نتایج جستجو برای: contraceptive practices

تعداد نتایج: 197940  

2015

ent gender balance in the region should be interpreted prudently, since enrollment figures do not capture the entire reality of education. Drop-out rates, quality of instruction* and the orientation toward fields of study may well differ between men and women. In the last few decades, the educational attainment of Latin American women has substantially improved. The reduction of illiteracy and ...

Journal: :Pediatrics 1998
C Stevens-Simon L Kelly D Singer D Nelligan

OBJECTIVE To identify reasons for inconsistent contraceptive use that antedate conception and continue to predispose participants in adolescent-oriented maternity programs to unsafe sexual practices after delivery. We hypothesized that teens who attributed their failure to use contraceptives before their first conception exclusively to concerns about their side effects and/or their own lack of ...

2014
Kathryn Church Alison Wringe Phelele Fakudze Joshua Kikuvi Zelda Nhlabatsi Rachel Masuku Integra Initiative Susannah H Mayhew Timothy Abuya Ian Askew Isolde Birdthistle Kathryn Church Manuela Colombini Natalie Friend du-Preez James Kimani Jackline Kivunaga Joelle Mak Susannah Mayhew Christine Michaels Richard Mutemwa Charity Ndigwa Carol Dayo Obure Sedona Sweeney Anna Vassall Charlotte Warren Charlotte Watts Weiwei Zhou

OBJECTIVES To (i) describe the contraceptive practices of HIV care and treatment (HCTx) clients in Manzini, Swaziland, including their unmet needs for family planning (FP), and compare these with population-level estimates; and (ii) qualitatively explore the causal factors influencing contraceptive choice and use. METHODS Mixed quantitative and qualitative methods were used. A cross-sectional...

Journal: :International perspectives on sexual and reproductive health 2012
Mary Philip Sebastian Mohammed Ejazduin Khan Kaushal Kumari Rukma Idnani

CONTEXT The Indian family planning program, though successful in increasing contraceptive use among couples who have achieved their desired family size, has not been equally successful in educating couples about the use of contraceptive methods for birth spacing. METHODS An evaluation was conducted of a behavior change communication intervention integrated into the existing government program...

2013
Yemane Berhane Haftu Berhe Gerezgiher Buruh Abera Hailemariam Berhe

Background. HIV infected women in sub-Saharan Africa are at substantial risk of unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections. In developing countries including Ethiopia counseling and provision of modern contraceptives of choice to HIV infected women including those on antiretroviral therapy (ART) is an important strategy to prevent unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted in...

2013
Chala W Diro Mesganaw F Afework

BACKGROUND Traditionally, women have been the main respondents for most of knowledge, attitude and practice survey related to family planning and fertility intention. However it is not well known how responses of women about husbands reflect the husband's attitude and practices. Thus this study is conducted to examine agreement of wife and husband regarding family planning use and fertility des...

2014
Yifru Berhan Asres Berhan

BACKGROUND The major causes of maternal and perinatal deaths are mostly pregnancy related. However, there are several predisposing factors for the increased risk of pregnancy related complications and deaths in developing countries. The objective of this review was to grossly estimate the effect of selected socioeconomic and cultural factors on maternal mortality, stillbirths and neonatal morta...

Journal: :The New Zealand medical journal 1994
D M Fergusson M T Lynskey L J Horwood

AIMS The aims of this study were to examine levels of AIDS knowledge and contraceptive practices in a birth cohort of 16 year old Christchurch born children. METHODS The study was based on the birth cohort of young people participating in the Christchurch Health and Development Study. At age 16 years 953 subjects were questioned about: (a) levels of AIDS knowledge using a 16 item AIDS knowled...

2013
Jaime Z. Galvez Tan Josefina G. Tayag Allan Chester

The indigenous peoples (IP) of the Philippines face great disadvantage in terms of social and health services, particularly in reproductive health (RH). The Higaonon community of Bukidnon and Ata-Manobo of Davao reflect this disparity. A participatory action research guided by grounded theory, postmodern and feminist frameworks validated that there is lack of awareness and understanding of RH c...

Journal: :International Journal of Reproduction, Contraception, Obstetrics and Gynecology 2019

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