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A qualitative analysis of Medicaid beneficiaries perceptions of prenatal and immediate postpartum contraception counseling

Women's Health, 2022
Objectives: In the United States, about four out of every ten births are financed by Medicaid, making it a program that is key in addressing racial disparities in maternal health.
Lindsey Yates, Sarah Birken, Terri-Ann Thompson, Gretchen S Stuart, Sandra Greene, Kristen Hassmiller Lich, Morris Weinberger   +6 more
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Contraception Methods Selection Behavior Among Female Contraception Users

Jurnal Cakrawala Promkes, 2022
Background: Family Planning aims to regulate childbirth and pregnancy interval by using various contraception methods. Eventhough there is many choice among contraception methods, intramuscular injection is still the most used method.
Lasiah Susanti, Wafiq Anikoh
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Contemporary Hormonal Contraception and the Risk of Breast Cancer

New England Journal of Medicine, 2017
Background Little is known about whether contemporary hormonal contraception is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer. Methods We assessed associations between the use of hormonal contraception and the risk of invasive breast cancer in a ...
L. Mørch, C. Skovlund, P. Hannaford, L. Iversen, S. Fielding, Ø. Lidegaard   +5 more
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A Cross-Sectional Study of the Impact of COVID-19 on Domestic Violence, Menstruation, Genital Tract Health, and Contraception Use among Women in Jordan

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2020
. The COVID-19 pandemic is a major global concern for public health where high numbers of COVID-19–infected cases and deaths have been recorded. This study assessed the COVID-19 pandemic impact on domestic violence, genital tract health, menstruation ...
Iman Aolymat
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Covert use of contraception in three sub-Saharan African countries: a qualitative exploration of motivations and challenges

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background The balance between increasing men’s participation in family planning and rights-based initiatives favoring women’s empowerment is highlighted with the issue of covert use of contraception.
S. P. Kibira, C. Karp, S. Wood, Selamawit Desta, H. Galadanci, F. Makumbi, E. Omoluabi, S. Shiferaw, A. Seme, A. Tsui, C. Moreau   +10 more
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Development of a Survey to Assess the Acceptability of an Innovative Contraception Practice among Rural Pharmacists

Pharmacy, 2014
Improved access to effective contraceptive methods is needed in Canada, particularly in rural areas, where unintended pregnancy rates are high and specific sexual health services may be further away.
Michael Wong, Judith A. Soon, Peter J. Zed, Wendy V. Norman   +3 more
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Association of Hormonal Contraception With Depression.

JAMA psychiatry, 2016
Importance Millions of women worldwide use hormonal contraception. Despite the clinical evidence of an influence of hormonal contraception on some women's mood, associations between the use of hormonal contraception and mood disturbances remain ...
C. Skovlund, L. Mørch, L. Kessing, Ø. Lidegaard   +3 more
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Predictors of unmet need for contraception among adolescent girls and young women in selected high fertility countries in sub-Saharan Africa: A multilevel mixed effects analysis

PLoS ONE, 2020
Introduction Despite the desire of adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to use contraceptives, the majority of them have challenges with access to contraceptive services.
B. O. Ahinkorah
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Long-acting reversible contraception by effervescent microneedle patch

Science Advances, 2019
An effervescent microneedle patch has been designed for rapid separation of drug-loaded microneedles and long-term contraception. To increase access to long-acting contraception, we developed a reversible contraceptive microneedle patch that is simple-to-
Wei Li, Jie Tang, Richard N. Terry, Song Li, Aurélie Brunie, Rebecca L. Callahan, Richard K. Noel, Carlos A. Rodríguez, S. Schwendeman, M. Prausnitz   +9 more
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Harmonizing national abortion and pregnancy prevention laws and policies for sexual violence survivors with the Maputo Protocol: proceedings of a 2016 regional technical meeting in sub-Saharan Africa

BMC Proceedings, 2018
In April 2016, the Population Council, in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Consortium for Emergency Contraception, convened a regional meeting in Lusaka, Zambia, geared toward supporting countries in East and ...
Jill Thompson, Chi-Chi Undie, Avni Amin, Brooke Ronald Johnson, Rajat Khosla, Leopold Ouedraogo, Triphonie Nkurunziza, Sara Rich, Elizabeth Westley, Melissa Garcia, Harriet Birungi, Ian Askew   +11 more
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