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Knowledge of the ovulatory cycle and its determinants among adolescent females in Ghana.
BMC Womens Health
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.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFactors associated with adolescent pregnancy among girls aged between 15 and 19 years in Muhanga district, Rwanda.
BMC Public Health
January 2025
Department of Public Health, Mount Kenya University, Kigali, Rwanda.
Background: Adolescent pregnancy, also known as teenage pregnancy, is an unwanted pregnancy affecting girls aged 15-19 years. With a global prevalence of 25%, Africa has 18.8% of female adolescents become pregnant, preventing them from a better standard of living, such as good education and parental care, and adolescent pregnancy, which poses health risks, educational and career disruptions, financial strain, and lower academic achievement, while also increasing public costs and social service demand.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrevalence and Associated Factors of Long-Acting and Permanent Methods (LAPMs) of Family Planning Among Women of Reproductive Age: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Int J Health Plann Manage
January 2025
Republic of Turkey Ministry of Health, Akşehir State Hospital, Konya, Turkey.
Aim: To examine the prevalence and associated factors of long-acting and permanent methods of family planning (LAPMs) in women of reproductive age.
Background: LAPMs reduce the rate of unwanted pregnancy. Understanding the prevalence and associated factors of LAPMs is the key to preventing unwanted pregnancies.
Motivations for Abortion or Continuation of an Unwanted Pregnancy: A Scoping Review of the Global Literature.
Perspect Sex Reprod Health
January 2025
Obstetrics and Gyneacology, Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Context: The aim of this scoping review was to provide an overview of recent studies in peer reviewed journals investigating self-reported motivations to have an abortion or to continue an unwanted pregnancy in different countries and settings, including both qualitative and quantitative results.
Methods: We searched for English language publications published between 2008 and 2023 indexed in four scientific databases. We included studies if they captured people's own motivations for abortion and/ or for continuing an unwanted pregnancy.
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