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The impact of depression at preconception on pregnancy planning and unmet need for contraception in the first postpartum year: a cohort study from rural Malawi
BACKGROUND: The impact of depression on women's use of contraception and degree of pregnancy planning in low-income settings has been …
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Task-shifting and family planning continuation: contraceptive trajectories of women who received their method at a community-based event in Kinshasa, DRC
While community-based interventions are a proven high-impact strategy to increase contraceptive uptake in low-income countries, their capacity to support women's …
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Describing the safety of abortion at the population level using network-based survey approaches
BACKGROUND: Despite the negative impact of unsafe abortions on women's health and rights, the degree of abortion safety remains strikingly …
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What to expect when girls are expecting: psychosocial support challenges and opportunities in the context and aftermath of teenage pregnancy in Kenya
BACKGROUND: An understanding of the psychosocial support challenges and opportunities in the context of teenage pregnancy is important for developing …
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Prevalence and correlates of induced abortion: results of a facility-based cross-sectional survey of parturient women living with HIV in South Africa
BACKGROUND: There is a paucity of studies examining the prevalence and correlates of induced abortion among women living with HIV. …
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Sexual and reproductive health knowledge of postgraduate students at the University of Cape Town, in South Africa
BACKGROUND: Globally and in South Africa, university students' knowledge of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) is low. This study was …
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Women’s empowerment indicators and short- and long-acting contraceptive method use: evidence from DHS from 11 countries
BACKGROUND: With a population of about 1.1 billion, sub-Saharan Africa is projected to overtake Eastern, Southern and Central Asia to …
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Husbands’ involvement in antenatal-related care in the Bosomtwe District of Ghana: inquiry into the facilitators and barriers
BACKGROUND: This paper explored the facilitators and barriers to husbands' involvement in antenatal-related care in the Bosomtwe District of Ghana …
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Trends and socio-demographic components of modern contraceptive use among sexually active women in Rwanda: a multivariate decomposition analysis
BACKGROUND: The attainment of targets set for modern contraceptive use remains a challenge in sub-Saharan Africa. Rwanda, in its new …
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“I am not shy anymore”: A qualitative study of the role of an interactive mHealth intervention on sexual health knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of South African adolescents with perinatal HIV
BACKGROUND: South Africa has one of the highest burdens of adolescents with perinatally-acquired HIV (APHIV) in the world. APHIV in …
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Women’s household decision-making power and contraceptive use in Mali
BACKGROUND: Utilization of contraceptives remains low in several countries in sub-Saharan Africa despite evidence of its benefits. Several factors are …
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Typologies of women’s abortion trajectories in Burkina Faso: findings from a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Abortion is a legally restricted, yet common reproductive life event among women in Burkina Faso; however, women's abortion experiences …
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Covert Contraceptive Use amongst the urban poor in Accra, Ghana: experiences of health providers
BACKGROUND: An estimated one-third of women in Ghana use contraceptives without the knowledge of their partners, a phenomenon known as …
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Long-acting reversible contraceptives use among adolescent girls and young women in high fertility countries in sub-Saharan Africa
BACKGROUND: Given the instrumental role long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs) play in reducing unintended pregnancies, there is a need to understand …
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“She is courageous because she does not care what people think about her…”: attitudes toward adolescent contraception use among Rwandan family planning providers and adult female modern contraceptive users
INTRODUCTION: In Rwanda, only 20% of sexually active unmarried young women use family planning as compared to 64% of married …
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The effects of completion of continuum of care in maternal health services on adverse birth outcomes in Northwestern Ethiopia: a prospective follow-up study
BACKGROUND: Globally, around 4 million babies die within the first month of birth annually with more than 3 million stillbirths. …
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Person-centered maternity care during childbirth and associated factors at selected public hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2021: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Person-centered maternity care is respectful and responsive care to individual women's preferences, needs, and values and ensuring that their …
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Community perception of barriers and facilitators to institutional delivery care-seeking behavior in Northwest Ethiopia: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Institutional delivery care-seeking behavior is considered a crucial step in preventing maternal and child death. However, the barriers and …
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Determinants of mother to child HIV transmission (HIV MTCT); a case control study in governmental health centers of East Gojjam Zone, Northwest Ethiopia, 2019
BACKGROUND: Mother to child human immune virus (HIV) transmission is the passage of HIV from mother to her child during …
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Magnitude of postpartum hemorrhage and associated factors among women who gave birth in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Abstract Background Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is the leading cause of maternal mortality and morbidity worldwide, particularly in resource-limited countries such …