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Magnitude and determinants of intimate partner violence against women in East Africa: multilevel analysis of recent demographic and health survey
BACKGROUND: Violence against women is a significant public health problem, and human rights abuse, and is associated with multiple adverse …
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Premenstrual syndrome, coping mechanisms and associated factors among Wolkite university female regular students, Ethiopia, 2021
BACKGROUND: Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is used to describe physical, cognitive, affective, and behavioral symptoms that affect young and middle-aged women …
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Knowledge and skills on active management of third stage of labor for prevention of post-partum haemorrhage among health care providers in Lake Zone, Tanzania: a cross sectional study
BACKGROUND: Health care providers (HCPs) knowledge and skills are both crucial in saving the lives of mothers and their newborns …
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Reasons for low utilization of intrauterine device utilisation amongst short term contraceptive users in Hossana town, Southern Ethiopia: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Intrauterine devices (IUDs) are one of the long-acting, safe and effective methods of contraception in women across the world. …
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Effect of social marketing on the knowledge, attitude, and uptake of pap smear among women residing in an urban slum in Lagos, Nigeria
INTRODUCTION: Nigeria has a low uptake of cervical cancer screening and is one of the five countries that represent over …
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Trends in total fertility rate in Ghana by different inequality dimensions from 1993 to 2014
BACKGROUND: The past few decades witnessed a considerable decline in total fertility rates globally. However in Ghana, there has been …
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Determinants of contraceptive decision making among married women in Sub-Saharan Africa from the recent Demographic and Health Survey data
BACKGROUND: Different evidence suggested that couples often disagree about the desirability of pregnancy and the use of contraceptives. Increased women's …
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Developing a framework to describe stigma related to cervical cancer and HPV in western Kenya
BACKGROUND: Despite a high prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer in low and middle-income countries, stigma remains an …
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Female genital mutilation and skilled birth attendance among women in sub-Saharan Africa
BACKGROUND: There is evidence that women who have had their genitals cut suffer substantial difficulties during and/or after childbirth, including …
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Women’s attitudes towards negotiating safe sexual practices in Nigeria: Do family structure and decision-making autonomy play a role?
BACKGROUND: The risk of contracting sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is related to women's sexual attitudes, …
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Determinants of HIV voluntary counseling and testing: a multilevel modelling of the Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey
BACKGROUND: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) counseling and testing services are vital to reduce the spread of HIV infection, and to …
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Exposure to different types of mass media and timing of antenatal care initiation: insights from the 2016 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey
BACKGROUND: Early initiation of antenatal care (ANC) within the first trimester is highly recommended in the current 2016 World Health …
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Magnitude of infertility and associated factors among women attending selected public hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
INTRODUCTION: The World Health Organization estimated that approximately 48 million couples and 186 million people are infertile worldwide. Although the …
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Cross-sectional assessment of government health center needs to implement long-acting reversible contraception services in rural Rwanda
BACKGROUND: There is unmet need for family planning in Rwanda. We previously developed an evidence-based couples' family planning counseling (C)FPC …
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Level of exclusive breastfeeding and its enabling factors among lactating women who delivered in health facilities of Asosa town, Ethiopia: a cross sectional study
BACKGROUND: Despite the enormous benefit of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) to mothers and infants, the practice of exclusive breastfeeding is globally …
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Female genital mutilation/cutting in sudan and subsequent pelvic floor dysfunction
BACKGROUND: We aimed to evaluate the socio-demographic characteristics of women with female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and the results of FGM/C …
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The distribution of reproductive risk factors disclosed the heterogeneity of receptor-defined breast cancer subtypes among Tanzanian women
BACKGROUND: Recent epidemiological studies suggest that reproductive factors are associated with breast cancer (BC) molecular subtypes. However, these associations have …
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Help-seeking behaviour and associated factors among women who experienced physical and sexual violence in Ethiopia: evidence from the 2016 Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey
BACKGROUND: Violence against women remains devastatingly pervasive and remained unchanged over the past decade. Violence against women is preventable and …
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Knowledge, attitude and practice towards cervical cancer prevention among mothers of girls aged between 9 and 14 years: a cross sectional survey in Zimbabwe
BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer (CC) morbidity and mortality is still high in developing countries like Zimbabwe. Treatment for CC is out …
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Early contraceptive implants removal and its associated factors among women using implants at a National Referral Hospital, Kampala Uganda
BACKGROUND: Early discontinuation of implant contraceptive methods and reasons for discontinuation remains a major concern for family planning programs. Early …