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An update on the potential for male contraception : emerging options [PDF]
, 2013 The human population continues to grow and is estimated to rise to 10.1 billion by the end of the century. Therefore, there is still an unmet need for safe and highly effective contraceptive options for both men and women.
Nimmo, Natalie +5 more
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Objective:Increasingly, states authorize pharmacists to prescribe hormonal contraception to patients without a prescription from another healthcare provider.
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Contraceptive Behavior in Appalachia: Exploring Use, Nonuse, and Contraceptive Attitudes
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2023 Very little is known about contraceptive behavior in Appalachia, a large geographic region in the eastern United States where even basic prevalence estimates of contraceptive use/nonuse are lacking. This study characterizes contraceptive behavior among Appalachians, including contraceptive use, reasons for use, and methods used; contraceptive nonuse ...
Samantha Auerbach +4 more
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Birth intervals and injectable contraception in sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]
, 2005 The interval between births is associated with child survival in the developing world. We investigate associations between use of depot medroxyprogesterone acetate and other reversible contraception and short birth intervals in sub-Saharan Africa.
Ngianga-Bakwi, Kandala +1 more
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Adolescent Reproductive and Contraceptive Knowledge and Attitudes and Adult Contraceptive Behavior [PDF]
Maternal and Child Health Journal, 2017 Objectives Ineffective and inconsistent contraceptive use is common among adults, perhaps due to limited knowledge about reproduction and unfavorable attitudes toward contraception. Knowledge and attitudes are first developed in adolescence. We test whether adolescent knowledge and attitudes have long-term implications for adult contraceptive behavior.
Karen Benjamin Guzzo, Sarah R. Hayford
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Indonesian Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2018 Objective: To investigate the association between knowledge, attitude, and behavior towards participation in permanent contraception and describe factors that could affect participation of permanent contraception in women in RSMH Palembang. Methods: This
Jhon Heriansyah +3 more
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CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR FROM A LOOK OF THE ECOLOGICAL MODEL
Ra Ximhai, 2020 Unplanned pregnancies are a reproductive health problem mainly in developing countries. The use of contraceptive methods in a correct and sustained way (contraceptive behavior), is a key factor to improve the health, mainly of women and children, since ...
Lucía Caudillo-Ortega +2 more
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Subsidized Contraception, Fertility, and Sexual Behavior [PDF]
Review of Economics and Statistics, 2009 We examine the impact of recent state-level Medicaid policy changes that expanded eligibility for family planning services to higher-income women and to Medicaid clients whose benefits would expire otherwise. We show that the income-based policy change reduced overall births to non-teens by about 2% and to teens by over 4%; estimates suggest a decline ...
Melissa S. Kearney, Phillip B. Levine
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2018 Background: Universal education is a key strategy to enhance the well-being of individuals and improve the economic and social development of societies.
Saba M. Sheikh, Tom Loney, Tom Loney
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Factors Affecting Contraceptive Use among Adolescent Girls in South Korea [PDF]
Child Health Nursing Research, 2017 Purpose: This study was done to identify contraceptive practices in adolescent girls in South Korea and predictors of contraceptive practices. Methods: The study sample included 743 girls who had experienced sexual activity.
Jaeyoung Lee
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