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...

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...

background: unintended pregnancy (upr) with high rates of subsequent abortions remains an important problem around the world. our aim was to determine the prevalence of uprs in georgia, their outcomes, and use of modern and traditional methods of contraception in women who terminated their uprs by induced abortion (iab) and identify potentially associated factors. methods: a cross-sectional stu...

Background: Unintended or unplanned pregnancy has been a distressing reality among females in the reproductive age group particularly in developing countries. The current study aimed to determine the prevalence of unintended pregnancy among married women in an urban community in Kangavar city state, to determine the associated factors of unintended pregnancy and to verify the reasons behind uni...

background: as the unintended pregnancy has certain maternal and neonatal consequences and knowing accurate prevalence can lead to useful planning for its diminishing; this study was carried out to determine the prevalence of unintended pregnancy in iran. methods: a systematic review and meta analysis study was applied. 33 articles were meta-analyzed and reviewed by two different groups. employ...

abstract background: many women, throughout their life cycle, experience unintended pregnancy and its subsequent induced abortion. nonetheless, women’s perceptions of this phenomenon – particularly in countries prohibiting elective abortion – are poorly known. the aim of this study was to explore iranian azeri women’s perceptions of unintended pregnancy. materials and methods: this was a conven...

Background & aim: The rate of unintended pregnancy has decreased from 24% to 16% in the last four to five years in Pakistan. However, this rate stills varies among the women living in the rural and urban areas of Pakistan. The females residing in the rural areas are less likely to have many contraceptive choices and receive no/low-quality family planning services; as a result, they end up with ...

literatures that focus on the risk factors of unintended pregnancy among married women are limited especially in developing countries. the aim of this study was to determine the predictors of unintended pregnancy in a west region of iran.this case-control study was conducted from september to november 2011 in hamadan city, western iran. a stratified cluster random sampling method was used for d...