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Knowledge, attitude and factors associated with induced abortion among female students ‘of Private Colleges in Ambo town, Oromia regional state, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Around 73 million induced abortions take place worldwide each year. Six out of 10 (61%) of all unintended pregnancies, …
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Fertility decision and its associated factors in Sub-Saharan Africa: a multilevel multinomial logistic regression analysis
BACKGROUND: Fertility desire is one of the predictors of contraceptive behavior and fertility-related outcomes. However, information is scarce on individual …
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Determinants of fertility in Malawi: Does women autonomy dimension matter?
BACKGROUND: Power inequality within the household and sexual relationships is linked to poor reproductive health. Malawi Government through National Sexual …
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How gender norms and ‘good girl’ notions prevent adolescent girls and young women from engaging with PrEP: qualitative insights from Zimbabwe
BACKGROUND: Pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, has been hailed for its promise to provide women with user-control. However, gender-specific challenges undermining …
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Optimization of a protocol for the evaluation of antibody responses to human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in low-resource settings
INTRODUCTION: Available human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines could have an important primary role in cervical cancer prevention once their long-term immunogenicity …
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One in ten ever-married women who visited health facilities for various reasons have pelvic organ prolapse in Harari regional state, Eastern Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Pelvic organ prolapse remains a neglected public health problem in developing countries. The burden of pelvic organ prolapse varies …
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Differential effect of prenatal exposure to the Great Ethiopian Famine (1983–85) on the risk of adulthood hypertension based on sex: a historical cohort study
BACKGROUND: The consequence of the Great Ethiopian Famine (1983-1985) on mortality had been well documented. However, the long term assaults …
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Effect of parental attitudes on the practice and medicalization of female genital mutilation: a secondary analysis of Egypt Health Issues Survey, 2015
BACKGROUND: Despite the observed decrease in female genital mutilation (FGM) prevalence, it is increasingly being medicalized. We examined the attitudes …
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Factors associated with uptake of contraceptives among HIV positive women on dolutegravir based anti-retroviral treatment-a cross sectional survey in urban Uganda
BACKGROUND: In May 2018, following the preliminary results of a study in Botswana that reported congenital anomalies in babies born …
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Knowledge, and practice of cervical cancer prevention and associated factors among commercial sex workers in Shashemene Town, West Arsi, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: The distribution of deaths and morbidities related to cervical cancer is disproportionally higher in low- and middle-income countries. In …
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Eating behaviors, attitudes, and beliefs that contribute to overweight and obesity among women in Lilongwe City, Malawi: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Obesity is increasingly a public health concern in low- and middle-income countries, including Malawi where 36% of women have …
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Knowledge and attitudes of healthcare professionals working in a training and research hospital on early diagnosis of cervical cancer (a Somalia example): cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Despite the early diagnosis and treatment of cervical cancer, it is still a significant public health problem in Somalia. …
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Women’s sexual autonomy as a determinant of cervical cancer screening uptake in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a case–control study
Cervical cancer (CC) is the fourth most common cancer in women worldwide and the leading cause of cancer deaths in …
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Associations between depressive symptoms, socio-economic factors, traumatic exposure and recent intimate partner violence experiences among women in Zimbabwe: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Population-based research on the cumulative effects of socio-economic conditions and trauma exposures, particularly women's experiences of intimate partner violence …
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Acceptability and impact of group interpersonal therapy (IPT-G) on Kenyan adolescent mothers living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV): a qualitative analysis
BACKGROUND: Task shifting is a well-tested implementation strategy within low- and middle-income countries that addresses the shortage of trained mental …
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Factors associated with sexual violence among waitresses working in Bahir Dar City, Ethiopia: a mixed-method study
BACKGROUND: When a worker is abused, threatened, or assaulted while at work, it poses an explicit or implicit threat to …
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Coping strategies of stress and its associated factors among breast cancer patients in Tikur Anbesa specialized hospital, Ethiopia: Institution-based cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Diagnosed with breast malignancy can be stressful, affecting several domains of life, affecting physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being that …
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“It’s only fatness, it doesn’t kill”: a qualitative study on perceptions of weight gain from use of dolutegravir-based regimens in women living with HIV in Uganda
BACKGROUND: Dolutegravir (DTG)-based regimens have been recommended by the WHO as the preferred first-line and second-line HIV treatment in all …
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Partner support and women's contraceptive use: insight from urban poor communities in Accra, Ghana
BACKGROUND: Despite the benefits associated with contraceptive use, there is a low prevalence of contraceptive use in sub-Saharan Africa and …
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Intimate partner violence and associated factors among reproductive age women in Liberia: a cross-sectional study using a recent Liberian demographic and health survey
BACKGROUND: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a major public health problem and a violation of women's human rights. Almost one …