OBGYN & Women’s Health

Attempts to address the ‘problem’ of teenage pregnancy need to further explore contraceptive use among young people at potentially most significant risk. We examine contraceptive use among a particularly vulnerable...

There is evidence to suggest that Asian women in the UK have specific contraceptive and sexual health needs. As part of a more comprehensive needs assessment project, we compared Asian women’s usage of our specialist...

Women aged over twenty-nine years are screened using visual inspection after acetic acid application by trained paramedics. Independent consultants not involved in strategic planning or implementation of the program were engaged...

The study’s primary objective was to clarify whether the use of the oral contraceptive 2 mg dienogest/30 μg ethinylestradiol is associated with a higher risk of VTE than other combined oral low-dose contraceptives. The secondary...

The study was commenced at a hospital abortion service in Edinburgh that allowed women at up to 56 days’ gestation to be discharged home soon after misoprostol administration. An anonymous questionnaire of women’s...

Little literature is available on the extent to which one-stop shops address users’ sexual health needs and the time to which they identify additional needs users may not have recognized. As part of the One-Stop-Shop...

EHC can reduce unintended pregnancy and the associated costs and consequences for the individual and NHS. This cost-effectiveness analysis compares LNG 1.5 mg with ulipristal acetate, a new emergency hormonal contraceptive...

Although modern family planning methods are readily available in Egypt at low cost, a considerable proportion of women still have an unmet contraceptive need. This study aimed to detect the risk factors of unmet contraceptive...

This study explored HPV and attitudes towards HPV vaccination among girls who were part of the ‘catch-up’ vaccination program. Interviews were carried out with five girls who had received the HPV vaccine and five girls who had...