A quantitative exploration of the sociocultural context of teenage pregnancy in Sri Lanka [PDF]
, 2014 Background: In common with other countries, teenage pregnancy is attracting policy attention in Sri Lanka because of the risks it poses to maternal and infant health and social and economic well-being.
Piercy, Hilary +3 more
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A gender synchronized family planning intervention for married couples in rural India: study protocol for the CHARM2 cluster randomized controlled trial evaluation. [PDF]
, 2019 BackgroundPrior research from India demonstrates a need for family planning counseling that engages both women and men, offers complete family planning method mix, and focuses on gender equity and reduces marital sexual violence (MSV) to promote ...
Averbach, Sarah +13 more
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Improved timed-mating, non-invasive method using fewer unproven female rats with pregnancy validation via early body mass increases [PDF]
, 2018 For studies requiring accurate conception-timing, reliable, efficient methods of detecting oestrus reduce time and costs, whilst improving welfare. Standard methods use vaginal cytology to stage cycle, and breeders are paired–up using approximately five ...
Agata K Stramek +18 more
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Maternal obesity has little effect on the immediate offspring but impacts on the next generation [PDF]
, 2013 Maternal obesity during pregnancy has been linked to an increased risk of obesity and cardiometabolic disease in the offspring, a phenomenon attributed to developmental programming. Programming effects may be transmissible across generations through both
Dakin, Rachel S. +7 more
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Heterotopic pregnancy following ovulation induction by Clomiphene and a healthy live birth: A case report [PDF]
, 2008 Introduction: A heterotopic pregnancy is defined as the presence of a combined intrauterine and ectopic pregnancy. Its estimated incidence is accepted as between 1/7000 and 1/30,000 pregnancies.
Honarbakhsh, A., Khoori, E., Mousavi, S.
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Frontiers in Medicine, 2022 PurposeThe study aims to investigate whether chromosomal polymorphism affects embryo development and pregnancy outcomes of unexplained recurrent pregnancy loss (uRPL) couples undergoing PGT-A.MethodsA total of 585 couples with uRPL history who performed ...
Mingzhu Cao +29 more
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Effectiveness of Community Based Safe Motherhood Promoters in Improving the Utilization of Obstetric care. The Case of Mtwara Rural District in Tanzania. [PDF]
, 2010 In Tanzania, maternal mortality ratio remains unacceptably high at 578/100,000 live births. Despite a high coverage of antenatal care (96%), only 44% of deliveries take place within the formal health services.
Declare Mushi +43 more
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Male partners' involvement in prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission in sub-Saharan Africa : a systematic review [PDF]
, 2015 In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), male partners are rarely present during prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) services. This systematic review aims to synthesize, from a male perspective, male partners' perceived roles, barriers and enablers of
Degomme, Olivier +5 more
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Implementation of repeat HIV testing during pregnancy in Kenya: a qualitative study. [PDF]
, 2016 BackgroundRepeat HIV testing in late pregnancy has the potential to decrease rates of mother-to-child transmission of HIV by identifying mothers who seroconvert after having tested negative for HIV in early pregnancy.
Bukusi, Elizabeth A +6 more
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Mating increases neuronal tyrosine hydroxylase expression and selectively gates transmission of male chemosensory information in female mice. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Exposure to chemosensory signals from unfamiliar males can terminate pregnancy in recently mated female mice. The number of tyrosine hydroxylase-positive neurons in the main olfactory bulb has been found to increase following mating and has been ...
Gillian A Matthews +5 more
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