There is an extensive body of literature concerning modern contraceptive use among women in Uganda. A questionable aspect however is whether the impact of factors associated with modern contraceptive use has remained the same in the recent past. Demographic Health Survey (DHS) data of women in the period 1995-2011 was adopted to establish an understanding of this issue. The focus in the investi...

BACKGROUND AND METHODOLOGY The study aim was to examine whether exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) was associated with reversible contraceptive use in ever-pregnant partnered women. The authors conducted a longitudinal panel study in León municipality, Nicaragua. At baseline (2002-2003), 478 pregnant women were interviewed and 398 were available for questioning about contraceptive use ...

CONTEXT Trends in teenagers' contraceptive use have received less attention than trends in adolescent sexual intercourse, despite the importance of contraceptive use to preventing teenage pregnancy. METHODS Sexually active high school students' use of contraceptives and risk of pregnancy from 1991 to 2003 were examined using data from the national Youth Risk Behavior Survey and published cont...

Background Contraceptives are known to contribute to maternal health and well-being as well as improve child survival. Due to the multiethnic nature of Nigeria, it is known that the factors that influence contraceptive use may vary from one location to another and as such a blanket policy by the federal government on improving contraceptive use may not take into account the subtle differences i...

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 High fertility among young people aged 15-24 years is a public health concern in Uganda. Unwanted pregnancy, unsafe induced abortions and associated high morbidity and mortality among young women may be attributed to low contraceptive use. This study aims at exploring reasons for low contraceptive use among young people. METHODS In 16 focus group discussions, the views of young peo...

OBJECTIVES To examine how the contraceptive behavior of women in rural southern Mozambique is shaped by their individual and household characteristics; community characteristics; access to family planning services; and characteristics of health facilities. METHODS Quantitative and qualitative data were collected mostly between January 20 and December 15, 2011, in rural areas of four districts...

BACKGROUND Significant proportion of maternal deaths in Nigeria is due to complications of unsafe abortions, and these abortions are responses to unwanted pregnancies that could have been prevented by effective contraceptive programming. Despite intense programmatic efforts by the Nigerian government and various non-governmental agencies to reverse the trend, there has been little evidence to s...

the rising human population, particularly in the developing countries, and the attendant socioeconomic effects necessitates the need for its effective regulation. this study aims at exploring the contraceptive efficacy of the fruit extract of xylopia aethiopica (dunal) a rich, a plant with wide ethnomedicinal, pharmacological and social values, in combating this public health challenge. forty e...

objective: to assess the knowledge, attitude, practice and preferences on contraceptive methods among the female population, to determine the association between knowledge and attitude on contraceptive methods with the variables. materials and methods: a descriptive survey of 136 females between 18-45 year of age were done using a structured knowledge questionnaire, structured attitude scale an...