The psychological well-being of women of Menoufiya, Egypt. Relationships with family planning.

Researchers surveyed the psychological well-being of 795 women of reproductive age from Menoufiya, Egypt. Five years earlier, these women had provided data relevant to their family planning behavior. This analysis links these data sets to investigate the impact of family planning on women's sense of well-being, within the context of beliefs about appropriate gender-related behaviors.

Clinical outcomes of two early postpartum IUD insertion programs in Africa.

Postpartum IUD insertion programs are new to Africa and few have been carefully evaluated. Also, data on the clinical outcomes of postpartum IUD insertions using the Copper T 380A IUD are sparse. Therefore, we conducted a study to evaluate introductory postpartum IUD programs using the Copper T 380A IUD in Kenya and Mali.

Adolescent knowledge and attitudes about abortion.

A focus-group study of adolescents from cities across the United States revealed that they lacked accurate knowledge about abortion and the laws governing it. Most expressed erroneous beliefs about abortion, describing it as medically dangerous, emotionally damaging and widely illegal. The study also revealed that antiabortion views, conservative morality and religious beliefs were the primary sources of these adolescents' attitudes toward abortion.

Six school-based clinics: their reproductive health services and impact on sexual behavior.

An evaluation of the reproductive health programs of six diverse school-based clinics measured the impact of the clinics on sexual behavior and contraceptive use. All six clinics served low-income populations; at five of them, the great majority of the students served were black. An analysis of student visits by type of care given found that these clinics were not primarily family planning facilities; rather, they provided reproductive health care as one component of a comprehensive health program.

A comparative clinical trial of Norinyl 1 + 35 versus Norinyl 1 + 50 in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico.

A comparative clinical trial of two combined oral contraceptives differing only in estrogen type and dosage was conducted at the Centro de Investigaciones Hideyo Noguchi in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. The trial was designed to determine the differences between Norinyl 1 + 50 (Syntex) and Norinyl 1 + 35 (Syntex) in rates of discontinuation and frequency of selected side-effects which might contribute to method discontinuation. Three hundred women were randomly assigned to either the Norinyl 1 + 35 group or to the Norinyl 1 + 50 group and follow-up visits were scheduled at 1, 4, 8 and 12 months after admission.