read the manuscript I found some areas in which I
would have appreciated greater clarity. Please consider:
1. Introduction section: Please give more emphasis to health disparities in the study population.
I suggest emphasizing health inequalities in Latin America.
2. Methods: I would appreciate further explanation of estimating the GINI coefficient and Lorenz
curve.
3. Results/Discussion: I believe the paper could be further strengthened by adding details about
the limitations and a more careful interpretation of the results.  Also, the author points out
inequalities: ‘In Peruvian regions there are marked ethnic inequalities in use of cancer screening
services for indigenous and afroperuvians groups compared to the white or mestizo group’, but
does not indicate how to solve it.
Title: Ethnic inequalities in coverage and use of women's cancer screening in Peru
Version: 1 Date: 15 Apr 2024
Reviewer's report:
Peru has valuable information on the subject and the use of data for analyzes that can contribute
to decision making is very relevant.
In the case presented in this manuscript, there is a clear definition of the objective of the analysis.
However, the procedures applied for the processing and analysis of information for one of the
detection services, as well as the cumulative analysis (all detection services in all women.
Furthermore, two additional issues must be considered: a) that the question to the population
includes access to any of these services in the last 5 years. b) that not all services are offered to
all age groups. Under these conditions there are different population denominators depending
on the type of service.
For this reason, a better description of the procedures used is recommended.This is because the
data presented in tables 1 and 2 contradict the text, which points out inequalities that affect ethnic
groups. However, the data could also be interpreted comparatively within the group (differences
over time), the initial and final gaps, and whether these gaps increased or decreased with respect
to other groups in the period analyzed.In this way, the issue of inequality could be evaluated in
a little more detail and not only take the accumulated data as the defining result of the situation.
On the other hand, it is important to consider the COVID pandemic period, which affected the
supply and demand of these services, not only in Peru, but in different regions of the world.
However, the authors do not seem to have taken this process into account when evaluating their
data.
Therefore, I recommend describing the procedures used to process the data (especially those
related to age groups), review and reanalyze the data in order to have a presentation of
results, their interpretation, and develop the discussion in accordance with the evidence
generated.Finally, I suggest including a section on the limitations of the analysis performed and
the data available for analysis.
Title: Ethnic inequalities in coverage and use of women's cancer screening in Peru
Version: 1 Date: 16 Apr 2024
Reviewer:  Oswaldo Medina-Gómez
Reviewer's report:
The introduction should describe the screening programs in the country where the study is
conducted, including the target population, criteria for implementation, goals, and coverage.
It is important to delve into the possible causes of higher mortality in certain groups of women,
such as access to and affiliation to health services, availability, barriers to access, cultural issues,
among others.
What is the scenario of health inequalities in the region? Is it similar to Peru?
In the first paragraph of the methodology, it is necessary to specify which types of cancer the
author refers to
If breast and cervical cancer screening is age-specific, what justifies studying women aged 18
and over? It is obvious that young and elderly women will have little coverage of the programs
since they are not considered for their implementation.
Are there differences in demographic structures between the groups studied? Will the
demographic structure have any effect on the study?
You are asked to substantiate the construction of the age groups of women, are they classified
in the sources consulted?
How did you calculate the median of values expressed as percentages or proportions? Is this
correct?
It is not clear in the document how the variables studied are measured: are they individual values
or were they considered as a percentage of coverage?
Considering the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, which limited access to health services, it
would be important to integrate years after 2021 into the analysis.
It is important to describe how analysis was performed using the GINI coefficient, including the
command used in the STATA program
It is mentioned that all authors participated in the interpretation of the results, the writing and
revision of the manuscript. Finally, all the authors of this research approved the final version of
the manuscript. However, only one unique author is featured on the cover of the work
The topic is interesting and has potential for publication, however, an in-depth review of the
methodology and analysis is necessary before reviewing the discussion conclusions
Title: Ethnic inequalities in coverage and use of women's cancer screening in Peru
Version: 1 Date: 17 Apr 2024
Reviewer's report:
I read with great interest the Manuscript titled “Ethnic inequalities in the use of cancer screening
services for women´s in Peru”.
In my opinion, this topic analyzed is interesting enough to attract readers’ attention.
I suggest a few recommendations:
- A correction of the English language is necessary. Typos errors should be corrected.
-  The whole text should be corrected by a native English speaker in order to make the work
clearer and more readable.
- Adequate prevention is crucial in the development of cancer, especially in HPV-related
cervical disease. Considering the state of art of this topic, it would be interesting to consider
and discuss these important points, referring to: Tullio Golia D’Augè , Ilaria Cuccu, Andrea
Etrusco, Antonio D’Amato, Antonio Simone Laganà, Ottavia D’Oria, Giorgio Bogani, Violante
Di Donato, Ludovico Muzii, Andrea Giannini. State of the art on HPV-related cervical lesions.
doi: 10.36129/jog.2024.161
- Authors should consider recent evidence about HPV-related lower genital tract lesion, also
after treatment, considering the potential role of ant-HPV vaccination and results of this study.
I would be glad if the authors discuss this important point, referring to PMID: 37978580.
Because of these reasons, the article should be revised and completed. Considering all these
points, I think it could be of interest to the readers and, in my opinion, it deserves the priority
to be published after minor revisions.