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Anticoncepción de emergencia en estudiantes mexicanos Emergency contraception in mexican students

Salud Pública de México, 2010
OBJETIVO: Evaluar el conocimiento y uso de anticoncepción de emergencia (AE), y factores asociados en estudiantes de escuelas públicas en Morelos, México.
Ahidee Leyva-López, Rubén Chávez-Ayala, Erika E Atienzo, Betania Allen-Leigh, Dolores Ramírez-Villalobos, Elsa Yunes-Díaz, Leonor Rivera-Rivera   +6 more
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Efecto del levonorgestrel como anticonceptivo oral de emergencia en la ovulación, el endometrio y los espermatozoides Effect of levonorgestrel in the ovulation, endometrium, and spermatozoa for emergency oral contraception

Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública, 2010
Existe amplia controversia acerca del mecanismo de acción del levonorgestrel como anticonceptivo oral de emergencia; numerosas organizaciones, tanto científicas como de la sociedad civil, muestran su disconformidad con su uso, debido a su posible acción ...
Víctor J. Suárez, Renzo Zavala, Juan Manuel Ureta, Gisely Hijar, Jorge Lucero, Paul Pachas   +5 more
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Spanish women’s attitudes towards post-fertilization effects of birth control methods [PDF]

, 2010
Objective: Some methods of family planning may occasionally work after fertilization or implantation. These effects may be important to some women. We explored Spanish women’s attitudes towards these potential mechanisms of action of family planning ...
Irala, J. (Jokin) de, Lopez-del-Burgo, C. (Cristina), López-de-Fez, C.M. (Carmen M.), López-Guzmán, J. (José), Osorio, A. (Alfonso)   +4 more
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Opinions of West Texas pharmacists about emergency contraception

Pharmacy Practice, 2006
Background: The pharmacist’s role in dispensing emergency contraception (EC) has become controversial due to the intersection of personal and professional ethics.
Sutkin G, Grant B, Irons BK, Borders TF
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Questionnaire on the Midwives’ Knowledge about Oral Emergency Contraception

Acta Clinica Croatica, 2018
The aim of the study was to assess the level of knowledge of midwives working in different clinical settings about oral emergency contraception. The study included 225 midwives; during the period from December 2015 to February 2016, they completed a 16 ...
Dinka Pavičić Baldani, Lana Škrgatić, Marina Šprem Goldštajn, Trpimir Goluža, Ivana Flisar, Sandra Pagon   +5 more
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Factors that predict fertility desires for people living with HIV infection at a support and treatment centre in Kabale, Uganda [PDF]

, 2010
Background Studies from different contexts worldwide indicate that HIV positive patients manifest high-risk sexual behavior characterized by fertility intentions, multiple sexual partners, non-use of contraceptives and non-disclosure of HIV status to ...
Othman Kakaire, Michael O Osinde, Dan K Kaye   +2 more
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Health education program in improving knowledge regarding emergency contraception among school teachers in Duhok

مجله كليه طب الكندي, 2016
Background: Emergency contraception (EC) is a general term used to describe drugs and devices that are utilized to prevent pregnancy following unprotected intercourse or in the event of contraceptive failure.
Iman Yousif Abdulmalek, Wahida A. Ibrahim   +1 more
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Conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas de profesionales en farmacia sobre la anticoncepción hormonal de emergencia (PAE) en Costa Rica [PDF]

Población y Salud en Mesoamérica, 2012
El embarazo no deseado continúa siendo un problema de salud pública que afecta a muchas parejas en todo el mundo. En Costa Rica, a pesar que la prevalencia de uso de anticonceptivos entre las mujeres es 82,1%; un 47% de ellas refirió que el embarazo del ...
Adrian Barrientos Esquivel, Alejandra Vega Montoya, Carmen Marín, Cristian Gómez Ramírez   +3 more
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Scoping review to map evidence on mechanism of action, pharmacokinetics, effectiveness and side effects of centchroman as a contraceptive pill

BMJ Open, 2019
Objective To systematically identify and map the available evidence on effectiveness, side effects, pharmacokinetics and mechanism of action of centchroman as a contraceptive pill.Introduction Centchroman was introduced in the Indian national family ...
James Kiarie, Moazzam Ali, Rita Kabra, Komal Preet Allagh, Chandani Anoma Jayathilaka, Kasonde Mwinga   +5 more
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Recurrent urinary tract infections in females [PDF]

, 2010
Uncomplicated Urinary tract infections are common in adult women across the entire age spectrum, with mean annual incidence of 15% and 10% in those aged 15-39 and 40-79 years, respectively.
Rizvi, Raheela Mohsin, Siddiqui, Khurram Mutahir   +1 more
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