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Advocating for Women's Health: The Importance of Family Planning Clinics
<p>Many women regard family planning clinics as their first entry point into the health care system, and one they consider their usual source of care. Each year, publicly funded family planning services prevent 1.94 million unintended pregnancies, including 400,000 teen pregnancies (Guttmacher …
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Cost effectiveness of a weight reduction program in reducing the pregnancy risks of obese clients of family planning clinics
… females who attend Virginia Health Department family planning clinics. The 8-week program, using behavior modification techniques in conjunction with nutrition education showed weight loss of 1-2 pounds per week; increase in nutrition knowledge; and changes in food habits, behavior patterns, …
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A multi-methods implementation research evaluation of a program scale cluster randomized trial to improve integration of HIV prevention and treatment services in family planning clinics in Kenya
… HIV prevention and treatment services into family planning (FP) clinics offers a promising strategy to address HIV and unwanted pregnancy simultaneously while supporting the UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets for testing, treatment, and prevention. However, evidence on how best to integrate these two …
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The Participation Of Married Men in Decision Making on Households’ Family Planning Methods: the case of Forest ward in Mbeya city
… men were involved in the choice of the use of family planning methods used by couples in Forest Ward. Specifically, it explored the extent to which men participated, advantages and factors hindering participation of men in decision making pertaining to choice of methods of family planning to be …
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The effects of sensory information on anxiety associated with insertion of an intrauterine device
… for the study. The study was conducted in four family planning clinics located throughout a large metropolitan city in the southwest. The data were collected utilizing the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory developed by Spielberger, Gorsuch, and Lushene (1980). Data were analyzed using analysis of …
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THREE ESSAYS IN HEALTH ECONOMICS
… estimates the effect of changes in the number of family planning clinics on county-level fertility rates. Results suggest that increasing the number of clinics in a county decreases the fertility rate by .3 percent. These results are likely biased downward due to the inclusion of multiple types of …
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A survey to assess knowledge and acceptability of intrauterine devices (IUD) among family planning clients and providers in the Family Planning services in Cape Town
… of the IUD among clients and providers in the Family Planning services in Cape Town and to attempt to identity obstacles to use. [Methods] A descriptive cross-sectional survey was conducted at eight Family Planning clinics in Cape Town. Two hundred and sixteen clients aged between 18 and 50 …
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The effect of civil unrest on nursing personnel and nursing services in the Cape Peninsula during 1986
… following a time of disrupted booking clinics, an increase in deliveries associated with interrupted family planning clinics, a decrease in treatment of ophthalmia neonatorum and umbilical sepsis associated with curtailed home visits. The study indicated that nurses wer:a not adequately …
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Nurses' practice of the integration of family planning and HIV prevention services in Ntcheu District, Malawi
… of service provision for HIV prevention and family planning. However, not much is known about how nurses actually practice the integration of family planning and HIV prevention services as prescribed by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief in Malawi. There is recognition that …
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Improving Contraceptive Method Choice and Use with a Computer-Based Contraceptive Assessment Module
… conducted from March 2008 - January 2011 among family planning patients seeking care at two federally-funded family planning clinics in New York City. The three-arm design was used to test separately the effect of the assessment module and the effect of tailored health materials: participants …