the study was carried out at agarfa atvet college dairy farm to evaluate the reproductive performance of holstein friesian× arsi and holstein friesian ×boran cattle. for the study, records compiled from 1983 to 2012 at the agarfa dairy farm were used as original data. the effects of breed, bloodlines, season and parity on the reproductive traits were evaluated. data were analyzed using the gene...

background: reproductive health problems affect youths in all countries. there is an urgent need to enhance youths reproductive health services to provide a healthy life for this group. in this regard, the present study aimed to evaluate the reproductive health peer education program based on the opinion of university students.   methods :this interventional study was conducted in qazvin univer...

background: this study evaluated the reproductive health rights, women empowerment and gender equity in a rural area of bangladesh. methods: three hundred married women of reproductive age (15-49 years) in meherpur district, bangladesh were interviewed using a structured questionnaire and purposing sampling techniques. the logistic regression analysis was used to determine the dominating factor...

objective: to find out the prevalence and relationship of anemia in reproductive age women in rural area of tabas, center of iran. iron deficiency anemia is the most common nutritional problem, affecting about 41.8% of pregnant and 30.2% of non-pregnant women worldwide. materials and methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted on the random sample of 382 reproductive age women in rural areas...

objective: to evaluate reproductive health education which is essential to the prevention of sexual risk behavior and its associated adverse outcomes of unwanted pregnancy, aids and other sexually transmitted disease in adolescents. little is known about youth educational needs about reproductive health in iran. the aim of this study is evaluation of female youth educational needs about reprodu...

objective: to ascertain the utilization of the emergency contraception and to evaluate the impact of intervention on acceptability and utilization of emergency contraceptive pills. materials and methods: this community based cross sectional study was carried out by the department of community medicine in the slums of chandigarh. the study sample was chosen by two stage systematic sampling. part...

background: knowledge of infertile couples about assisted reproductive technology is a fundamental parameter to optimize the infertility treatment and conduct it cooperatively. objective: to evaluate knowledge and attitude of infertile couples about assisted reproductive technology we designed a descriptive cross-sectional study. materials and methods: 400 infertile patients were investigated b...

background: preterm labor (ptl) is one of the most important causes in neonatal mortality and morbidity. late preterm labor (34-36w) includes 75% of such birth. assisted reproductive technology (art) pregnant women are at increased risk of ptl. objective: the study has been undertaken to determine whether beginning and continuing 17-α hydroxy progesterone caproate can reduce risk of ptl or chan...