Publications by authors named "C Obern"
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- The study examined the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and associated risk factors among 384 female university students in Uppsala, Sweden, using an online questionnaire.
- Results showed that 20% of participants reported having an STI, with common pathogens including Chlamydia trachomatis and Herpes simplex virus.
- Key risk factors identified included low condom use, first-date sexual activity without protection, a younger age at first intercourse, multiple sexual partners, and substance-related regrettable sexual encounters.
Since 2020, World Health Organization guidelines state that universal access to abortion care is critical for individual and community health, and for the realization of human rights. Yet the right to access safe abortion care is severely restricted in many countries. This article outlines institutional and educational systems in the USA, Sweden, and Ghana, which all require obstetrics and gynecology (ob-gyn) training to include abortion care but vary in implementation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To investigate whether an early need of hormonal contraceptive (HC), or a failure to find a suitable method, are warning signs for endometriosis.
Design: A retrospective cohort study.
Setting: Sweden.
Objectives: To investigate factors associated with multiple induced abortions.
Materials And Methods: A multi-centre cross-sectional survey among abortion-seeking women ( = 623;14-47y) in Sweden, 2021. 'Multiple abortions' was defined as having had ≥2 induced abortions.
Women's decision-making related to induced abortion - a cross sectional study during a period of Covid-19 pandemic, in Sweden.
Eur J Contracept Reprod Health Care
February 2023
Objectives: To investigate women's decision-making on induced abortion.
Materials And Methods: A multi-centre cross-sectional survey among 623 abortion-seeking women in Sweden (2021). The perceived difficulty to decide on abortion was measured using a 7-point Likert scale, and analysed with univariate and multivariate analysis (odds ratios [OR], 95% confidence intervals [CI]).