BACKGROUND The fertility experience in Iran suggests that the family planning programs had an effective role in the fertility reduction. This study aimed to specify patterns of marriage in Iran and especially in a northern city of Iran and to investigate the association between patterns of marriage and contraceptive use before first pregnancy and current contraceptive use. METHODS In this cro...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the relationship between utilization patterns for condoms and other contraceptive methods and the consumption of alcohol and drugs. METHODS Exploratory study based on data from a probabilistic sample of 5,040 interviewees aged 16 to 65 years living in large urban regions of Brazil in 2005. The data were collected by means of questionnaires. The chi-square automatic intera...

a total number of 124 women of childbearing age attending a family planning clinic in teheran were investigated for the effects of contraceptive steroids and the intra-terine device on their hemoglobin concentration, packed cell volume, serum iron and serum tibc. a total of 42 women were used as control group of 42 women who were fitted with an intra-uterine device, 17 were studied for changes ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the association between use of combined oral contraceptives and risk of venous thromboembolism, taking the type of progestogen into account. DESIGN Two nested case-control studies. SETTING General practices in the United Kingdom contributing to the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD; 618 practices) and QResearch primary care database (722 practices). PARTIC...

based on epidemiologic data, women who take oral contraceptives seem to have an increased risk of developing thromboembollic disease. the thrombotic effects of oral contraceptive (oc) are probably mediated, at least partly through their effects on the coagulation system. plasma levels of several clotting factors have been shown to be elevated in oc users, and this increase is graduated accordin...

INTRODUCTION Female sex workers (FSW) have high rates of unintended pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections including HIV, and other adverse sexual and reproductive health outcomes. Few services for FSWs include contraception. This mixed-methods study aimed to determine the rate, predictors and consequences of unintended pregnancy among FSWs in Mombasa, Kenya. METHODS A prospective cohort ...

BACKGROUND The rate of unwanted pregnancies in adolescents in the United Kingdom (UK) is one of the highest in Europe and is a major reason for the RCGP's concern at the under-use of general practitioners' (GPs') contraceptive services by young people. AIM To discover the attitudes of 15- to 16-year-olds to the GP consultation and contraceptive services. METHOD Questionnaires were completed...