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Factors associated with unintended pregnancy in Brazil: cross-sectional results from the Birth in Brazil National Survey, 2011/2012 [PDF]

, 2016
Background Unintended pregnancy, a pregnancy that have been either unwanted or mistimed, is a serious public health issue in Brazil. It is reported for more than half of women who gave birth in the country, but the characteristics of women who conceive ...
A Exavery, A Langer, A Levi, Ana Claudia Santos Amaral Fraga, Brasil, Brasil, Brasil, D Cheng, E Elm Von, ERF Moura, G Sedgh, JC Santos, JD Gipson, JF Frøen, JR Powers, K Kost, K Stidham Hall, KM Shreffler, L Ikamari, LB Finer, LS Tavares, M Lukasse, M Patel, M Sarkar, Marcia Leonardi Baldisserotto, Maria do Carmo Leal, Mariza Miranda Theme-Filha, MJD Osis, MTL Vasconcellos, P Estok, PA Robertson, PJ Kelly, PS Shah, R Grekin, Silvana Granado Nogueira da Gama, SOM Prietsch, Susan Ayers, T Mills, WD Mosher   +38 more
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Psychometric Evaluation of an Instrument to Measure Prospective Pregnancy Preferences: The Desire to Avoid Pregnancy Scale. [PDF]

, 2019
BACKGROUND:Existing approaches to measuring women's pregnancy intentions suffer important limitations, including retrospective assessment, overly simple categories, and a presumption that all women plan pregnancies. No psychometrically valid scales exist
Foster, Diana G, Gould, Heather, Ralph, Lauren J, Rocca, Corinne H, Wilson, Mark   +4 more
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Advice from the Field: Youth Employment Programs and Unintended Pregnancy [PDF]

, 2003
This report further explores the connection between the fields of pregnancy prevention and youth employment. It provides "advice from the field" from five youth employment providers about their efforts to combat unintended pregnancy and to provide family
Christine Grisham
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Unintended pregnancy in opioid-abusing women [PDF]

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 2011
The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of unintended pregnancy and its three subtypes (mistimed, unwanted, and ambivalent) among opioid-abusing women. In the general population, 31%-47% of pregnancies are unintended; data on unintended pregnancy in opioid- and other drug-abusing women are lacking.
Sarah H, Heil, Hendree E, Jones, Amelia, Arria, Karol, Kaltenbach, Mara, Coyle, Gabriele, Fischer, Susan, Stine, Peter, Selby, Peter R, Martin   +8 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, Battala, Madhusudana, Begum, Shahina, Bharadwaj, Prashant, Dixit, Anvita, Ghule, Mohan, Johns, Nicole E, Kully, Gennifer, Raj, Anita, Saggurti, Niranjan, Silverman, Jay, Vaida, Florin, Wyss, Natalie, Yore, Jennifer   +13 more
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The prevalence of unintended pregnancy and its association with HIV status among pregnant women in South Africa, a national antenatal survey, 2019

Scientific Reports, 2021
To describe the prevalence of unintended pregnancy and its association with HIV status among pregnant women in South Africa. A cross-sectional survey was conducted between October and mid-November 2019 among pregnant women aged 15–49 years in 1589 ...
Selamawit Woldesenbet, Tendesayi Kufa, Carl Lombard, Samuel Manda, Diane Morof, Mireille Cheyip, Kassahun Ayalew, Adrian Puren   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cohort Efficacy Study of Natural Family Planning among Perimenopause Age Women [PDF]

, 2014
Objective: To determine the efficacy of using natural family planning (NFP) methods to avoid unintended pregnancy among women of perimenopause age (i.e., age 40-55 years).
Fehring, Richard, Mu, Qiyan
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Special Issue Introduction: We Can Do More: Challenges and Opportunities for Teen Pregnancy Prevention [PDF]

, 2017
Guest editors Susan Tortolero Emery and Kimberly Johnson Baker introduce Volume 8, Issue 1 of the Journal of Applied Research on ...
Johnson-Baker, Kimberly, Tortolero, Susan R.   +1 more
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Unwanted Pregnancy and Associated Factors among Pregnant Married Women in Hosanna Town, Southern Ethiopia. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
Of an estimated 210 million pregnancies that occur in the world each year, 38% are unplanned, out of which 22% end in abortion. In Ethiopia, the estimates of unintended pregnancy indicate that it is one of the major reproductive health problems with all ...
Belayneh Hamdela, Abebe G/mariam, Tizta Tilahun   +2 more
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Magnitude and Associated Factors of Unintended Pregnancy among Pregnant Women at Saesie Tsaeda Emba Woreda Eastern Zone of Tigray, North Ethiopia, 2018

Journal of Pregnancy, 2019
Background. Each year there were about 80 million women who experienced unintended pregnancy in the globe. In Ethiopia, around one third of women have experiences of unintended pregnancy.
Gebrehiwot Gebremariam Weldearegawi, Kidanemaryam Berhe Tekola, Berhane Fseha Teklehaymanot   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source