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Knowledge and correlates of use of safer conception methods among HIV-infected women attending HIV care in Uganda
BACKGROUND: Many people living with HIV would like to have children but family planning (FP) services often focus on only …
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Extent of induced abortions and occurrence of complications in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
BACKGROUND: Due to a lack of relevant data on induced abortions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as …
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Parenting perspective on the psychosocial correlates of adolescent sexual and reproductive health behavior among high school adolescents in Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: While parents are a crucial part of the social environment in which adolescents live, learn and earn, they could …
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Developing integrated community-based HIV prevention, harm reduction, and sexual and reproductive health services for women who inject drugs
BACKGROUND: Despite being a priority population for HIV prevention and harm reduction programs, the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs …
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Maternal obstetric and socio-demographic determinants of low birth weight: a retrospective cross-sectional study in Ghana
BACKGROUND: Birth weight is an important predictor of early neonatal mortality, morbidity, and long-term health outcomes. Annually, approximately 20 million …
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Factors influencing men’s involvement in antenatal care services: a cross-sectional study in a low resource setting, Central Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Men's involvement can impact the delays in the decision to seek health care and in reaching a health facility, …
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Late initiation of antenatal care and associated factors among pregnant women in Addis Zemen primary hospital, South Gondar, Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Antenatal care (ANC) is special care for pregnant women with the aim of preventing, detecting and treating health problems …
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Maternal overweight and obesity and the risk of caesarean birth in Malawi
Overweight and obese women are at risk of pregnancy and delivery complications. This study investigates the trend and association between …
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A grounded theory of regaining normalcy and reintegration of women with obstetric fistula in Kenya
BACKGROUND: Obstetric fistula is a reproductive health problem causing immense suffering to 1% of women in Kenya that is formed …
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Syphilis and human immunodeficiency virus infections among pregnant women attending antenatal care clinic of Gondar family guidance association, Northwest Ethiopia: implication for prevention of mother to child transmission
BACKGROUND: Sexually transmitted infections constitute a major public health problem worldwide. Syphilis and HIV infections cause various adverse pregnancy outcomes. …
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Contraceptive use intentions and unmet need for family planning among reproductive-aged women in the Upper East Region of Ghana
BACKGROUND: Motivations for use of contraceptives vary across populations. While some women use contraceptives for birth spacing, others adopt contraception …
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Antenatal predictors of incident and persistent postnatal depressive symptoms in rural Ethiopia: a population-based prospective study
BACKGROUND: There have been few studies to examine antenatal predictors of incident postnatal depression, particularly in low- and middle-income countries …
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Birth preparedness and complication readiness practice and influencing factors among women in Sodo town, Wolaita zone, Southern Ethiopia, 2018; community based cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Birth preparedness and complication readiness (BPCR) is a strategy that helps women to consider all available maternal health care …
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Husbands’ involvement in family planning use and its associated factors in pastoralist communities of Afar, Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Husbands play an influential role in women's access to health care, such as family planning services. However, there is …
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A cross-sectional mixed-methods study of sexual and reproductive health knowledge, experiences and access to services among refugee adolescent girls in the Nakivale refugee settlement, Uganda
BACKGROUND: Humanitarian crises and migration make girls and women more vulnerable to poor sexual and reproductive health (SRH) outcomes. Nevertheless, …
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“Confidence comes with frequent practice”: health professionals’ perceptions of using manual vacuum aspiration after a training program
BACKGROUND: Malawi has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world, with unsafe abortion as a major contributor. …
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Proximate determinants of fertility in Ethiopia; an application of revised Bongaarts model
BACKGROUND: World population is growing at about 80 million people each year. Ethiopia is the 12th most populous country in …
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Referral patterns through the lens of health facility readiness to manage obstetric complications: national facility-based results from Ghana
INTRODUCTION: Countries with high maternal and newborn mortality can benefit from national facility level data that describe intra-facility emergency referral …
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Engaging men in an mHealth approach to support postpartum family planning among couples in Kenya: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Involving male partners in family planning (FP) education and counseling may improve FP utilization and help meet couples' reproductive …
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Depression among pregnant women and associated factors in Hawassa city, Ethiopia: an institution-based cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Depression is the most prevalent psychiatric disorder during pregnancy. It is not only common and chronic among women throughout …