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Promoting respectful maternity care for adolescents in Ghana: a quasi-experimental study protocol
BACKGROUND: Intra-partum mistreatment by healthcare providers remains a global public health and human rights challenge. Adolescents, who are typically younger, …
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Uptake of long acting reversible contraception following integrated couples HIV and fertility goal-based family planning counselling in Catholic and non-Catholic, urban and rural government health centers in Kigali, Rwanda
BACKGROUND: When integrated with couples' voluntary HIV counselling and testing (CVCT), family planning including long acting reversible contraceptives (LARC) addresses …
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Adolescent and covert family planning users’ experiences self-injecting contraception in Uganda and Malawi: implications for waste disposal of subcutaneous depot medroxyprogesterone acetate
BACKGROUND: Self-administered subcutaneous depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA-SC) is poised to increase access to contraception; however, governments are concerned about the …
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Facilitating community participation in family planning and contraceptive services provision and uptake: community and health provider perspectives
BACKGROUND: Although community participation has been identified as being important for improved and sustained health outcomes, designing and successfully implementing …
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A comparison of MITS counseling and informed consent processes in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Kenya, and Ethiopia
Globally, more than 5 million stillbirths and neonatal deaths occur annually. For many, the cause of death (CoD) is unknown. …
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Perceptions of contraception services among recipients of a combination HIV-prevention interventions for adolescent girls and young women in South Africa: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in low- and middle- income countries (LMICs) have high rates of unintended pregnancies …
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What can be done to reduce the prevalence of teen pregnancy in rural Eastern Uganda?: multi-stakeholder perceptions
INTRODUCTION: The teenage pregnancy rate of 25% in Uganda is worrying though it may seem low compared to 28% in …
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Knowledge transmission, peer support, behaviour change and satisfaction in post Natal clubs in Khayelitsha, South Africa: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: The Post Natal Club (PNC) model assures comprehensive care, including HIV and Maternal and Child Health care, for postpartum …
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Lessons learned through respectful maternity care training and its implementation in Ethiopia: an interventional mixed methods study
BACKGROUND: Improving respectful maternity care (RMC) is a recommended practice during childbirth as a strategy to eliminate the mistreatment of …
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Male involvement in reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health: evaluating gaps between policy and practice in Uganda
INTRODUCTION: Male involvement in maternal and child health is a practice wherein fathers and male community members actively participate in …
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Determinants of disagreement with female genital mutilation/cutting of future daughters and awareness of the ban among Egyptian university students
BACKGROUND: Egypt is one of three countries where half of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) victims live, despite its ban. To …
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Contraceptive use and associated factors among women seeking induced abortion in Debre Marko’s town, Northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Contraceptive utilization is a practice that helps individuals or couples to avoid unwanted pregnancy. Even though there is the …
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Factors associated with sexual and reproductive health behaviour of street-involved young people: findings from a baseline survey in Southwest Nigeria
BACKGROUND: To achieve the Sustainable Development Goal 3, which is to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all persons …
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Women’s and girls’ experiences of reproductive coercion and opportunities for intervention in family planning clinics in Nairobi, Kenya: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Reproductive coercion (RC), which includes contraceptive sabotage and pregnancy coercion, may help explain known associations between intimate partner violence …
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Fertility preferences among couples in Nigeria: a cross sectional study
BACKGROUND: The persistently high and stalled total fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa, including in Nigeria, calls for new efforts towards fertility …
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Providers’ perceptions of communication and women’s autonomy during childbirth: a mixed methods study in Kenya
BACKGROUND: Effective communication and respect for women's autonomy are critical components of person-centered care. Yet, there is limited evidence in …
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Parent-child sexual and reproductive health communication among very young adolescents in Korogocho informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya
BACKGROUND: Parents are an important source of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) information for very young adolescents and are likely …
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Is female genital mutilation associated with eclampsia? Evidence from a nationally representative survey data
BACKGROUND: Studies have shown the impact of female genital mutilation (FGM), especially infibulation (WHO type III), on reproductive health, and …
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Beyond health system contact: measuring and validating quality of childbirth care indicators in primary level facilities of northern Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Measurement of quality of health care has been largely overlooked and continues to be a major health system bottleneck …
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Determinants of modern contraceptive use among married Somali women living in Kampala; a cross sectional survey
BACKGROUND: Low contraceptive uptake exposes women to unintended pregnancies and often the resultant obstetric complications. The immigrant communities especially from …