Before reading on, think about how this article may help you to do your job better. The Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s areas of competence for pharmacists are listed in “Plan and record” (available at: www.uptodate. org.uk). This article relates to “decision-making and problemsolving in relation to drug therapy” and “health education and promotion” (see appendix 4 of “Plan and record”). Giving ...

BACKGROUND Women's empowerment is hypothesized as a predictor of reproductive health outcomes. It is believed that empowered girls and women are more likely to delay marriage, plan their pregnancies, receive prenatal care, and have their childbirth attended by a skilled health provider. The objective of this study was to assess the association between women's empowerment and use of modern contr...

This study assessed men's awareness, attitude, and practice of modern contraceptive methods, determined the level of spousal communication, and investigated the correlates of men's opinion in family planning decision making in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Quantitative methodology was employed in this cross-sectional descriptive design using a structured household questionnaire to collect information from ...

BACKGROUND Men play crucial role in contraceptive decision-making, particularly in highly gender-stratified populations. Past research examined men's attitudes toward fertility and contraception and the association with actual contraceptive practices. More research is needed on whether men's attitudes on gender equality are associated with contraceptive behaviors; this is the objective of this ...

BACKGROUND Increasing institutional births rates and improving access to comprehensive emergency obstetric care are central strategies for reducing maternal and neonatal deaths globally. While some studies show women consider service availability when determining where to deliver, the dynamics of how and why institutional birth rates change as comprehensive emergency obstetric care availability...

This paper describes and analyzes how the flow of the value chain and the mapping of processes are linked, pointing out the main aspects in an industry that operates in stationery products and is headquartered in the region of Bauru, Brazill. Once the company decided to adopt the formal model for mapping of the flow of the value chain in a product, as an indicator of viability and observe the r...

This paper develops a robust and distributed decision-making procedure for mathematically modelin 9 and computationally supporting simultaneous decision-making by members of an engineering team. The procedure (1) treats variations in the design posed by other members of the design team as conceptual noise; (2) incorporates such noise factors into conceptually robust decision-making; (3) provide...

OBJECTIVE This paper highlights the relevance of spousal communication on males' attitude towards their partners' contraceptive use. DESIGN This was a cross-sectional study. MATERIALS AND METHODS Data for the study were obtained from a survey carried out in three states, Oyo, Osun, and Ondo, mainly inhabited by the Yorubas. RESULTS The results show that men have a significant role to play...