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Capturing Emergency Contraceptive Pill Use: Critical Reflections on Measurement and Reporting. [PDF]

Stud Fam Plann
Abstract Emergency contraceptive pills (ECP) are an essential and unique postcoital method of preventing pregnancy. Trends in supply data show that sales of ECP are increasing at faster rates globally than many other contraceptives. Yet nationally representative survey data suggest that ECP use has remained relatively static overtime, suggesting ...
Strong J, Coast E, Corker J, Weinberger M.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Discovery of the Postcoital Contraceptive Effect of Rhus pentaphylla in a Study of Acute, Subchronic, and Neurodevelopmental Toxicity of Ethanolic Leaf Extract. [PDF]

Chem Biodivers
ABSTRACT In the present study, the acute, subchronic, and neurodevelopmental toxicity of Rhus pentaphylla, a Moroccan medicinal plant, was investigated in Swiss albino mice. HPLC analysis showed the presence of phenolic compounds with rutin as the principal component.
Agouram F, Ezoubeiri A, Chait A, Garzoli S, Sokar Z.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Aprofitem el moment de la 'postcoital' [PDF]

, 2018
Són moltes les informacions i opinions diverses que han sorgit últimament sobre l'anticoncep­ció postcoital. Els mitjans de comunicació no només han donat a conèixer aquest anticon­ceptiu d'emergència sinó que a més, han fet ressó del debat que suscita ...
Falcó Pegueroles, Anna M. (Anna Marta), Borreguero, Carmen   +1 more
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Reproductive health of women with intellectual disability: antenatal care, pregnancies and outcomes in the Dutch population

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, Volume 67, Issue 12, Page 1306-1316, December 2023., 2023
Abstract Background Research in a handful of countries found that women with intellectual disability (ID) faced barriers and risks regarding antenatal care and reproductive health. This study tested disparities between women in the Netherlands with and without ID in antenatal care, pregnancy rates and pregnancy outcomes.
C. Schuengel, M. Cuypers, L. Bakkum, G. L. Leusink   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors Influencing Cervical Cancer Screening: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Ethnically Diverse Women in the Kumasi Metropolis of Ghana. [PDF]

Health Sci Rep
ABSTRACT Background Globally, Ghana is one of the countries with the greatest cervical cancer (CC) burdens and mortality rates. Available research has focused primarily on women's experiences in the general population neglecting factors that influence cervical cancer screening (CCS) among ethnically diverse populations in Ghana. Aim This study explored
Abubakari AK, Gross J, Kwaku ID, Boateng IK.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Feasibility and Acceptability of LNG 1.5 mg as an On‐Demand Pericoital Contraceptive in Ghana

Studies in Family Planning, Volume 54, Issue 3, Page 523-538, September 2023., 2023
Abstract Globally, there is a need for more family planning method options as currently, available options do not adequately meet the needs of women, specifically those who have infrequent sex. Levonorgestrel (LNG) 1.5 mg is widely available as emergency contraception pills (ECP), and recent research has shown that certain women take it as their main ...
Brent McCann, Tina Liang, Saumya Ramarao, Emmanuel Kuffour, Augustine Ankomah, Jessica Vandermark Moore, Henry Bruce, Pius Essandoh, Angela Boateng   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Women's attitudes towards mechanisms of action of family planning methods: survey in primary health centres in Pamplona, Spain [PDF]

, 2007
Irala J de, Lopez del Burgo C, Lopez de Fez CM, Arredondo J, Mikolajczyk RT, Stanford JB. Women's attitudes towards mechanisms of action of family planning methods: survey in primary health centres in Pamplona, Spain. BMC Women's Health.
de Fez Carmen, Cristina Lopez del Burgo, Carmen M Lopez de Fez, de Irala Jokin, Irala, Jokin de, Lopez de Fez, Carmen M., Joseph B Stanford, Arredondo, Jorge, Stanford Joseph B, del Burgo Cristina, Jokin de Irala, Lopez del Burgo, Cristina, Mikolajczyk Rafael T, Mikolajczyk, Rafael T., Jorge Arredondo, Arredondo Jorge, Stanford, Joseph B., Rafael T Mikolajczyk   +17 more
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Dispensación de anticonceptivos hormonales y anticoncepción postcoital [PDF]

, 2007
El capítulo 17 del libro "Dispensación de medicamentos", titulado "Dispensación de anticonceptivos hormonales y anticoncepción postcoital", aborda de manera exhaustiva la dispensación de anticonceptivos hormonales incluyendo tanto los combinados como los
Hurtado Moya, María Luisa, Gómez Guzmán, Manuel, García-Delgado, Pilar, Ruiz-Utrera, P.   +3 more
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A new postcoital oral contraceptive [PDF]

, 1970
Large doses of estrogens have been used by several investigators as "emergency" postcoital contraceptives but their true effectiveness in the human is not known.
Berman, Edel, Larranaga, Alfredo, Rubio, Boris, Guiloff, Enrique   +3 more
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Clinical utility of folate-containing oral contraceptives [PDF]

, 2012
Zohra S Lassi, Zulfiqar A BhuttaDivision of Women and Child Health, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, PakistanAbstract: Folate is a generic term for a water-soluble B-complex vitamin which plays an important role in protein synthesis and metabolism and ...
Bhutta, Zulfiqar Ahmed, Lassi ZS, Lassi, Zohra S, Lassi, Z., Bhutta ZA, Bhutta, Z.   +5 more
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