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Community Health Workers as Social Marketers of Injectable Contraceptives: A Case Study from Ethiopia. [PDF]

, 2017
Ethiopia has made notable progress in increasing awareness and knowledge of family planning and is considered a success story among funders and program planners.
Bell, Suzanne, Gessessew, Amanuel, Godefay, Hagos, Prata, Ndola, Weidert, Karen   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Modern oral contraceptives and cardiovascular disease

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1997
We reviewed evidence that bears on the cardiovascular safety of combined oral contraceptives containing second- and third-generation progestogens and < 50 micrograms of estrogen. Recent epidemiologic studies indicate that current use of these formulations is associated with a smaller increase in the incidence of venous thromboembolism than earlier ...
L, Rosenberg, J R, Palmer, M I, Sands, D, Grimes, U, Bergman, J, Daling, A, Mills   +6 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Effect Differences of Omega‐3 Fatty Acids From Plant Oil and Fish Oil on Human Health

AgriFood: Journal of Agricultural Products for Food, EarlyView.
Omega‐3 fatty acids in plant oil is no less than fish oil on human health. ALA in plant oil takes directly healthy effects without conversion to DHA and EPA. Plant oil can be substitutes for fish oil to support partial ω‐3 fatty acids. For people who cannot afford fish oil, plant oil is also good for public health.
Mengxue Fang, Chunyan Xiang, Liangxiao Zhang, Peiwu Li   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors associated with male acceptance of modern contraceptive methods. A descriptive cross-sectional study in a peri-urban municipality

Contraception and Reproductive Medicine
Background Male knowledge and acceptance of modern contraceptive use play a significant role in uptake. This study assessed the factors associated with male acceptance of modern contraceptive methods in Ho Municipality.
Judith A. Anaman-Torgbor, Mirialys Fiona Nana Ama Anaman, Elvis Reindolf Kale, Kennedy Diema Konlan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Factor XIII Supplementation in Postpartum Hemorrhage: From Biological Rationale to Clinical Implementation

American Journal of Hematology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) remains the leading cause of preventable maternal mortality despite standard interventions. Recent fibrinogen trials failed to improve outcomes, prompting interest in coagulation factor XIII (FXIII). FXIII functions as “molecular cement,” cross‐linking fibrin and stabilizing clots.
Jeremy W. Jacobs, Elizabeth A. Abels, Brian D. Adkins, Garrett S. Booth, Victoria Costa, Sheharyar Raza, Michelle Simon, Jennifer S. Woo, Allison P. Wheeler   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unmet need for modern contraceptives and associated factors among women in the extended postpartum period in Dessie town, Ethiopia

Contraception and Reproductive Medicine, 2017
BackgroundThe contraceptive use of women in the extended postpartum period is usually different from other times in a woman’s life cycle due to the additional roles and presence of emotional changes.
Masresha Tegegn, Mastewal Arefaynie, T. Tiruye   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Implantable Drug Delivery Systems for Skeletal Muscles and Eyes

Advanced NanoBiomed Research, EarlyView.
This review highlights the different types of recent implantable drug delivery systems (IDDS) fabricated for a use with skeletal muscles, and with eyes. It presents the developments already made and the current research directions, showing the evolution of IDDS and their great diversity.
Serge Ostrovidov, Murugan Ramalingam, Hongkai Wu, Toshinori Fujie, Yukinari Nakamura, Takeshi Hori, Yuji Nashimoto, Xuetao Shi, Hirokazu Kaji   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Socioeconomic and religious differentials in contraceptive uptake in western Ethiopia: a mixed-methods phenomenological study

BMC Women's Health, 2018
Background Despite the large-scale investment in access to contraceptives, high population growth and unintended pregnancies are posing pressures in Ethiopia where the economy is incapable of holding overpopulation.
Setegn Tigabu, Tesfa Demelew, Awol Seid, Bisrate Sime, Tsegahun Manyazewal   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Population Policy: Abortion and Modern Contraception are Substitutes [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2016
A longstanding debate exists in population policy about the relationship between modern contraception and abortion. Although theory predicts that they should be substitutes, the empirical evidence is difficult to interpret. What is required is a large-scale intervention that alters the supply (or full price) of one or the other and, importantly, that ...
Miller, Grant, Valente, Christine M F
openaire   +6 more sources

Use of traditional and modern contraceptives among childbearing women: findings from a mixed methods study in two southwestern Nigerian states

BMC Public Health, 2018
BackgroundContraceptive use has numerous health benefits such as preventing unplanned pregnancies, ensuring optimum spacing between births, reducing maternal and child mortality, and improving the lives of women and children in general.
A. Ajayi, O. Adeniyi, W. Akpan
semanticscholar   +1 more source