OBGYN & Women’s Health

Researchers did this study to assess pharmacy workers’ knowledge and provision of abortion information and methods in Kenya. Researchers interviewed two hundred and thirty-five pharmacy workers about medical abortion services....

Recent legislation has sought to clarify abortion law in Ireland, allowing abortion where the pregnancy endangers a woman’s life, including through risk of suicide. Existing literature studies have shown that medical...

Researchers did this study to provide standardized information about the contraceptive implant; a DVD was developed for use within the SRH service in Edinburgh. The secondary aim was to determine if the accuracy of information...

ENG implants are employed as contraception in early postpartum patients. Follow-up is often not conducted by the hospital prescriber. Researchers did this study to determine if Implanon’s early postpartum insertion for...

Young parents and their children often face many health and social problems, requiring interactions with a wide range of health professionals, such as midwives, doctors, and health visitors. This qualitative interview study...

DMPA is the most commonly used hormonal contraceptive method in South Africa. Researchers did this study to determine whether DMPA increases PND risk than the copper-containing IUD when administered after delivery. The present...

Although increasing condom use to prevent HIV may decrease non-barrier contraception and increase unintended pregnancy, few studies focus on dual protection or dual methods. The researchers did this study to describe the...

WHO guidelines recommend dual contraceptive method use. They suggest using condoms and another contraceptive to reduce both incidences of HIV/sexually transmitted infection transmission and unintended pregnancies. Researchers...

Women prefer to use contraceptive methods to reduce the risk of unwanted pregnancy; however, there are several options available from which they can choose. Women commonly encounter that they keep on changing contraceptive...

There are limited data to show the prescribing of COCs and other hormonal products containing estrogen/progestogen combinations outside the product license. Researchers did this study to determine the diagnosis/indication...

Pain reduction at IUC would be likely to be beneficial to both women and clinicians. Researchers did this study to investigate the associated pain and the ease of use of two different stabilizing forceps at the time of IUC...

The study assessed non-barrier contraceptive use among FSW and relation to inconsistent condom use among commercial and non-commercial male sexual partners. Researchers recruited 2338 FSW through respondent-driven sampling for...

HIV infection and pregnancy are both common among FSW, indicating the need for PMTCT. Researchers enrolled in 1666 FSW in studies using respondent-driven sampling. Women completed interview-administered socio-behavioral surveys...

Stakeholders can provide local insights on barriers to FP. It can be challenging to know whether there may be limited program perceptions if only one inquiry method is used. Researchers aimed to validate the perceptions of...

Supreme Leader of Iran called for the shift to pronatalist population policies to view the low fertility rate. Iran’s Parliament proposed a bill to curb contraceptive knowledge and services as a solution. This study aimed...

Uptake of the most effective long-acting reversible contraception methods immediately after abortion reduces women’s risk of other abortions. Researchers did his study to compare the uptake of LARC at abortion services from a...

Researchers did this study to determine the main reasons for the TOP requests in a UK city. Researchers administered a survey requesting grounds for a pregnancy termination from women attending a TOP clinic. Researchers...

Pre-termination counseling is currently voluntary; however, there has been political debate regarding the introduction of mandatory pre-termination counseling and who should be providing abortion counseling services. Researchers...