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The effect of community-based reproductive health communication interventions on contraceptive use among young married couples in bihar, India.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: Culturally appropriate, community-based communication programs that target youth and those who influence their decisions can create demand for contraception among young couples and lead to increased contraceptive use. PMID: 19201679 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Int Fam Plan Perspec... - December 1, 2008 Category: OBGYN Authors: Daniel EE, Masilamani R, Rahman M Tags: Int Fam Plan Perspect Source Type: journals

Factors influencing the timing of first sexual intercourse among young people in nyanza, kenya.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: To support delays in sexual initiation, HIV prevention programming and policy need to be focused on dispelling myths about HIV transmission and countering the gendered pressures that young people feel to initiate sexual activity during their early adolescence. PMID: 19201678 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Int Fam Plan Perspec... - December 1, 2008 Category: OBGYN Authors: Tenkorang EY, Maticka-Tyndale E Tags: Int Fam Plan Perspect Source Type: journals

Consistency in Women's Reports of Sensitive Behavior in an Interview Mode Experiment, São Paulo, Brazil.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: Although the analysis of internal consistency at enrollment suggests that computerized interviewing may increase random measurement error, it appears to reduce social desirability bias and encourage higher reporting of sensitive behaviors. PMID: 19201677 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Int Fam Plan Perspec... - December 1, 2008 Category: OBGYN Authors: Mensch BS, Hewett PC, Jones HE, Luppi CG, Lippman SA, Pinho AA, Diaz J Tags: Int Fam Plan Perspect Source Type: journals

Estimates of Induced Abortion in Mexico: What's Changed Between 1990 and 2006?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: Clandestine abortion continues to negatively affect women's health in Mexico. Recommended responses include broadening the legal criteria for abortion throughout Mexico, improving contraceptive and postabortion services, and expanding training in the provision of safe abortion, including medical abortion. PMID: 19201676 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Int Fam Plan Perspec... - December 1, 2008 Category: OBGYN Authors: Juarez F, Singh S, Garcia SG, Olavarrieta CD Tags: Int Fam Plan Perspect Source Type: journals

Consistency and predictive ability of fertility preference indicators: longitudinal evidence from rural India.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: Both indicators are useful in understanding future fertility behavior. As the prevalence of son preference declines in India, the predictive ability of the indicators is likely to improve. PMID: 18957356 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Int Fam Plan Perspec... - September 1, 2008 Category: OBGYN Authors: Roy TK, Sinha RK, Koenig M, Mohanty SK, Patel SK Tags: Int Fam Plan Perspect Source Type: journals

Husband-wife agreement, power relations and contraceptive use in Turkey.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: Discrepancies between spousal reports were less significant in Turkey than in most developing countries with DHS data, but the differences were not inconsequential to explaining how spousal attitudes and preferences influence contraceptive use. No evidence was found associating interspousal power differentials with method use. Further research is needed to improve the testing and modeling of such dyadic processes. PMID: 18957355 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Int Fam Plan Perspec... - September 1, 2008 Category: OBGYN Authors: Kulczycki A Tags: Int Fam Plan Perspect Source Type: journals

Does community clustering mitigate the negative effect of poverty on adolescent condom use in South Africa?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: The importance of community clustering of neighborhood-level characteristics differs by gender in South Africa. Poverty remains a central risk factor for HIV among young women, regardless of the surrounding context, but not among men. PMID: 18957354 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Int Fam Plan Perspec... - September 1, 2008 Category: OBGYN Authors: Robinson AL, Seiber EE Tags: Int Fam Plan Perspect Source Type: journals

Developments in laws on induced abortion: 1998-2007.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: The worldwide trend toward liberalization of abortion laws observed in 1998 has continued. Recognition of the impact of abortion restrictions on women's human rights has played an increasing role in efforts to provide access to abortion. PMID: 18957353 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Int Fam Plan Perspec... - September 1, 2008 Category: OBGYN Authors: Boland R, Katzive L Tags: Int Fam Plan Perspect Source Type: journals

Recent evaluations of the peer-led approach in adolescent sexual health education: a systematic review.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: Despite promising results in some trials, overall findings do not provide convincing evidence that peer-led education improves sexual outcomes among adolescents. Future trials should build on the successful trials conducted to date and should strive to fulfill existing quality criteria. PMID: 18644760 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Int Fam Plan Perspec... - June 1, 2008 Category: OBGYN Authors: Kim CR, Free C Tags: Int Fam Plan Perspect Source Type: journals

The role of individual and community normative factors: a multilevel analysis of contraceptive use among women in mali.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: Because approval of family planning and discussion of family planning with partners were shown to be the factors most strongly associated with modern contraceptive use in the multilevel model, programs that seek to increase individual approval and those that teach communication between partners could be particularly helpful to increasing contraceptive use in Mali. PMID: 18644759 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Int Fam Plan Perspec... - June 1, 2008 Category: OBGYN Authors: Kaggwa EB, Diop N, Storey JD Tags: Int Fam Plan Perspect Source Type: journals

Factors associated with physical spousal abuse of women during pregnancy in bangladesh.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: The message that a family history of spousal violence increases a daughter's risk of such abuse should be widely communicated. Further research is needed to determine whether increased couple communication reduces the likelihood of violence or whether absence of violence leads to increased couple communication. PMID: 18644758 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Int Fam Plan Perspec... - June 1, 2008 Category: OBGYN Authors: Naved RT, Persson LA Tags: Int Fam Plan Perspect Source Type: journals

Community and health facility influences on contraceptive method choice in the eastern cape, South Africa.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: Future research should emphasize the collection of community-level data on structural, behavioral and cultural factors to help explain the variation in method choice between communities. PMID: 18644757 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Int Fam Plan Perspec... - June 1, 2008 Category: OBGYN Authors: Stephenson R, Beke A, Tshibangu D Tags: Int Fam Plan Perspect Source Type: journals

The role of individual and community normative factors: a multilevel analysis of contraceptive use among women in union in Mali.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: Because approval of family planning and discussion of family planning with partners were shown to be the factors most strongly associated with modern contraceptive use in the multilevel model, programs that seek to increase individual approval and those that teach communication between partners could be particularly helpful to increasing contraceptive use in Mali. PMID: 18644759 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Int Fam Plan Perspec... - June 1, 2008 Category: OBGYN Authors: Kaggwa EB, Diop N, Storey JD Tags: Int Fam Plan Perspect Source Type: journals

International Family Planning Perspectives. In this issue.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Authors: PMID: 18697273 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Int Fam Plan Perspec... - June 1, 2008 Category: OBGYN Tags: Int Fam Plan Perspect Source Type: journals

Severity and cost of unsafe abortion complications treated in nigerian hospitals.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: Policy and program interventions are needed to improve access to contraceptive services and postabortion care in order to reduce abortion-related morbidity and mortality. PMID: 18440916 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Int Fam Plan Perspec... - March 1, 2008 Category: OBGYN Authors: Henshaw SK, Adewole I, Singh S, Bankole A, Oye-Adeniran B, Hussain R Tags: Int Fam Plan Perspect Source Type: journals

Changing family formation in Nepal: marriage, cohabitation and first sexual intercourse.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: It is important not only to promote education as a means of delaying marriage and childbearing, but also to implement programs and services that prevent reproductive health problems for young married couples. PMID: 18440915 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Int Fam Plan Perspec... - March 1, 2008 Category: OBGYN Authors: Caltabiano M, Castiglioni M Tags: Int Fam Plan Perspect Source Type: journals

Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health in Post-Socialist Georgia: Does Internal Displacement Matter?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: These findings highlight the importance of displacement status in determining a woman's reproductive health risks, and underscore the complex relationships between behavioral and socioeconomic variables and the elevation of STI and PID risk. PMID: 18440914 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Int Fam Plan Perspec... - March 1, 2008 Category: OBGYN Authors: Doliashvili K, Buckley CJ Tags: Int Fam Plan Perspect Source Type: journals

Links between sex-related expectations about alcohol, heavy episodic drinking and sexual risk among young men in a shantytown in lima, peru.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: Beliefs about the effect of alcohol on sexual performance could help explain links between alcohol consumption and risky sexual behavior not completely accounted for by the pharmacological effects of alcohol. PMID: 18440913 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Int Fam Plan Perspec... - March 1, 2008 Category: OBGYN Authors: Gálvez-Buccollini JA, Paz-Soldan V, Herrera P, Delea S, Gilman RH, Anthony JC Tags: Int Fam Plan Perspect Source Type: journals

Fertility-limiting behavior and contraceptive choice among men in Nepal.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: In Nepal, men who report a desire to have no more children are likely to choose permanent methods only after they have two living sons. PMID: 18440912 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Int Fam Plan Perspec... - March 1, 2008 Category: OBGYN Authors: Dahal GP, Padmadas SS, Hinde PR Tags: Int Fam Plan Perspect Source Type: journals

The importance of pleasure.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 18584771 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Int Fam Plan Perspec... - March 1, 2008 Category: OBGYN Authors: Dixon-Mueller R Tags: Int Fam Plan Perspect Source Type: journals

The importance of pleasure.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 18578075 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Int Fam Plan Perspec... - March 1, 2008 Category: OBGYN Authors: Harvey PD Tags: Int Fam Plan Perspect Source Type: journals

Introducing sustainable vasectomy services in guatemala.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The use of contraceptive methods in Guatemala has rapidly increased over the past two decades, from 23% of married or cohabiting women aged 15-49 in 1987 to 43% in 2002. The most frequently used method in the country has been female sterilization, used by 11% of these women in 1987 and by 17% in 2002. In contrast, fewer than 1% of women reported that their partner had received a vasectomy.1,2 From a public health perspective, it would be desirable for a greater proportion of couples to adopt vasectomy rather than female sterilization. Vasectomy has a lower rate of postoperative complications than female sterilization, ...
Source: Int Fam Plan Perspec... - December 1, 2007 Category: OBGYN Authors: Vernon R, Solórzano J, Muñoz B Tags: Int Fam Plan Perspect Source Type: journals

Family Planning Policies and Their Impacts on the Poor: Peru's Experience.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Although governments develop family planning policies to guide program design and implementation, these policies can have both intended and unintended consequences. As a result, policies may need periodic revision to achieve the desired outcomes. Over the last two decades, the government of Peru has instituted a series of laws and policies designed to enhance access to family planning services and commodities. In practice, these policies have not always had their desired effect. This paper examines the policies Peru's Ministry of Health has developed and implemented to promote access to family planning for all, and how...
Source: Int Fam Plan Perspec... - December 1, 2007 Category: OBGYN Authors: Gribble JN, Sharma S, Menotti EP Tags: Int Fam Plan Perspect Source Type: journals

Prevalence of and risk factors for sexual victimization in college women in chile.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: A substantial proportion of young women in the sample reported experiences of rape, attempted rape or other forms of forced sexual contact, indicating a need for further attention to this public health problem in Chile. PMID: 18178541 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Int Fam Plan Perspec... - December 1, 2007 Category: OBGYN Authors: Lehrer JA, Lehrer VL, Lehrer EL, Oyarzún PB Tags: Int Fam Plan Perspect Source Type: journals

Jamaican and barbadian health care providers' knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding emergency contraceptive pills.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: Future educational efforts among Jamaican and Barbadian health care providers should emphasize the safety and proper use of emergency contraceptive pills, as well as the need to increase the availability of the method. PMID: 18178540 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Int Fam Plan Perspec... - December 1, 2007 Category: OBGYN Authors: Yam EA, Gordon-Strachan G, McIntyre G, Fletcher H, Garcia SG, Becker D, Ezcurra E Tags: Int Fam Plan Perspect Source Type: journals

Correlates of premarital relationships among unmarried youth in pune district, maharashtra, India.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: Program interventions should ensure that youth are fully informed and equipped to make safe choices and negotiate wanted outcomes, while positively influencing their peer networks; encourage closer interaction between parents and children; and be tailored to the different circumstances and experiences of young women and men. PMID: 18178539 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Int Fam Plan Perspec... - December 1, 2007 Category: OBGYN Authors: Alexander M, Garda L, Kanade S, Jejeebhoy S, Ganatra B Tags: Int Fam Plan Perspect Source Type: journals

The pleasure deficit: revisiting the "sexuality connection" in reproductive health.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In a seminal 1993 article, Ruth Dixon-Mueller questioned the reproductive health field's conceptualization of sexuality, arguing that it had treated intercourse as a sanitized, emotionally neutral act. If one were to learn about human sexuality by reading family planning research and program manuals, she suggested, one would have no idea that sex leads to great enjoyment-as well as pain-for human beings. She called for a more gender-sensitive approach to sexuality in research and programming, including greater attention to the ways in which women want to maximize sexual enjoyment and minimize sexual harm, and to how th...
Source: Int Fam Plan Perspec... - September 1, 2007 Category: OBGYN Authors: Higgins JA, Hirsch JS Tags: Int Fam Plan Perspect Source Type: journals

Consent and coercion: examining unwanted sex among married young women in India.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: For married young women, sex is not always consensual or wanted. Further research is required to determine the effects of unwanted sex on sexual and reproductive health outcomes and to help programs develop the best strategies for dealing with coerced sex within marriage. PMID: 17938095 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Int Fam Plan Perspec... - September 1, 2007 Category: OBGYN Authors: Santhya KG, Haberland N, Ram F, Sinha RK, Mohanty SK Tags: Int Fam Plan Perspect Source Type: journals

Changes in contraceptive method mix in developing countries.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: To meet the rising demand for modern methods, it is critical that future programmatic efforts provide methods that are both accessible and acceptable to users. PMID: 17938094 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Int Fam Plan Perspec... - September 1, 2007 Category: OBGYN Authors: Seiber EE, Bertrand JT, Sullivan TM Tags: Int Fam Plan Perspect Source Type: journals

Legal abortion worldwide: incidence and recent trends.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: The abortion rate varies widely across the countries in which legal abortion is generally available and has declined in many countries since the mid-1990s. PMID: 17938093 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Int Fam Plan Perspec... - September 1, 2007 Category: OBGYN Authors: Sedgh G, Henshaw SK, Singh S, Bankole A, Drescher J Tags: Int Fam Plan Perspect Source Type: journals

HIV Risk Perceptions and First Sexual Intercourse Among Youth in Cape Town South Africa.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: HIV/AIDS education and prevention programs should consider more carefully how gender and race may intersect to influence risk perceptions and risk behaviors. In addition, possible reciprocal relationships between risk behaviors and risk perceptions should be considered in education and intervention programs. PMID: 17938092 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Int Fam Plan Perspec... - September 1, 2007 Category: OBGYN Authors: Anderson KG, Beutel AM, Maughan-Brown B Tags: Int Fam Plan Perspect Source Type: journals

Wealth, Wealth Indices and HIV Risk in East Africa.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
For nearly two decades, the conviction that poverty fuels the spread of HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa has been ubiquitous among epidemiologists and development workers.1-3 In 2005, however, a team of epidemiologists4 published a comment in The Lancet drawing attention to some surprising findings: Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data from Kenya and Tanzania appear to demonstrate that HIV prevalence is highest among the wealthiest segments of those populations, and lowest among the poor.5,6 In light of these findings, the authors suggested that wealth, rather than poverty, may be the root cause of behavioral risk for HIV...
Source: Int Fam Plan Perspec... - June 1, 2007 Category: OBGYN Authors: Bingenheimer JB Tags: Int Fam Plan Perspect Source Type: journals

Maternal health and care-seeking behavior in bangladesh: findings from a national survey.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: Despite these gaps in access to skilled delivery and effective emergency obstetric care, some progress has been made in reducing maternal mortality levels. Improved obstetric care and declining levels of fertility and unwanted pregnancy may have played critical roles in addressing the maternal health care needs of Bangladeshi women. PMID: 17588851 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Int Fam Plan Perspec... - June 1, 2007 Category: OBGYN Authors: Koenig MA, Jamil K, Streatfield PK, Saha T, Al-Sabir A, El Arifeen S, Hill K, Haque Y Tags: Int Fam Plan Perspect Source Type: journals

Timeliness of contraceptive reinjections in South Africa and its relation to unintentional discontinuation.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: It is common for clients to arrive late for reinjections in this setting. Providers should adhere to protocols for the reinjection grace period and have a contraceptive coverage plan for clients arriving past the grace period to reduce clients' risk of unintentional discontinuation and unintended pregnancy. PMID: 17588850 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Int Fam Plan Perspec... - June 1, 2007 Category: OBGYN Authors: Baumgartner JN, Morroni C, Mlobeli RD, Otterness C, Myer L, Janowitz B, Stanback J, Buga G Tags: Int Fam Plan Perspect Source Type: journals

HIV/AIDS-Related Knowledge, Attitudes And Sexual Behaviors as Predictors of Condom Use Among Young Adults in Croatia.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: Risky sexual behaviors are common among young adults in Croatia. Pragmatic and comprehensive sex education programs should target young people before they become sexually active. PMID: 17588849 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Int Fam Plan Perspec... - June 1, 2007 Category: OBGYN Authors: Stulhofer A, Graham C, Bozicevic I, Kufrin K, Ajdukovic D Tags: Int Fam Plan Perspect Source Type: journals

Constrained Contraceptive Choice: IUD Prevalence in Uzbekistan.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: Despite the high prevalence of contraceptive use in Uzbekistan, the country's reproductive health program may be constraining method choice. Expanded programmatic efforts emphasizing choice from a range of methods are needed, especially among subgroups of women who have little knowledge or experience with methods other than the IUD. PMID: 17588848 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Int Fam Plan Perspec... - June 1, 2007 Category: OBGYN Authors: Barrett J, Buckley C Tags: Int Fam Plan Perspect Source Type: journals

Inconsistencies in the relationship between contraceptive use and fertility in bangladesh.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: Preference for male children and parental concern over infant and child mortality may partially explain the difference between desired family size and fertility. A reduction in breast-feeding and an increase in use of less-effective contraceptive methods might be responsible for the inconsistency in the relationship between contraceptive use and fertility. PMID: 17462986 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Int Fam Plan Perspec... - March 1, 2007 Category: OBGYN Authors: Saha UR, Bairagi R Tags: Int Fam Plan Perspect Source Type: journals

Family planning programs in 2004: new assessments in a changing environment.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: Although average program effort scores have risen again, increases in effort, funding and access to contraceptive methods are still needed in many countries, especially in rural areas and among the poor. More emphasis should be placed on providing postpartum and postabortion family planning services. PMID: 17462985 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Int Fam Plan Perspec... - March 1, 2007 Category: OBGYN Authors: Ross J, Stover J, Adelaja D Tags: Int Fam Plan Perspect Source Type: journals

Factors affecting vasectomy acceptability in Tanzania.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: Spousal discussions are important in the decision to get a vasectomy, but these discussions should be initiated by the male partner. Programs need to educate men about contraceptive options, including vasectomies. Detailed, culturally relevant knowledge of the barriers and facilitators individuals experience during their decision- making process will enable vasectomy promotion programs to more successfully target appropriate populations. PMID: 17462984 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Int Fam Plan Perspec... - March 1, 2007 Category: OBGYN Authors: Bunce A, Guest G, Searing H, Frajzyngier V, Riwa P, Kanama J, Achwal I Tags: Int Fam Plan Perspect Source Type: journals

Family planning advice and postpartum contraceptive use among low-income women in Mexico.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: Integrating family planning advice into prenatal care may be an important strategy for reaching women when their demand for contraception is high. PMID: 17462983 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Int Fam Plan Perspec... - March 1, 2007 Category: OBGYN Authors: Barber SL Tags: Int Fam Plan Perspect Source Type: journals

Choice Is Empowering: Getting Strategic About Preventing HIV Infection in Women.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Since the late 1980s and early 1990s, we have come a considerable distance in recognizing that successful HIV prevention work among women means the adoption of a woman-centered paradigm, one that is grounded in women's realities and acknowledges gender roles and gender-based power differentials as critical factors in women's ability to make and effect decisions regarding their health and welfare. We have learned that most women around the world cannot control male condom use, and we have begun to understand that women's attitudes toward and use of protective methods are based on personal, relational, sociocultural and ...
Source: Int Fam Plan Perspec... - December 1, 2006 Category: OBGYN Authors: Gollub EL Source Type: journals

Domestic violence and symptoms of gynecologic morbidity among women in north India.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: Plausible mechanisms through which domestic violence may influence gynecologic morbidity include physical trauma, psychological stress or transmission of STIs. Reproductive health care that incorporates domestic violence support services is needed to meet the special needs of abused women. PMID: 17237017 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Int Fam Plan Perspec... - December 1, 2006 Category: OBGYN Authors: Stephenson R, Koenig MA, Ahmed S Source Type: journals

Relationship Between HIV Risk Perception and Condom Use: Evidence from a Population-Based Survey in Mozambique.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: Educational messages should aim at enabling individuals to correctly assess their own HIV risk and encouraging behavior change based on self-assessment of risk. PMID: 17237016 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Int Fam Plan Perspec... - December 1, 2006 Category: OBGYN Authors: Prata N, Morris L, Mazive E, Vahidnia F, Stehr M Source Type: journals

Using strength of fertility motivations to identify family planning program strategies.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: It is critical to consider the strength of fertility motivations when determining which women have family planning needs. Targeting women who are the most motivated to avoid childbearing will likely have the greatest impact on reducing unintended pregnancy in Sub-Saharan Africa. PMID: 17237015 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Int Fam Plan Perspec... - December 1, 2006 Category: OBGYN Authors: Speizer IS Source Type: journals

Unwanted pregnancy and associated factors among nigerian women.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: Nigerian women often turn to abortion to avoid unwanted births. The provision of family planning counseling and information could substantially reduce the incidence of unwanted pregnancy and induced abortion in Nigeria. PMID: 17237014 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Int Fam Plan Perspec... - December 1, 2006 Category: OBGYN Authors: Sedgh G, Bankole A, Oye-Adeniran B, Adewole IF, Singh S, Hussain R Source Type: journals

Continuity and change in premarital sex in Vietnam.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that premarital sex is becoming more common in Vietnam but is still not widespread. Better information about the sexual networks of men in the general population and their contacts with high-risk groups (e.g., commercial sex workers) is needed to ascertain the likelihood that HIV/AIDS will spread to the general population. PMID: 17237013 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Int Fam Plan Perspec... - December 1, 2006 Category: OBGYN Authors: Ghuman S, Loi VM, Huy VT, Knodel J Source Type: journals

In Malawi, breast-feeding does not pose health risks for HIV-positive women.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Authors: London S PMID: 17131508 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Int Fam Plan Perspec... - November 30, 2006 Category: OBGYN Source Type: journals

In Egypt, beaten wives are less likely to use prenatal care or contraceptives.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Authors: MacLean R PMID: 17128522 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Int Fam Plan Perspec... - November 30, 2006 Category: OBGYN Source Type: journals

In Guatemala, men's views of wives' decision-making power affect wives' use of health facilities for births.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Authors: Hollander D PMID: 17128521 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Int Fam Plan Perspec... - November 30, 2006 Category: OBGYN Source Type: journals

Improving work situations during pregnancy may help improve outcome.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Authors: Hollander D PMID: 17128520 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Int Fam Plan Perspec... - November 30, 2006 Category: OBGYN Source Type: journals