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A study protocol : using demand-side financing to meet the birth spacing needs of the underserved in Punjab Province in Pakistan [PDF]

, 2014
Background: High fertility rates, unwanted pregnancies, low modern contraceptive prevalence and a huge unmet need for contraception adversely affect women's health in Pakistan and this problem is compounded by limited access to reliable information and ...
Abbas, Ghazanfer, Ali, Moazzam, Azmat, Syed Khurram, Bilgrami, Mohsina, Hameed, Waqas, Ishaque, Muhammed, Mustafa, Ghulam, Temmerman, Marleen   +7 more
core   +4 more sources

Contraception access during the COVID-19 pandemic

Contraception and Reproductive Medicine, 2020
Epidemiology On December 8, 2019, the first case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was reported in Wuhan, China [1]. Chinese health authorities notified the World Health Organization (WHO) on December 31, 2019, and by January 30, 2020, WHO ...
J. Aly, Kristin O. Haeger, A. Christy, Amanda M. Johnson   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Unfulfilled need for contraception among women with unmet need but with the intention to use contraception in Rakai, Uganda: a longitudinal study

BMC Women's Health, 2018
Background Longitudinal data from a rural Ugandan cohort was used to estimate rates of unfulfilled need for contraception, defined as having unmet need and intent to use contraception at baseline but having an unintended pregnancy or with persistent ...
Tom Lutalo, Ron Gray, John Santelli, David Guwatudde, Heena Brahmbhatt, Sanyukta Mathur, David Serwadda, Fred Nalugoda, Fredrick Makumbi   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Use of Contraceptive among Postpartum Women of a Municipality: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2021
Introduction: Contraception plays a key role in preventing unwanted births. It also decreases pregnancy and childbirth-related morbidities and mortalities, but many women don't use contraception particularly in the postpartum period.
Mukta Singh Bhandari, Suresh Kayastha
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence and Associated Factors of Human Papillomavirus Infection among Iraqi Women [PDF]

arXiv, 2023
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a significant public health concern, as it is a leading cause of cervical cancer in women. However, data on the prevalence of HPV infection among Iraqi women is scarce. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of HPV infection and its associated factors among Iraqi women aged 15-50 attending health centers.
arxiv  

Perceptions of contraception services among recipients of a combination HIV-prevention interventions for adolescent girls and young women in South Africa: a qualitative study

Reproductive Health, 2020
Background Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in low- and middle- income countries (LMICs) have high rates of unintended pregnancies and are at higher risk for HIV infection compared to older women of reproductive age. Using a socio-ecological model
K. Jonas, Z. Duby, Kealeboga Maruping, J. Dietrich, N. Slingers, J. Harries, C. Kuo, C. Mathews   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Topics of Interest in Women With Myeloproliferative Neoplasms

American Journal of Hematology, EarlyView.
Women with MPN: life‐cycle phases, specific risks, and influencing factors. ABSTRACT Overview Sex and gender have emerged as central modifiers of disease biology, phenotype, and clinical outcomes in myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs). This review will uniquely highlight issues affecting women with MPN and articulate their relevant determinants ...
Natasha Szuber, Paola Guglielmelli, Naseema Gangat   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dobbs v. Jackson and the Revival of the States' Rights Constitution

The Political Quarterly, Volume 93, Issue 4, Page 612-619, October/December 2022., 2022
Abstract The US Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health ended the federal right to an abortion, first pronounced in the 1973 case Roe v. Wade. Dobbs has immediate implications for American women, but it also exposes a growing hostility by the court to the doctrine of ‘substantive due process’ on which many other federal rights rely.
Richard Johnson
wiley   +1 more source

Care Leavers Into Parenthood: Support Needs and Effective Practice Approaches Through Transitions From Care

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is significant local and international evidence to show that young people transitioning from care have children by age 21 at far higher rates than the general youth population. Intergenerational child protection involvement is also far higher for this group.
Jade Purtell, Sarah Morris
wiley   +1 more source

From preventive eugenics to slippery eugenics: Population control and contemporary sterilisations targeted to indigenous peoples in Mexico

Sociology of Health &Illness, Volume 45, Issue 1, Page 128-144, January 2023., 2023
Abstract Eugenic ideas in Mexico were popularised after the Mexican Revolution (1910–1920) as a way of ‘modernising’ and ‘civilising’ the nation. As a result, eugenic ideas were able to linger and be maintained through different departments, institutions, and individuals from all disciplines. After eugenics was considered a pseudoscience, its practices
R. Sanchez‐Rivera
wiley   +1 more source