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...

A cohort of women aged 14-29 in 1993 was identified from the General Practice Research Database and followed up for a period of 4 years. Patient files were searched for evidence of use of emergency contraception and regular contraception. Of the 95 007 women, 15 105 (16%) had received emergency contraception during the study period (an average of 5% per annum). There was a small year on year in...

BACKGROUND Few postpartum women use effective contraception and those who use less effective methods have increased rates of unintended pregnancy. Little is known about postpartum contraception intentions among breastfeeding women. Our objectives were to measure the extent of prenatal contraceptive counseling, to assess contraceptive intentions, and to identify correlates of both among postpart...

objective: the aim of this study was to determine knowledge and attitude about emergency contraception among women using condom, coitus interruptus and rhythm methods. materials and methods: between april and september 2006, 400 women referring to the health centers in shahrekord, were evaluated. they entered the study if they were using condom, coitus interruptus or rhythm methods. a questionn...

background: the reports of a rise in contraceptive practices have not been matched by a similar decrease in population: therefore, there is a need to look into the causes of this discrepancy. the objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of different methods of contraception used by egyptian women, to compare different contraception methods used among various socio-demographic g...

background: emergency contraception  (ec) has been available in iran, however there has been little research into the extent of knowledge of the actions, effectiveness and attitudes of students about it .the aim of this study was to detect the knowledge and attitudes of university students towards emergency contraception . methods: a survey of 130 university students was conducted at shahrekord...

Background: Emergency contraception  (EC) has been available in Iran, however there has been little research into the extent of knowledge of the actions, effectiveness and attitudes of students about it .The aim of this study was to detect the Knowledge and attitudes of university students towards emergency contraception . Methods: A survey of 130 university students was conducted at Shahrekord...

family planning is programming about future of reproductive reproduction. the main aim of this research was to compare the efficacy of family planning education by individual education in residential place and by health system education. in this quazi-experimental study, 120 married women who did not use any contraceptive for purpose of family planning, don’t have intend to be pregnant, were ra...

background & aim: thecurrent population of the world is seven billion, and developing countries account for its 97%. approximately 210 million pregnancies annually occur worldwide and 75-80 million of them are reported to be unintended. multiple factors can contribute to unintended pregnancy, which need to be assessed to design interventions reducing the incidence of unintended pregnancies.this...

objective: in nigeria the rate of contraceptive use among sexually active adolescents is about 30%, considerably lower than the rates reported for developed countries. this study aimed to determine the knowledge, perception and practice of emergency contraception among female adolescent hawkers in rigasa community, a suburb of kaduna town. materials and methods: a cross sectional descriptive st...