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Emergency contraceptive pill awareness in Bangladesh: missed opportunities in antenatal care and family welfare assistant visits.
Reprod Health
December 2024
International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease and Research, Bangladesh, icddr,b, GPO Box 128, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh.
Background: Despite high coverage of antenatal care (ANC) and family welfare assistant (FWA) visits, emergency contraceptive pill (ECP) awareness is critically low in Bangladesh. We aim to investigate the missed opportunities in generating ECP awareness through ANC and FWA visit programs; and assess the missed opportunities and sociodemographic discrimination in receiving family planning (FP) counseling during ANC.
Methods: We used data from the nationwide Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2017-18.
Do Indian women know about and use the emergency contraceptive pill? An analysis of nationally representative data from 2005-06 and 2019-21.
Health Policy Plan
November 2023
Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
The emergency contraceptive pill (ECP) is a post-coital contraceptive method that prevents unintended pregnancy and is useful in specific circumstances. This study examined the awareness and use of the ECP in India, as there is scarce evidence in this area to guide policy development. This study used data from the 2005-06 (n = 124 385) and 2019-21 (n = 724 115) rounds of the National Family Health Survey of India.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFKnowledge and use of emergency contraceptive methods and associated factors among female youth college students in Gondar city, Northwest Ethiopia, 2023.
BMC Womens Health
October 2024
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Colleges of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia.
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates the knowledge and use of Emergency Contraception (EC) among female college students in Gondar City, Ethiopia, highlighting a significant rate of unwanted pregnancies despite the availability of EC.
- Out of 814 participants, only 46.2% demonstrated adequate knowledge of EC, and only 26.1% of sexually active students reported using it.
- Key factors influencing knowledge included religion, marital status, and year of study, while discussion about reproductive health and perceptions of EC morality were important for actual usage.
Prevalence, Clinical Features, and Management of Cervical Polyps: A One-Year Study at Rabia Balkhi Hospital in Afghanistan.
Cureus
September 2024
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Royal Free Hospital, London, GBR.
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- * A study conducted at Rabia Balkhi National Hospital in Afghanistan in 2018 found that 1.34% of women admitted had cervical polyps, with reported symptoms including various types of bleeding.
- * The research underscores the need for awareness and management of cervical polyps, particularly during pregnancy, and calls for further studies to better understand their causes and treatment in Afghan women.
Contraceptive risk events among family planning specialists: a cross sectional study.
Reprod Health
September 2024
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Background: Proponents of abortion restriction cite advancements in contraceptive technology as a reason against the need for abortion care today, most recently through oral arguments in the Supreme Court of the United States case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health. However, consistent and correct use of contraception requires reproductive health literacy.
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