Adolescent fertility and its determinants in Kenya: Evidence from Kenya demographic and health survey 2014. by Naomi Monari, James Orwa, Alfred Agwanda

“…One of the specific objectives of the Kenyan Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health (ASRH) policy developed in 2015 is to decrease early and unintended pregnancies in an attempt to reduce adolescent fertility. …”
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Sonographic cervical parameters in predicting spontaneous preterm birth in high-risk pregnant women by Mashhadian M, Marsosi V, Ziaei S, Asghari jafar abadi M

“…"n"nMethods: A prospective cohort of 200 women carrying high risk pregnancies was evaluated by transvaginal sonography between 14th and 28th gestational weeks. …”
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Simulation for Managing Hemorrhage as a Complication of Uterine Aspiration by Suzan Goodman, Sarah McNeil, Grace Shih

“…Abstract Introduction More than half of pregnancies experienced by U.S. women are unintended, one in five ends in miscarriage, and one in four ends in abortion. …”
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Comparison of the effect of general and spinal anesthesia for elective cesarean section on maternal and fetal outcomes: a retrospective cohort study by Tae-Yun Sung, Young Seok Jee, Hwang-Ju You, Choon-Kyu Cho

“…Methods Data from electronic medical records of 331 singleton pregnancies between January 2016 and December 2018 were analyzed retrospectively; 44 cases were excluded, and 287 cases were assigned to the general group (n = 141) or spinal group (n = 146). …”
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Knowledge, attitude and practice towards risky sexual behaviors among secondary and preparatory students of Metu town, south western Ethiopia by Terefe keto, Ayele Tilahun, Aklilu Mamo

“…Abstracts Background Sexual risk behaviors are defined as sexual activities that may make an individual liable to the risk of sexually transmitted infections including Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and unplanned pregnancies. Adolescents are at high risk of developing sexual risk behavior. …”
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Correlation among experience of person-centered maternity care, provision of care and women's satisfaction: Cross sectional study in Colombo, Sri Lanka. by Mohamed Rishard, Fathima Fahila Fahmy, Hemantha Senanayake, Augustus Keshala Probhodana Ranaweera, Benedetta Armocida, Ilaria Mariani, Marzia Lazzerini

“…Factors significantly associated with higher PCMC score were number of pregnancies (p = 0.015), ethnicity (p<0.001), presence of a companion at childbirth (p = 0.037); absence of labor stimulation (p = 0.019); delivery in non-supine position (p = 0.016); and skin-to-skin contact (p = 0.005). …”
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Suicidal Ideation and Behavior Among Congolese Refugees in Rwanda: Contributing Factors, Consequences, and Support Mechanisms in the Context of Culture by Chantal Marie Ingabire, Annemiek Richters, Annemiek Richters

“…For youth, a lack of hope for the future was found among boys and girls, and for some girls, suicidal ideations were triggered by poor interpersonal/family relationships due to unwanted pregnancies. Family, community and faith-based support mechanisms were reported as being available but not always culturally sensitive. …”
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COVID-19 Lockdown containment measures and women’s sexual and reproductive health in Zimbabwe by Anniegrace M. Hlatywayo

“…Participants cited that (i) bruised male ego due to lack of employment as a result of downscaling of companies resulting from COVID-19 containment measures resulted in men asserting their masculinities through heightened sexual intercourse, (ii) restraint of movement resulted in limited time for men to visit their small houses and side-chicks or side dish (euphemisms for illicit sexual relations) therefore resulting in frequent and unprotected sex with their spouses, giving rise to unplanned pregnancies and increased exposure to STIs due to limited access to SRH services and, (iii) increased intimate partner violence (IPV) and sexual abuse. …”
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Target Scan-The Experience at Saveetha Medical College by Navamani Hephzibah Kirubamani, M.R Meenatshi

“…The parents of the offsprings with the lethal anomalies were counseled and they decided to go for termination of the pregnancies. It was offered to them. For the non- lethal cases, complete postnatal work ups were done by the paediatrician. …”
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Opportunities and challenges for the introduction of a new female condom among young adults in urban Zambia by Katherine Gambir, Jessie Pinchoff, Olasubomi Obadeyi, Thoai D. Ngo

“…Abstract Background Expanding contraceptive method choices for sexually active youth is critical to prevent STIs/HIV and unintended pregnancies. However, preferences and decision making around contraception among young adults are not well understood. …”
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Supernumerary derivative 22 chromosome resulting from novel constitutional non-Robertsonian translocation: t(20;22)—Case Report by H. C. Manju, Supriya Bevinakoppamath, Deepa Bhat, Akila Prashant, Jayaram S. Kadandale, P. V. V. Gowri Sairam

“…The parental karyotype study aided in identifying the carrier of the supernumerary der(22), allowing future pregnancies with abnormal offspring to be avoided.…”
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Predictors of primary and secondary sexual abstinence among never-married youth in urban poor Accra, Ghana by Nurudeen Alhassan, F. Nii-Amoo Dodoo

“…Abstract Background Sexual abstinence is a key component of the strategy to address unwanted pregnancies, sexually transmitted infections and HIV among youth in sub-Sahara Africa. …”
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Utility of the Levonorgestrel-Releasing Intrauterine System in the Treatment of Abnormal Uterine Bleeding and Dysmenorrhea: A Narrative Review by Paola Bianchi, Sun-Wei Guo, Marwan Habiba, Giuseppe Benagiano

“…The first device to be made commercially available, Progestasert, was withdrawn from the market because, in the event of contraceptive failure, it caused a disproportionate percentage of extrauterine pregnancies. On the other hand, the LNG-IUS continues to be successfully utilized in its various variants, releasing 20, 13, or 8 μg/day. …”
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A pilot clinical validation study of a self-collected vaginal swab device for the detection of chlamydia trachomatis in women by Michael Muljadi, Chao-Min Cheng, Chung-Yao Yang, Ting-Chang Chang, Ting-Chang Chang, Ching-Ju Shen

“…In women, C. trachomatis infection can lead to long-term complications such as pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), and other related conditions such as ectopic pregnancies and even tubal factor infertility. These complications are preventable given early detection and clinical intervention, but these efforts are often hampered by asymptomatic silent infections, and non-compliance to screenings for STDs. …”
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A risk measurement tool for targeted HIV prevention measures amongst young pregnant and lactating women in South Africa by Trisha Ramraj, Nada Abdelatif, Witness Chirinda, Fareed Abdullah, Gurpreet Kindra, Ameena Goga

“…The optimal model included the following risk factors: age (20–24 years old), informal house structure, two or more pregnancies, mothers who had knowledge of when they received their last HIV test result, no knowledge of the infant’s father’s HIV status, no knowledge of breastfeeding as a mode of MTCT and knowledge of PMTCT programme. …”
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Premarital sexual practice and associated factors among social science stream university students in Ethiopia by Girma Teferi Mengistu, Ayana Benti Terefe, Tolesa Gemeda Gudeta, Bizunesh Kefale Mengistu, Belay Gobeze Mekonnen

“…These risky sexual behaviors lead them to sexually transmitted diseases and unintended pregnancies, which end in abortion. Methods: The study used an institutional-based cross-sectional study design to collect data from July 1 to July 15, 2021. …”
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Regulatory Cytokine Expression and Preterm Birth: Case-Control Study Nested in a Cohort. by Thaís Basso de Brito Pereira, Erika Barbara Abreu Fonseca Thomaz, Flávia Raquel Fernandes do Nascimento, Ana Paula Silva de Azevedo Dos Santos, Rosângela Lucena Fernandes Batista, Heloisa Bettiol, Ricardo de Carvalho Cavalli, Marco Antônio Barbieri, Antônio Augusto Moura da Silva

“…Women with singleton pregnancies were interviewed from 22 to 25 weeks of gestational age (GA). …”
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Thyroid hormone transport and metabolism are disturbed in the placental villi of miscarriage by Zhen Yu, Xinghao Feng, Zhongshan Lin, Xuan Li, Shiyue Su, Huiru Cheng, Yuanyuan Yang, Zhaolian Wei

“…Methods Placental villi of elective terminations of pregnancies (ETPs) and miscarriage were collected. Proliferative activity and apoptosis of villi trophoblasts and angiogenesis were detected by TUNEL and immunochemistry. …”
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Personal and occupational risk factors for carpal tunnel syndrome in meat processing industry workers in Northern Italy by Matteo Riccò, Carlo Signorelli

“…In general, signs and symptoms for the CTS were associated with the following demographic factors: smoking history (OR = 1.909, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.107–3.293), previous traumas of the upper limb (OR = 3.533, 95% CI: 1.743–7.165), hypothyroidism status (OR = 7.897, 95% CI: 2.917–21.38) and, in the case of female participants only, previous pregnancies (OR = 2.807, 95% CI: 1.200–6.566) as well as a personal history of oral contraceptive therapy and/or steroidal replacement therapy (OR = 11.57, 95% CI: 4.689–28.56). …”
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Current Perspectives of Prenatal Sonographic Diagnosis and Clinical Management Challenges of Nuchal Cord(s) by Sherer DM, Ward K, Bennett M, Dalloul M

“…This commentary will address current perspectives of prenatal sonographic diagnosis and clinical management challenges associated with nuchal cord(s) in singleton pregnancies.Keywords: prenatal ultrasound, nuchal cord…”
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