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Guidance on the use of read‐across for chemical safety assessment in food and feed

EFSA Journal, Volume 23, Issue 7, July 2025.
Abstract Read‐across is a method used in chemical risk assessment to predict the toxicological properties of a target substance by using data from structurally and mechanistically similar substances, known as source substances. EFSA's Scientific Committee has developed an approach for using read‐across in food and feed risk assessment.
EFSA Scientific Committee, Susanne Hougaard Bennekou, Ana Allende, Angela Bearth, Josep Casacuberta, Laurence Castle, Tamara Coja, Amélie Crépet, Thorhallur Halldorsson, Laurentius (Ron) Hoogenboom, Pikka Jokelainen, Helle Knutsen, Konstantinos Koutsoumanis, Claude Lambré, Søren Nielsen, Dominique Turck, Antonio Vicent Civera, Roberto Edoardo Villa, Holger Zorn, Emilio Benfenati, Romualdo Benigni, Qasim Chaudhry, Lucian Farcal, George Kass, Alexis Nathanail, Alicia Paini, Rositsa Serafimova   +26 more
wiley   +1 more source

Patient satisfaction of depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (dmpa-sc) injection as contraceptive.

JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 2010
To determine Patient Satisfaction of DMPA-SC (104 mg/0.65 mL) injected subcutaneously once every 3 months.It was a Descriptive case series with the centre in Rawalpindi (Holy Family Hospital, Gynecology and Obstetrics Unit), Pakistan. Twenty five patients were selected by purposive sampling and followed up in Rawalpindi center (Holy Family Hospital ...
Rizwana, Chaudhri, Farwa, Rizvi, Muhammad, Afzal   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Body weight and bleeding pattern changes in women using DMPA-SC.

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP, 2009
To determine the 1-year efficacy of contraception, changes in bleeding pattern and weight with the use of Depot medroxyprogesterone acetate-subcutaneous injected subcutaneously once every 3 months.Descriptive case-series.Gynaecology and Obstetrics Unit, Holy Family Hospital, Rawalpindi, from March 2003 to June 2004.Twenty five patients were selected by
Rizwana, Chaudhri, Farwa, Rizvi, Muhammad, Afzal   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Patient experiences switching from in‐clinic to self‐administration of injectable contraception in two Western US states

Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 56, Issue 4, Page 347-357, December 2024.
Abstract Objective We describe the experiences and preferences of women who switched from clinic‐administered intramuscular depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA‐IM) to self‐administered subcutaneous DMPA (DMPA‐SC) in the context of the COVID‐19 pandemic.
Rebecca L. Newmark, Caroline C. Hodge, Grace Shih, Jennifer Karlin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lessons learned from a public sector community-based distribution program for scaling up DMPA-SC contraceptive services in Nigeria

Gates Open Research, 2019
Background: From August 2016 to December 2017, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Nigeria, through three implementing partners, scaled up the public sector delivery of subcutaneous depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA-SC, brand name Sayana ...
Eric Schatzkin, Kayode Afolabi, Olanike Adedeji, E. Kongnyuy, Jennifer Shen, Jenny X. Liu   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Comparing simulated client experiences with phone survey self-reports for measuring quality of information given in family planning counseling: The case of depot medroxyprogesterone acetate – subcutaneous (DMPA-SC) in Nigeria

Gates Open Research, 2019
Background: The quality of family planning services can have important implications for uptake and continued method use. The aim of this analysis is to examine aspects of quality related to information provided for a new injectable contraceptive method ...
N. Diamond-Smith, E. Treleaven, Elizabeth Omoluabi, Jenny X. Liu   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Finally, PrEP choices! But will clients ever have a choice?

Journal of the International AIDS Society, Volume 28, Issue S2, July 2025.
Kimberly E. Green, Kenneth Ngure, Robyn Eakle, Nittaya Phanuphak, Jason Reed   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Examining the relationship between reproductive empowerment and contraceptive self-injection: Tackling the endogeneity problem.

PLoS ONE
BackgroundSelf-care interventions, including contraceptive self-injectables such as subcutaneous depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA-SC), are hypothesized to be empowering to users.
Megan M Lydon, Holly M Burke, Katherine M Anfinson, Tihut Mulugeta, Aderaw Anteneh, Teferi Teklu, Mario Chen   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Development of a community-based peer-support intervention to improve contraceptive agency and diffuse self-injectable contraception in Uganda: Application of the human-centered design approach

BMC Women's Health
Background The low use of self-injectable contraception, coupled with the recognition that many individuals need support beyond training to use self-care technologies successfully, suggests the need for innovative programming.
C Birabwa, B Phillips, D Amongin, L Atuyambe, A Turinayo, J Etap, B Kaudha, S Alum, K Agnes, J Kramer, E Sedlander, J Liu, K Holt, P Waiswa   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Contraceptive use and decision-making in Guéra, Chad: a mixed-methods study

Frontiers in Global Women's Health
BackgroundChad has one of the highest maternal mortality ratios in the world, and low modern contraceptive prevalence. Understanding the barriers and influences on women's decision-making around contraceptive use is critical to reducing the unmet ...
Vincent de Paul Allambademel, Mahamat Abdelaziz, Natalie Andrasko, Bongo Goumbo, Robert Madjigoto, Alexis Ngarmbatedjimal, Solal Noubadjim, Salomon Tamira, Theodora Varelis, Katchebe Vourbane, Sara E. Casey   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source