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Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol X
March 2025
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Thailand.
Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate medical students' attitudes towards abortion and their confidence in providing abortion services in the future.
Material And Methods: A national cross-sectional online survey was conducted among fifth and sixth-year medical students from 10 Thai universities. A self-administered questionnaire assessed their knowledge, attitudes, and confidence regarding abortion services.
BMC Womens Health
January 2025
University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Background: Although abortion was completely decriminalized in Canada 36 years ago, barriers to pregnancy prevention and termination persist across the country, such as travel and information gaps. Research demonstrates incarcerated people face barriers to family planning care, yet there is no systematic data collection of sexual and reproductive health experiences and outcomes among incarcerated people in Canada. The aim of this study was to explore family planning care experiences among women and gender diverse people who have experienced incarceration in Canada.
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January 2025
Department of Environment and Public Health, University of Environment and Sustainable Development, Somanya, Ghana.
Background: Good knowledge about the ovulatory cycle plays an important role in reducing unwanted pregnancies and unsafe abortions among adolescent females. However, in Ghana, knowledge of the ovulatory cycle among adolescent females is not well studied. Thus, this study sought to assess adolescent females' knowledge regarding the ovulatory cycle and its determinants in Ghana.
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January 2025
Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia.
Introduction: Abortion and euthanasia are still one of the greatest bioethical challenges. Previous studies have shown that there are differences in attitudes towards these issues depending on socio-demographic characteristics and socio-cultural environment (country of residence). As part of the scientific research project EuroBioMed, we compared the attitudes of students from three Mediterranean countries towards abortion and euthanasia and examined them from the perspective of Mediterranean bioethics.
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January 2025
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Background: South-South Cooperation (SSC) is recognized as a vital component of goal 17 - 'Partnerships for the goals' within the SDGs and countries in the global south has been utilizing this cooperation mainly in research. We report the first health care professional exchange program through this south-to-south collaboration focusing on advancing quality of abortion care in the Sub-Saharan region.
Methods: We conducted a comprehensive mixed method study, incorporating both quantitative and qualitative approaches, to assess the impact of health care professionals' exchange program within the obstetrics and gynecology departments of two teaching institutions in Ethiopia and Rwanda over the course of a year (February 1, 2023-January 31,2024).
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