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Showing 1 to 20 of 63 for “"Childbearing age"”.
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Vitamin D Supplementation Among Women of Childbearing Age: Prevalence and Disparities
… health conditions. However, most women of childbearing age are vitamin D deficient. 1 Although scientific and public awareness about vitamin D deficiency's role in health has increased in recent years, current data are not available to assess whether there have been concomitant increases of …
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Dietary patterns and known predictors of chronic disease among women of childbearing age.
… predictors of chronic disease among women of childbearing age.
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Premature removal of Jadelle implant among women of childbearing age in Ndola district, Zambia.
… logistic regression analysis indicated; that the age groups, 15 – 34 to 35 – 44, impacted significantly on the outcome variable (p =0.003), Adjusted odds ratio = 0.320, 95% CI = [0.151, 0.677]). Similarly, changes in parity from two children and below to three children and above contributed …
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Premature removal of Jadelle implant among women of childbearing age in Ndola district, Zambia.
… logistic regression analysis indicated; that the age groups, 15 – 34 to 35 – 44, impacted significantly on the outcome variable (p =0.003), Adjusted odds ratio = 0.320, 95% CI = [0.151, 0.677]). Similarly, changes in parity from two children and below to three children and above contributed …
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Exploring the factors associated with preconception health behaviors among women of childbearing age: a naturalistic inquiry
… health and decision-making factor(s) to engage in preconception health practices. Existing research on preconception health behaviors have used retrospective designs, making them difficult to use in assessing the extent of women?s understanding of preconception health behaviors and its …
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An analysis of overweight and obesity in South Africa: the case of women of childbearing age
… and obesity among non-pregnant women of childbearing age (15 to 49 years) (WCBA) in South Africa over time. It also assessed socioeconomic inequality in the intergenerational transmission of overweight and obesity from mothers to their offsprings among 10,735 mother-offspring pairs and …
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Knowledge among childbearing-age women regarding preconception healthcare services in the rural areas of Thulamela Municipality, Vhembe District
… Department of Health (NDoH) for all women of childbearing age, most women do not receive the services. Although PCC is free throughout South Africa, including the area where the current study focused, majority of childbearing women still persistently miss this freely provided indispensable …
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Diet, genetic and epigenetic signatures in women of childbearing age from a Mediterranean population: perspectives for public health
… intake and global DNA methylation in women of childbearing age. A total of 177 women were enrolled in a cross-sectional study. Folate intake and MD were assessed by a validated food frequency questionnaire. LINE-1 methylation level in leukocytes was measured by pyrosequencing. Women reported …
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Creating persuasive messages to promote abstinence from alcohol during pregnancy
… pregnancy and at-risk alcohol use by women of childbearing age highlight the need for universal prevention strategies addressing prenatal alcohol exposure. Though many awareness-raising campaigns for alcohol use during pregnancy have been conducted, predominantly in North America, they have …
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Addressing the Unmet Need of Preconception Counseling for HIV Positive Women
… Unfortunately, more than 70% of WLWHIV of childbearing age are not offered PCC or family planning counseling as part of their routine medical care, contributing to the challenge of preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission. Objective: The purpose of this DNP project is to address the …
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Enhancement and Implementation of an Abdominal Pain Algorithm for Gestational-Age Women: A Quality Improvement Project
… diagnostic challenges, especially in women of childbearing age. Traditional methods often miss pregnancy-related issues. We developed an algorithmic approach for abdominal pain assessment and pregnancy testing to address this. We conducted a Quality Improvement project involving problem …
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Lived Experience: East African Somali Speaking Women Accessing the U.S. Healthcare System
… healthcare services in the U.S. Fifteen EASSW of childbearing age (ages 18–45) were recruited for this study. All participants interviewed privately, beginning with a semi-structured, open-ended question regarding access to prenatal health care services, followed by three more focused questions. …
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The impact of a conditional cash transfer program on consumption of rural households in Peru
… basic health services for children and women in childbearing age, and on schooling attendance. In this thesis, I use instrumental variable techniques to measure the effect of the program in 2007 and 2011. Using annual data from the National Household Survey (ENAHO) of the National Institute of …
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Determinants of bacterial vaginosis (BV) in HIV negative women living in Cape Town, South Africa : a cross-sectional study
… common cause of vaginal symptoms among women of childbearing age, although some women may be asymptomatic. The etiology of BV has been uncertain for many years, but several studies have related an increased frequency of BV to multiple diverse factors such as smoking, sexual behavior, vaginal …
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The reasons why women in Ndola Urban are not using Emergency Contraceptives
… and when the total family size is small. Teenage pregnancy rates are reduced. The government is committed to an active Family Planning policy and has taken measures to make available a broader range of contraceptive methods. Objectives: The objectives of the study were to determine factors …
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Haematological and nutritional status of Sudanese women with sickle cell trait and anaemia: does sickle cell trait compromise birth outcomes?
… anaemia and healthy control (n=36) non-pregnant childbearing age women were recruited, anthropometric data and blood samples were collected for haematological study. The aim was to study the effect of sickle cell anaemia on the general health and nutritional status of Sudanese women. Sickle cell …
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A Study of the Southern Appalachian Granny-Woman Related to Childbirth Prevention Measures.
… regarding childbirth support practices for many childbearing age women living in the region during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The early twentieth century saw the granny-women discredited and subject to elimination as a result of a purposeful campaign conducted by the …
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Sexual Risk Taking Behaviors Among African American Adolescent Mothers: An Ecological Perspective
Young African American women of childbearing age are at high risk for Human Immunodeficency Virus (HIV) exposure and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Using an ecological perspective, this study examined the influence of several individual, familial, and neighborhood factors on the sexual …
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Gestational Weight Gain Patterns
… global health priority as obesity among women of childbearing age and their children have been linked to excessive GWG. Excessive GWG has been linked to increased rates of cesarean sections, preterm births, hypertensive disorders, gestational diabetes, large for gestational age newborns, …
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