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Is the likelihood of spousal violence lower or higher among childless women? Evidence from Nigeria demographic and health surveys

open access: yesBMC Women's Health, 2018
Background Few studies have been able to determine whether the likelihood of spousal violence is higher or lower among childless women compared with women who have children.
Bola Lukman Solanke   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Contraceptive discontinuation in Egypt as fertility returns to its 2000 level [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Humanities and Applied Social Sciences, 2020
Purpose – The similarity of family planning (FP) indicators from EDHS2014 to that of EDHS2000 is alarming for policymakers and researchers who consider it as an echo of the past and a threat, which the FP programme has to face to prevent its progression.
Mona Khalifa   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The impact of method choice on the risk of contraceptive discontinuation: Egypt 2014 [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Humanities and Applied Social Sciences, 2020
Purpose – In Egypt, the IUD is the most common contraceptive method since 1988 and has remained so despite a recent drop in its share from 59.9% in 2008 to 51.5% in 2014 in favour of hormonal methods, which increased from 19.7% for pills and 12.3% for ...
Mona Khalifa   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Determining Factors and Zootechnical Output of Biosecurity Practices in Fish Farms in the Wouri Division, Cameroon

open access: yesVeterinary Medicine International, 2023
Biosecurity practice limits the occurrence of diseases and economic losses in fish farms. The objective of this study was to characterize fish farming in the Administrative Division of Wouri, Cameroon (3°97′04″–3°58′13″N; 9°76′78″–9°46′4.3″E) and assess ...
Fonkwa Georges   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The indirect health effects of malaria estimated from health advantages of the sickle cell trait

open access: yesNature Communications, 2019
Estimates of the burden of malaria often don't take wider, indirect effects on overall health into consideration. Here, Uyoga et al. estimate the indirect impact of malaria on children’s health in a case-control study, using the sickle cell trait as a ...
Sophie Uyoga   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Demography and Design: Predictors of New Product Team Performance

open access: yes, 1992
The increasing reliance on teams in organizations raises the question of how these teams should be formed. Should they be formed completely of engineers or should they include a range of specialists?
Deborah G. . Ancona, D. Caldwell
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Maternal grand multiparity and intention to use modern contraceptives in Nigeria

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2018
Background Grand multiparity and low contraceptive prevalence are dominant among Nigerian women. These elevate the risk of unintended pregnancies, high-risk fertility and adverse maternal and child health outcomes among women in the country, particularly
Bola Lukman Solanke   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Maternal and community factors associated with unmet contraceptive need among childbearing women in Northern Nigeria

open access: yesContraception and Reproductive Medicine, 2019
Background Unmet need for modern contraceptive remains a critical reproductive health challenge in Nigeria. Numerous studies in Nigeria and other countries have investigated the patterns, prevalence and associated factors of unmet contraceptive need.
Bola Lukman Solanke   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

An assessment of the role of socio-economic, maternal and service utilization factors in increasing self-reported maternal complications in India

open access: yesBMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2021
Background Self-reported maternal complications are associated with maternal morbidity, deliveries by C-section, postpartum depression, and maternal death.
Pradeep Kumar   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Archaeological Demography

open access: yesHuman Biology, 2009
Archaeological demography investigates the structure and dynamics of past human populations using evidence from traces of human activities and remnants of material culture in the archaeological record. Research in this field is interdisciplinary, incorporating findings from anthropology, paleogenetics, and human ecology but with a remit that extends ...
openaire   +5 more sources

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