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Background: Men’s influences are gradually being recognised in pregnancy and delivery care. The study aims to determine the knowledge and attitude of male commercial motorcyclists on pregnancy care and delivery of women.
Ibirongbe DO +3 more
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Influence of Motivation on the Efficacy of Natural Family Planning [PDF]
Purpose: Mutual motivation is recognized as essential for effective behavioral methods of family planning. Few studies have studied this factor in family planning efficacy.
Barron, Mary Lee +3 more
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He or She, What Will It Be: Old Wivesʹ Tales and Foetal Sex Prediction
Aim: A myriad of myths surround pregnancy, especially regarding the prediction of the sex of the infant. Some of these myths and old wives' tales are, to this day, widespread among expectant parents.
Darjan Kardum +3 more
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Background Male support for partners’ antenatal care (ANC) has the potential to improve women’s care-seeking and maternal health outcomes. This study describes factors that are associated with men’s involvement in household tasks and explores the ...
Emily Chahalis +11 more
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Methylation Status of Imprinted Genes and Repetitive Elements in Sperm DNA from Infertile Males [PDF]
Stochastic, environmentally and/or genetically induced disturbances in the genome-wide epigenetic reprogramming processes during male germ-cell development may contribute to male infertility.
El Hajj, N. +7 more
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A community perspective on the role of fathers during pregnancy: a qualitative study [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Defining male involvement during pregnancy is essential for the development of future research and appropriate interventions to optimize services aiming to improve birth outcomes.
Amina P Alio +4 more
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Background: Several chemical UV filters/absorbers ('UV filters' hereafter) have endocrine-disrupting properties in vitro and in vivo. Exposure to these chemicals, especially during prenatal development, is of concern.
M Krause +13 more
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Prolactin receptors and placental lactogen drive male mouse pancreatic islets to pregnancy-related mRNA changes. [PDF]
Pregnancy requires a higher functional beta cell mass and this is associated with profound changes in the gene expression profile of pancreatic islets.
Lotte Goyvaerts +9 more
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Male Pesticide Exposure and Pregnancy Outcome [PDF]
Potential health effects of agricultural pesticide use include reproductive outcomes. For the Ontario Farm Family Health Study, the authors sampled Ontario farms from the 1986 Canadian Census of Agriculture, identified farm couples, and obtained questionnaire data concerning farm activities, reproductive health experience, and chemical applications ...
D A, Savitz +3 more
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Reduced sexual size dimorphism in a pipefish population where males do not prefer larger females
Within a species' distribution, populations are often exposed to diverse environments and may thus experience different sources of both natural and sexual selection.
Mário Cunha +5 more
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