abstract：BACKGROUND:Psychological factor alters fertility hormones and contributes to male infertility. Anxiety and depression are common manifestations of psychological distress. Cytochrome P-4501A1 (CYP1A1) metabolizes xenobiotics and fertility hormones that influence male fertility. The effect of CYP1A1 polymorphism on male ...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Singh A,Koner BC,Ray PC,Prasad S,Jamatia E,Masroor M,Singh VK

更新日期：2016-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Abortion has been legal in Nepal since 2002 and the country has made striking progress in rolling out induced abortion services. It led to well-known changes in reproductive behavior, however knowledge about legislation and abortion experience by female youth has been least investigated. This paper is an att...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Adhikari R

更新日期：2016-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although abortion is legally available in South Africa, barriers to access exist. Early medical abortion is available to women with a gestational age up to 63 days and timely access is essential. This study aimed to determine women's acceptability and ability to self-assess eligibility for early medical abor...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Momberg M,Harries J,Constant D

更新日期：2016-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Globally, postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) remains a leading cause of maternal deaths. However in many low and middle income countries, there is scarcity of information on magnitude of and risk factors for PPH (blood loss of 500 ml or more). It is important to understand the relative contributions of different r...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Ononge S,Mirembe F,Wandabwa J,Campbell OM

更新日期：2016-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Paternal preconception risk factors such as smoking, exposure to environmental substances, medication use, overweight and advanced age correlate with the occurrence of malformations and birth defects in the offspring. Nonetheless, the prevalence of risk factors for adverse pregnancy outcomes in the male popu...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Agricola E,Gesualdo F,Carloni E,D'Ambrosio A,Russo L,Campagna I,Pandolfi E,Tozzi AE

更新日期：2016-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Smoking during pregnancy leads to adverse maternal and birth outcomes. However, the prevalence of smoking among women in Russia has increased from < 5% in the 1980s to > 20% in the 2000s. We conducted a registry-based study in Murmansk County, Northwest Russia. Our aims were twofold: (i) assess the prevalenc...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Kharkova OA,Krettek A,Grjibovski AM,Nieboer E,Odland JØ

更新日期：2016-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Ethiopia besides the very low health seeking behavior of young people, they do not have access to sexual and reproductive health information and even the existing health services are adult-centered. Furthermore, health providers are not well equipped in addressing young people sexual and reproductive heal...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Ayehu A,Kassaw T,Hailu G

更新日期：2016-03-08 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：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:Worldwide, about 50% of all new cases of HIV occur in youth between age 15 and 24 years. Studies in various sub-Saharan African countries show that both out of school and in school adolescents and youth are engaged in risky sexual behaviors. School-based health education has been a cornerstone of youth-focus...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Menna T,Ali A,Worku A

更新日期：2015-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Maternal mortality is a public health problem particularly in developing countries. This is mainly related to maternal morbidity, especially during the post-partum period (Haemorrhage, infections…). In Morocco, little is known about maternal morbidity within the population. The aim of this study is to determ...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Elkhoudri N,Amor H,Baali A

更新日期：2015-08-25 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: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：:As most pregnancy-related deaths and morbidities are clustered around the time of childbirth, quality of care during this period is critical to the survival of pregnant women and their babies. Despite the wide acceptance of partograph as the central tool to optimize labour outcomes for over 40 years, its use has not s...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Oladapo OT,Souza JP,Bohren MA,Tunçalp Ö,Vogel JP,Fawole B,Mugerwa K,Gülmezoglu AM

更新日期：2015-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most complications during labour and childbirth could be averted with timely interventions by skilled healthcare providers. Yet, the quality and outcomes of childbirth care remains suboptimal in many health facilities in low-resource settings. To accelerate the reduction of childbirth-related maternal, fetal...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Bohren MA,Oladapo OT,Tunçalp Ö,Wendland M,Vogel JP,Tikkanen M,Fawole B,Mugerwa K,Souza JP,Bahl R,Gülmezoglu AM,WHO BOLD Research Group.

更新日期：2015-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The evidence regarding oral contraceptives and its effectiveness with concomitant ingestion of antibiotics is conflicting. Until evidence becomes clearer, patients should be aware of this possible interaction. The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge and the source of information about this interact...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Hoffmann K,George A,Heschl L,Leifheit AK,Maier M

更新日期：2015-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Maternal mortality in South Africa is high and a cause for concern especially because the bulk of deaths from maternal causes are preventable. One of the proposed reasons for persistently high maternal mortality is HIV which causes death both indirectly and directly. While there is some evidence for the impa...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Knight L,Yamin A

更新日期：2015-05-06 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 global improvements in maternal and newborn health (MNH), maternal, fetal and newborn mortality rates in Pakistan remain stagnant. Using data from the Global Network's Maternal Newborn Health Registry (MNHR) the objective of this study is to compare the rates of maternal mortality, stillbirth and new...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Pasha O,Saleem S,Ali S,Goudar SS,Garces A,Esamai F,Patel A,Chomba E,Althabe F,Moore JL,Harrison M,Berrueta MB,Hambidge K,Krebs NF,Hibberd PL,Carlo WA,Kodkany B,Derman RJ,Liechty EA,Koso-Thomas M,McClure EM,Golde

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adolescent girls between 15 and 19 years give birth to around 16 million babies each year, around 11% of births worldwide. We sought to determine whether adolescent mothers are at higher risk of maternal and perinatal adverse outcomes compared with mothers aged 20-24 years in a prospective, population-based ...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Althabe F,Moore JL,Gibbons L,Berrueta M,Goudar SS,Chomba E,Derman RJ,Patel A,Saleem S,Pasha O,Esamai F,Garces A,Liechty EA,Hambidge K,Krebs NF,Hibberd PL,Goldenberg RL,Koso-Thomas M,Carlo WA,Cafferata ML,Buekens P

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many patients use websites, blogs, or online social communities to gain health knowledge, information about disease symptoms, and disease diagnosis opinions. The purpose of this study is to use the online platform of blogs to explore whether the framing effect of information content, situated learning of inf...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Lee YC,Wu WL

更新日期：2014-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The burden of maternal mortality in sub-Saharan Africa is very high. In Ghana maternal mortality ratio was 380 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2013. Skilled birth attendance has been shown to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity, yet in 2010 only 68 percent of mothers in Ghana gave birth with the assist...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Sakeah E,McCloskey L,Bernstein J,Yeboah-Antwi K,Mills S,Doctor HV

更新日期：2014-12-17 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：: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

abstract：BACKGROUND:Globally, an estimated 287 000 maternal deaths occurred in 2010 annually as a result of complications of pregnancy and childbirth. Sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia were accounted for 85% of the global burden (245 000 maternal deaths) including Ethiopia. Obstetric related complications cannot be reliably ...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Kaso M,Addisse M

更新日期：2014-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Up-to-date, genuine sexual and reproductive health (SRH) education programmes have been possible in Romania only since communism collapsed in 1990. Since 2006, Romania has had no national strategy in this field. Under current global circumstances (high labour mobility, internationally mixed marriages), issue...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Rada C

更新日期：2014-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ethiopia is the second most populous country in Africa with high fertility and fast population growth rate. It is also one of the countries with high maternal and child mortality rate in sub-Saharan Africa Family planning is a crucial strategy to halt the fast population growth, to reduce child mortality and...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Mohammed A,Woldeyohannes D,Feleke A,Megabiaw B

更新日期：2014-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most women report negative experience about the symptoms of uterine leiomyoma (UL) in their lives, such as abnormal uterine bleeding and pelvic pain. Many studies have been conducted about efficacy of UL treatment, but little research has been performed about womens health related quality of life (HRQL). ME...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Brito LG,Panobianco MS,Sabino-de-Freitas MM,Barbosa Hde F,de Azevedo GD,Brito LM,Candido-Dos-Reis FJ

更新日期：2014-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Worldwide, about 287 000 women die each year from mostly preventable complications related to pregnancy and childbirth. A disproportionately high number of these deaths occur in sub-Saharan Africa. The Abiye ('Safe Motherhood') project in the Ifedore Local Government Area (LGA) of Ondo-State of Nigeria aimed...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Oyeyemi SO,Wynn R

更新日期：2014-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:In an effort to accelerate progress towards achieving Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 4 and 5, provision of essential reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH) interventions is being considered. Not only should a state-of-the-art approach be taken for services delivered to the mother, neonate and to t...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Lassi ZS,Kumar R,Mansoor T,Salam RA,Das JK,Bhutta ZA

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Senegal, unintended pregnancy has become a growing concern in public health circles. It has often been described through the press as a sensational subject with emphasis on the multiple infanticide cases as a main consequence, especially among young unmarried girls. Less scientific evidence is known on th...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Faye CM,Speizer IS,Fotso JC,Corroon M,Koumtingue D

更新日期：2013-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A cultural preference for sons has been well documented in India, resulting in skewed sex ratios, especially exhibited in northwest India. Previous research has shown that family sex composition is associated with family planning (FP) use and couples' desire for more children. This study examines family sex ...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Calhoun LM,Nanda P,Speizer IS,Jain M

更新日期：2013-09-11 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 practice and timing of routine antenatal visits for healthy pregnant women, introduced arbitrarily and without evidence of effectiveness, have become entrenched in obstetric practice over the last century. In 2001 the large, cluster randomized WHO Antenatal Care Trial concluded that a goal-orientated package of an...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Hofmeyr GJ,Hodnett ED

更新日期：2013-04-12 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：:Abortion is legally restricted in most of Latin America where 95% of the 4.4 million abortions performed annually are unsafe. Medical abortion (MA) refers to the use of a drug or a combination of drugs to terminate pregnancy. Mifepristone followed by misoprostol is the most effective and recommended regime. In setting...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Zamberlin N,Romero M,Ramos S

更新日期：2012-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vaginal examination (VE), is a frequent procedure during childbirth. It is the most accepted ways to assess progress during childbirth, but its repetition at short intervals has no value. Over years, VE continued to be plagued by a nature that implies negative feelings and experiences of women. The aim of th...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Hassan SJ,Sundby J,Husseini A,Bjertness E

更新日期：2012-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malaria infection in pregnancy is a major risk factor for maternal and child death, and substantially increases the risk of miscarriage, stillbirth and low birthweight. The aim of this study therefore is to assess the prevalence and determinants of Intermittent preventive treatment of Malaria [IPTp] utilizat...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Amoran OE,Ariba AA,Iyaniwura CA

更新日期：2012-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many women in Russia rely on abortion as a primary birth control method. Although refusal to use contraceptives, including condoms, may undermine public health efforts to decrease HIV sexual risk behaviors, few studies have investigated the risk factors associated with abortion among women at high risk for H...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Abdala N,Zhan W,Shaboltas AV,Skochilov RV,Kozlov AP,Krasnoselskikh TV

更新日期：2011-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) is a harmful traditional practice with severe health complications, deeply rooted in many Sub-Saharan African countries. In The Gambia, the prevalence of FGM/C is 78.3% in women aged between 15 and 49 years. The objective of this study is to perform a first evaluatio...

journal_title：Reproductive health

authors： Kaplan A,Hechavarría S,Martín M,Bonhoure I

更新日期：2011-10-03 00:00:00