Publications by authors named "Maryke Swartz"
Context: Catholic Church directives restrict family planning service provision at Catholic health care institutions. It is unclear whether obstetrics and gynecology clinics that are owned by or have business affiliations with Catholic hospitals offer family planning appointments.
Methods: Mystery callers phoned 144 clinics nationwide that were found on Catholic hospital websites between December 2014 and February 2016, and requested appointments for birth control generally, copper IUD services specifically, tubal ligation and abortion.
Background: Catholic hospitals operate under the , which for obstetrics and gynecology residents may create barriers to receiving adequate training in family planning.
Objective: We evaluated how training at a Catholic hospital affects trainees' subsequent provision of reproductive health services at secular institutions.
Methods: This qualitative study used semistructured interviews with recent obstetrics and gynecology graduates in generalist practice at secular institutions.
Objective: The objective was to determine the impact of carbamazepine on the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of the etonogestrel contraceptive implant.
Study Design: We enrolled healthy, reproductive-age women using an etonogestrel implant for 1-3 years. We measured etonogestrel levels at baseline and following 3 weeks of coadministered carbamazepine titrated up to 300 mg twice daily.
Many models of selection predict that populations will lose variation in traits that affect fitness. Nonetheless, phenotypic variation is commonly observed in natural populations. We tested the influences of competition and spatial heterogeneity on behavioral variation within and among populations of Merriam's kangaroo rats (Dipodomys merriami) and tested for the differential expression of trait correlations.
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