OBJECTIVE To describe contraceptive use and attitudes towards contraceptive use in Sweden which has the highest abortion rate in Western Europe. Secondary objectives were to investigate knowledge of contraceptive methods and outcomes of unplanned and unwanted pregnancies. DESIGN Telephone survey. SETTING National survey of women living in Sweden. POPULATION Women between 16 and 49 years. ...

BACKGROUND Establishing effective postnatal contraception is essential for HIV-seropositive women to avoid the risk of unwanted pregnancy and minimise HIV transmission to HIV-seronegative partners. The authors describe their experience of providing postnatal contraception to HIV-seropositive women who attend a community-based integrated sexual health clinic. METHODS The authors performed a re...

Unwanted pregnancy, and consequently unsafe abortion, remains major reproductive health problems in Nigeria that needs to be tackled. Unfortunately, there is a dearth of information on this problem at the community level. This study therefore examined the prevalence of unwanted pregnancy in the community as well as associated factors including the views, perceptions and attitudes of community m...

INTRODUCTION Students in the universities mostly live independently from their parents or guardians, some of them for the first time. This gives them freedom and opportunity for high risk behavior such as unplanned and unprotected sex. The results of such sexual experimentation may include unplanned and or unwanted pregnancies that may lead to unsafe abortions and sexually transmitted infection...

Personal goals are difficult to achieve and healthy habits are not as simple to maintain as people would like to. Often, humans look for help to change unwanted behavior. Technology could help us to overcome the daily struggle faced during the search for behavior improvement. The Persuasive Mirror is an example of how computerize persuasion, in the form of visual feedback, could give the needed...

Amaç: Bu nitel çalışmanın amacı, kadınların istenmeyen gebeliklerini sağlık kuruluşları dışında isteyerek düşükle sonlandırma sürecini betimlemektir. Yöntem: Çalışma grubunu, kartopu ve amaçlı örneklem yöntemi ile belirlenen, gebelik/isteyerek düşük deneyimi olan 13 kadın oluşturmuştur. Kadınlara yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme formu aracılığıyla deneyimlerine ilişkin sorular derinlemesine sorulmu...

Aim: This study was planned to analyse the unwanted pregnancies and determine frequency causes according risk groups.
 Materials Method: is a cross-sectional conducted on 409 married volunteer pregnant women who applied hospital for prenatal care. A questionnaire prepared by researchers used data collection. Percentage, mean, chi-square test were evaluate data. 
 Results: The rate of ...