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Continuation of Unintended Pregnancy [PDF]

The Linacre Quarterly, 2019
Background: Forty-four percent of all pregnancies worldwide are unintended. Induced abortion has drawn a lot of attention from clinicians and policy makers, and the care for women requesting it has been covered in many publications.
Ayerbe, L, Pérez-Piñar, M, Del Burgo, CL, Burgueño, E   +3 more
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Pregnancy scares and subsequent unintended pregnancy [PDF]

Demographic Research, 2014
Background: A substantial number of young women experience pregnancy scares - thinking they might be pregnant, and later discovering that they are not.
Heather Gatny, Yasamin Kusunoki, Jennifer Barber   +2 more
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Blessing unintended pregnancy

Medicine Anthropology Theory, 2020
Within public health and medical anthropology research, the study of women’s agency in reproductive decision making often neglects the role of religion and women’s spirituality.
Don Seeman, Iman Roushdy-Hammady, Annie Hardison-Moody, Winnifred W. Thompson, Laura M. Gaydos, Carol J. Rowland Hogue   +5 more
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Unmarried women and unintended pregnancy: An Indonesian cross-sectional study

Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 2023
Background: Indonesia has moral norms consider pregnancy among unmarried women a disgrace. The study analyzes the factors influencing unintended pregnancies among unmarried women in Indonesia. Material and Methods: The study examined 1,050 women.
Agung D Laksono, Ratna D Wulandari, Nikmatur Rohmah, Ratu Matahari   +3 more
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Correlates of unintended pregnancy in Ethiopia: results from a national survey. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
BACKGROUND: Unintended pregnancy has been a major reproductive health challenge in resource poor settings including Ethiopia. It has adverse consequences to the mother, child and the health sector's resources.
Dereje Habte, Sisay Teklu, Tadele Melese, Mgaywa G M D Magafu   +3 more
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Association between unintended pregnancy and maternal antenatal care services use in Ethiopia: analysis of Ethiopian demographic and health survey 2016

Frontiers in Medicine, 2023
IntroductionUnintended pregnancy disproportionately affects women in low and middle-income countries including Ethiopia. Previous studies identified the magnitude and negative health outcomes of unintended pregnancy.
Ayalnesh Zemene Yalew, Ayalnesh Zemene Yalew, Oladapo O. Olayemi, Alemayehu Worku Yalew   +3 more
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Are higher unintended pregnancy rates among minorities a result of disparate access to contraception?

Contraception and Reproductive Medicine, 2020
Unintended pregnancy is a major global issue. Women who experience an unintended pregnancy have a significant risk of morbidity and mortality. Additionally, these women also experience substantial financial hardships.
Michele Troutman, Saima Rafique, Torie Comeaux Plowden   +2 more
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Association between sexual violence and unintended pregnancy among adolescent girls and young women in South Africa

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Unintended pregnancy has dire consequences on the health and socioeconomic wellbeing of adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) (aged 15–24 years).
Anthony Idowu Ajayi, Henrietta Chinelo Ezegbe   +1 more
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Unintended pregnancy and maternal health complications: cross-sectional analysis of data from rural Uttar Pradesh, India

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2020
Background This study aims to explore the potential association between unintended pregnancy and maternal health complications. Secondarily, we test whether antenatal care (ANC) and community health worker (CHW) visits moderate the observed association ...
Nabamallika Dehingia, Anvita Dixit, Yamini Atmavilas, Dharmendra Chandurkar, Kultar Singh, Jay Silverman, Anita Raj   +6 more
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The association between unmet need for contraception and unintended pregnancy among reproductive-age women in Ethiopia

Medicine Access @ Point of Care, 2021
Objectives: An unintended pregnancy and unmet need for contraception remains a serious public health issues both in developed and developing countries.
Awoke Giletew Wondie
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