OBGYN & Women’s Health

The researchers conducted this study to determine awareness of ovarian cancer symptoms and identify barriers to help-seeking and predictors of a long time to help-seeking in a female population-based sample. A UK...

Pain associated with an IUD insertion is a known barrier to intrauterine contraception use in the UK. It is good practice for health professionals to discuss pain relief and use with women before inserting an IUD. The...

Abortion services should provide high-quality contraceptive care. The researchers conducted this research to determine health professionals working in SRH regarding their attitudes towards providing more abortion services and...

The researchers studied how our use of EC changed, which methods were offered, how this changed, which was chosen by women who were offered all three UK licensed EC methods and the only LNG offer. The researchers studied a total...

Evidence suggests SMW experience disproportionate sexual health morbidity and low uptake of interventions, including contraception and cervical screening. Yet, there has been little investigation of sexual health service access...

This study aimed to understand how women with single or recurrent miscarriages cope during the waiting periods after miscarriage – waiting for pregnancy or waiting for pregnancy confirmation – and investigate their perception of...

The anticipated increase in IUS fittings is slower than predicted by the NICE. There is evidence to suggest that this is because of the high perceived cost of providing this contraceptive method. Whereas studies to date have all...

The present study evaluates the impact of an educational initiative involving pharmacists on the uptake of Cu-IUDs for EC in an integrated sexual health clinic in the North East of England. Local pharmacists have received...

Immediate initiation of an IUD or IUS following TOP is associated with a significant reduction in another TOP risk. Even though minimum misconceptions exist about the method, they may contribute to the low uptake. The...

Ghana has very low contraceptive prevalence and is one of a few nations that report declines in contraceptive use over time based on two of the most recent national surveys. Fear of side effects is a leading cause of non-use of...