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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Induced abortion"”.
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Predictors of Induced Abortion Among Female Youth Center Users in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti
Objective: Induced abortions occur in every country in the world. However sixty percent of the world's women live in countries where abortion is illegal. 19 million pregnancies end in unsafe and/or illegal abortions. Annually, 68,000 women die from unsafe abortions. Legal or not, unsafe abortion is …
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The contraceptive knowledge, attitudes and practice among women seeking induced abortion in Mitchell's Plain District Hospital, women's health clinic, Western Cape, South Africa
… there has been a steady rise in the number of induced abortions conducted in the country. The aim and objectives of this study was to understand the contraceptive choices of the women requesting termination of pregnancy as well as their knowledge, attitude and practice toward contraceptives in …
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Eugenics, demography and family planning in Greece, 1950-1980: the activities of the Hellenic Eugenics Society
… experienced low birth rates, high rates of induced abortion and mass emigration to Western countries. After the end of the Civil War (1949), the central preoccupation of the Greek population experts, physicians and academics was mostly demographic stability at a time when, with the onset of …
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Fertility differentials in Korea
… is more important in determining fertility than induced abortion. The study also shows that both urbanization and educational development, as a result of economic development, contribute to a sizable part of the total decline in fertility in Korea.
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Fertility differentials in Korea
… is more important in determining fertility than induced abortion. The study also shows that both urbanization and educational development, as a result of economic development, contribute to a sizable part of the total decline in fertility in Korea.
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Social determinants and the role of maternal health care services for equity in maternal health in Ghana from 1988 – 2008
… the highest risk population for deaths due to induced abortion was single young women below age 25. Further analysis of deaths due to induced abortion in Study II revealed a significant association with alcohol consumption. Studies III and IV demonstrated that there exist education- and …
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Medical Developments and Religious Belief with Special Reference to Europe in the 18th and 19th Centuries
… even that of the unborn. Debates occurred over induced abortion, embryotomy, and the caesarian operation -a means of saving the child which the catholic church supported, but surgeons regarded as unacceptably dangerous for the mother. These differences continued until-well into the present …
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Do women with complications of an incomplete abortion have different HIV infection status than women without complications?
… about the status of HIV among women who have had abortions and even less about women who have suffered from abortion complications. Understanding this connection is critical for building the evidence base and for guiding strategies to manage the sexual and reproductive health needs of women living …
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Contraceptive histories: a comparative analysis of switching behaviour in five East African countries
… which in some instances, results in unsafe induced abortion, with its attendant risks to maternal health. This thesis uses the most recent (as of January 2017) reproductive calendar data from the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) programme from five East African countries; Ethiopia (2011), …
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A Study of Some Relationships Among Repeat Abortion, Self Concept, and Contraceptive Use in Young Women
… one-fifth of the more than one million abortions per year in the U.S. are performed on women who have already had one previous induced abortion. Repeat abortion is increasing and has been implicated as one of the major problems facing the abortion issue today. In this analytical study of …
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Emergency contraceptive awareness among women with abortions at University Teaching Hospital Lusaka
… ratio of 591/100 000 live births with unsafe abortions being one of the major causes. Adolescents and young women are particularly vulnerable to unsafe induced abortion with its complications. It has been estimated that widespread use of emergency contraception pills (ECPs) could play a …
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Group 2 innate lymphoid cells and reproduction
… in diagnosis and prevention of infection-induced abortion in human pregnancies.
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Comparisons of characteristics of women requesting Termination of Pregnancy and those presenting themselves with incomplete Abortion within the University Teaching Hospital
Induced abortion poses a great public health concern especially when performed by unskilled health care providers. The study is comparing characteristics of women seeking termination of pregnancy (TOP) and those admitted for incomplete abortion. Understanding these characteristics of women in two …
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Comparisons of characteristics of women requesting Termination of Pregnancy and those presenting themselves with incomplete Abortion within the University Teaching Hospital
Induced abortion poses a great public health concern especially when performed by unskilled health care providers. The study is comparing characteristics of women seeking termination of pregnancy (TOP) and those admitted for incomplete abortion. Understanding these characteristics of women in two …
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Studies on early fetal loss in mares
… of early pregnancy loss. The timing of the abortion strongly influences the outcome on the fertility. The regression of the endometrial cups, which form from trophoblastic cells by 35 days of gestation, is a self-regulated mechanism that is independent from fetal death, therefore mares that …
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Η σεξουαλική ζωή της γυναίκας της νοτιοδυτικής Ελλάδος και οι επιπτώσεις στο γυναικολογικό της ιστορικό
… to gynecological complications (infections, induced abortions). 2. No effective birth-control methods (condom, pill) are used. On the contrary insufficient methods (withdrawal, rhythm method) are more popular resulting on high induced abortions rate. 3. The level of sexual education is very …