The effect of family sex composition on fertility desires and family planning behaviors in urban Uttar Pradesh, India.

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Brazil, high contraceptive prevalence rates coexist with high rates of unintended pregnancies. Contraceptive discontinuation may explain this context, but few studies have focused on highly educated young women in countries with low unmet need for modern contraception. This paper explores frequency and as...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： do Nascimento Chofakian CB,Moreau C,Borges ALV,Dos Santos OA

更新日期：2019-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The introduction of home digital ovulation tests (OTs) has provided a simple solution for women wishing to optimise the timing of intercourse when trying to conceive. However, despite this, very little is understood about women's experiences of using these tests. METHODS:We carried out qualitative, semi-str...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Jones G,Carlton J,Weddell S,Johnson S,Ledger WL

更新日期：2015-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Preterm birth is the main cause of morbidity and mortality during the perinatal period. Classical risk factors are held responsible for only 1/3 of preterm births and no current intervention has produced an appreciable reduction of this event. It is necessary to explore new hypotheses and mechanisms of causa...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： da Silva AA,Simões VM,Barbieri MA,Cardoso VC,Alves CM,Thomaz EB,de Sousa Queiroz RC,Cavalli RC,Batista RF,Bettiol H

更新日期：2014-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An estimated 276 Pakistani women die for every 100,000 live births; with eclampsia accounting for about 10 % of these deaths. Community health workers contribute to the existing health system in Pakistan under the banner of the Lady Health Worker (LHW) Programme and are responsible to provide a comprehensive...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Salam RA,Qureshi RN,Sheikh S,Khowaja AR,Sawchuck D,Vidler M,von Dadelszen P,Zaidi S,Bhutta Z,CLIP working group.

更新日期：2016-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 2001, the WHO Antenatal Care Trial (WHOACT) concluded that an antenatal care package of evidence-based screening, therapeutic interventions and education across four antenatal visits for low-risk women was not inferior to standard antenatal care and may reduce cost. However, an updated Cochrane review in ...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Vogel JP,Habib NA,Souza JP,Gülmezoglu AM,Dowswell T,Carroli G,Baaqeel HS,Lumbiganon P,Piaggio G,Oladapo OT

更新日期：2013-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The ICPD agenda of reproductive health was declared as the most comprehensive one, which had actually broadened the spectrum of reproductive health and drove the states to embark upon initiatives to improve reproductive health status of their populations. However, like all other countries, Pakistan also seems to have ...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Abrejo FG,Shaikh BT,Saleem S

更新日期：2008-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last 30 years, conservative power in the United States, financed and organized by Christian fundamentalist sects, the Catholic Church, and conservative corporate and political leadership, has become more threatening and potentially destabilizing of progressive democratic principles and practices. Powerful int...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Castle MA

更新日期：2011-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Accruing epidemiological evidence suggests that prenatal exposure to emissions from cooking fuel is associated with increased risks of adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes including hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, low birth weight, stillbirth and infant mortality. We aimed to investigate the relation...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Weber E,Adu-Bonsaffoh K,Vermeulen R,Klipstein-Grobusch K,Grobbee DE,Browne JL,Downward GS

更新日期：2020-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies in developing countries suggest that a husband plays an influential role in a woman's contraceptive use. The influence of a husband/partner's healthcare decision making power on a woman's intention to use contraceptives in Mozambique has not been studied. The present study examined this rela...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Mboane R,Bhatta MP

更新日期：2015-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the vast literature examining disparities in medical care, little is known about racial/ethnic and mental health disparities in sexual health care. The objective of this study was to assess disparities in safe sex counseling and resultant behavior among a patient population at risk of negative sexual...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： D'Amore MM,Cheng DM,Allensworth-Davies D,Samet JH,Saitz R

更新日期：2012-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Women's fear from childbirth has been associated with increased medical interventions and traumatized birth experience. Although antenatal education is a crucial factor to empower and prepare women for their birth journey, it is not clear how Iranian childbirth classes can influence women's fear and prepare ...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Hassanzadeh R,Abbas-Alizadeh F,Meedya S,Mohammad-Alizadeh-Charandabi S,Mirghafourvand M

更新日期：2019-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prior studies have shown that using uterotonics to augment or induce labor before arrival at comprehensive Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care (CEmONC) settings (henceforth, "outside uterotonics") may contribute to perinatal mortality in low- and middle-income countries. We estimate its effect on perinatal...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Day LT,Hruschka D,Mussell F,Jeffers E,Saha SL,Alam S

更新日期：2016-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The physical and psychological impact of female genital mutilation / cutting (FGM/C) can be substantial, long term, and irreversible. Parts of the health sector in Australia have developed guidelines in the management of FGM/C, but large gaps exist in community and professional knowledge of the consequences ...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Varol N,Hall JJ,Black K,Turkmani S,Dawson A

更新日期：2017-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The decreased reproductive capacity of men is an important factor contributing to infertility. Accumulating evidence has shown that Electromagnetic radiation potentially has negative effects on human health. However, whether radio frequency electromagnetic radiation (RF-EMR) affects the human reproductive sy...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Liu Q,Si T,Xu X,Liang F,Wang L,Pan S

更新日期：2015-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypertension affects about 10% of pregnancies and is responsible for both maternal and neonatal devastating complications such as eclampsia, HELLP syndrome, prematurity and maternal and neonatal death. The resolution of the disease occurs in the first twelve weeks postpartum. The behavior of blood pressure a...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Cursino T,Katz L,Coutinho I,Amorim M

更新日期：2015-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest maternal mortality ratio at 500 deaths per 100,000 live births. In Mozambique maternal mortality is estimated at 249-480 per 100,000 live births and eclampsia is the third leading cause of death. The objective of this study was to describe the community understanding of pre...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Boene H,Vidler M,Sacoor C,Nhama A,Nhacolo A,Bique C,Alonso P,Sawchuck D,Qureshi R,Macete E,Menéndez C,von Dadelszen P,Sevene E,Munguambe K

更新日期：2016-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditional approaches to improving adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) have focused on changing individual behavior, with little emphasis on addressing the factors that contribute to this behavior: biological changes; the influence of family and friends; the communities in which young people live; and ac...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Plourde KF,Fischer S,Cunningham J,Brady K,McCarraher DR

更新日期：2016-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To find out about the prenatal diagnosis rate of myelomeningocele (MMC) by ultrasound scan in patients referred to the Children's Hospital Medical Center in Tehran, Iran from July 2004 to July 2005. METHODS:We included 140 children born with MMC and who were referred for management, surgery and treatment of...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Kazmi SS,Nejat F,Tajik P,Roozbeh H

更新日期：2006-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While Female Genital Cutting (FGM/C) is a deeply entrenched cultural practice, there is now mounting evidence for a gradual decline in prevalence in a number of geographical areas in Africa and following migration to non-practicing countries. Consequently, there is now a growing number of women with FGM/C wh...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Koukoui S,Hassan G,Guzder J

更新日期：2017-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To evaluate the feasibility of conducting a prospective study to measure self-managed medication abortion outcomes, and to collect preliminary data on safety and effectiveness of self-managed medication abortion, we recruited callers to accompaniment groups (volunteer networks that provide counselling throug...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Moseson H,Jayaweera R,Raifman S,Keefe-Oates B,Filippa S,Motana R,Egwuatu I,Grosso B,Kristianingrum I,Nmezi S,Zurbriggen R,Gerdts C

更新日期：2020-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Researchers and implementers working in adolescent health, and adolescents themselves question whether government-run health services in conservative and resource-constrained settings can be made adolescent friendly. This paper aims to find out what selected low and middle income country (LMIC) governments h...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Chandra-Mouli V,Chatterjee S,Bose K

更新日期：2016-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Surrogacy involves one woman (surrogate mother) carrying a child for another person/s (commissioning person/couple), based on a mutual agreement requiring the child to be handed over to the commissioning person/couple following birth. Reasons for seeking surrogacy include situations where a woman has non-functional or...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Sills ES,Healy CM

更新日期：2008-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There have been few studies to examine antenatal predictors of incident postnatal depression, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The aim of this study was to investigate antenatal predictors of incident and persistent maternal depression in a rural Ethiopian community in order to infor...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Bitew T,Hanlon C,Medhin G,Fekadu A

更新日期：2019-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:While much progress has been achieved globally in the fight against malaria, the significant financial investments made to date have not translated into scaled-up malaria in pregnancy (MiP) prevention efforts. Mothers and newborns remain at risk, and now is the time to refocus efforts. Against the backdrop of a new gl...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Ferenchick EK,Roman E,Wolf K,Florey L,Youll S,Mangiaterra V,Agarwal K,Gutman J

更新日期：2018-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Women with disabilities are less likely to receive maternal healthcare services compared to women without disabilities. While few studies have reviewed healthcare experience of women with disabilities, no studies have been conducted to understand provider's attitude towards disability in Nepal, yet the attit...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Devkota HR,Murray E,Kett M,Groce N

更新日期：2017-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection plays key role in the development of cervical cancer. The purpose of this study was to investigate socioeconomic and lifestyle factors associated with HPV infection in pregnant women in Beijing, China. METHODS:An age matched case-control study designed with 66 women as t...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Liang X,Carroll X,Zhang W,Zhang W,Liu G,Li S,Leeper-Woodford S

更新日期：2018-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ultrasound during antenatal care (ANC) is proposed as a strategy for increasing hospital deliveries for complicated pregnancies and improving maternal, fetal, and neonatal outcomes. The First Look study was a cluster-randomized trial conducted in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Guatemala, Kenya, Pakistan a...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Franklin HL,Mirza W,Swanson DL,Newman JE,Goldenberg RL,Muyodi D,Figueroa L,Nathan RO,Swanson JO,Goldsmith N,Kanaiza N,Naqvi F,Pineda IS,López-Gomez W,Hamsumonde D,Bolamba VL,Fogleman EV,Saleem S,Esamai F,Liechty EA

更新日期：2018-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Improving the reproductive health of young women in developing countries requires access to safe and effective methods of fertility control, but most rely on traditional rather than modern contraceptives such as condoms or oral/injectable hormonal methods. We conducted a systematic review of qualitative rese...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Williamson LM,Parkes A,Wight D,Petticrew M,Hart GJ

更新日期：2009-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is well-established that couples' fecundities vary widely. Each couple has a relatively constant monthly probability of conceiving, which can vary from zero to quite high. This underlying probability is usually expressed as the time (number of menstrual cycles) the couple requires to conceive. Couples wit...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Dahlberg J,Andersson G

更新日期：2019-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:District level healthcare serves as a nexus between community and district level facilities. Inputs at the district level can be broadly divided into governance and accountability mechanisms; leadership and supervision; financial platforms; and information systems. This paper aims to evaluate the effectivness of distr...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Salam RA,Lassi ZS,Das JK,Bhutta ZA

更新日期：2014-09-04 00:00:00