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Putting teenagers on the pill: the consequences of subsidized contraception [PDF]

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This paper investigates the consequences of a series of Swedish policy changes beginning in 1989 where different regions started subsidizing the birth control pill. The reforms were significant and applied to all types of oral contraceptives.
Grönqvist, Hans
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Challenges in the future of cancer screening

open access: yesInternational Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
Abstract The purpose of cancer screening is to reduce mortality, and ideally incidence, from the cancer screened for. Until recently, cancer screening has been offered to all persons in pre‐defined sex‐ and age‐groups. The exception is lung screening which is targeted to high‐risk individuals.
Elsebeth Lynge   +29 more
wiley   +1 more source

The cervico‐vaginal DNA methylation WID‐qEC test: An epigenetic marker associated with ovarian cancer in the absence of endometrial and cervical cancer

open access: yesInternational Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
What's New? The DNA methylation‐based WID‐qEC test has been validated for the accurate detection of endometrial and cervical cancers using cervico‐vaginal samples. However, a small proportion of women test positive despite the absence of these cancers. This study explored the associated biological and clinical characteristics to inform potential follow‐
Elisa Redl   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development of the Zimbabwe family planning program [PDF]

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Family planning was introduced in Zimbabwe as a voluntary movement in the 1950s. Volunteers formed a Family Planning Association in the mid-1960s. The government became interested in family planning in the late 1960s after analysis of the 1961 population
Zinanga, Alex F.
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Increased cervical cancer incidence in the target age of screening—Variation by mode of detection

open access: yesInternational Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
What's New? Cervical cancer rates have risen in several high‐income countries despite advances in screening. Here, using data on cervical cancer diagnoses between 1996 and 2022 in Finland, the authors examined incidence trends according to detection mode—screening, between screenings, or outside screening programs—with attention to the role of human ...
Jenna Snellman   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalência de uso de métodos contraceptivos e adequação do uso de anticoncepcionais orais na cidade de Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

open access: yesCadernos de Saúde Pública
Através de um inquérito de prevalência de base populacional entre mulheres de 20 a 49 anos, residentes na zona urbana da cidade de Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, estudou-se o consumo de métodos contraceptivos. Entre as 677 mulheres, verificou-se que 455 (65,
Juvenal Soares Dias da Costa   +2 more
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Yield of endocervical curettage in detecting cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2 or higher during colposcopy: A prospective, cross‐sectional study

open access: yesInternational Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, Volume 169, Issue 1, Page 105-111, April 2025.
Abstract Objective This study assessed the prevalence and factors associated with detecting cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2 or higher (CIN2+) via endocervical curettage (ECC) during colposcopy. Methods Between December 2020 and September 2023, a prospective, cross‐sectional study involving women with abnormal cervical cancer screening ...
Nida Jareemit   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

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