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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"fertility control"”.
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Population ecology of feral horses in an era of fertility control management
… that would otherwise become overabundant. Controlling fecundity using contraceptives has become an increasingly popular tool for attempting to manage locally overabundant wildlife species, but the population-level effects of such applications are largely unknown. Contraceptive treatments …
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Effects of Fertility Control on the Movement Ecology of White-Tailed Deer
This doctoral thesis explores the effects of fertility control on the movement ecology of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann). Deer populations may become abundant in human-dominated landscapes, taking advantage of anthropogenic resources and the lack of natural predators. This …
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Fertility control in the context of the family and society in Pakistan
… low contraceptive prevalence and sustained high fertility levels in Pakistan. The examination of the status of women in Pakistan has revealed that women have a low level of education (14 per cent) and their participation in the gainful employment (3 per cent) is also very low. Most of them marry …
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Fertility control in the context of the family and society in Pakistan
… low contraceptive prevalence and sustained high fertility levels in Pakistan. The examination of the status of women in Pakistan has revealed that women have a low level of education (14 per cent) and their participation in the gainful employment (3 per cent) is also very low. Most of them marry …
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Fertility Desires and Fertility Control: Young Women's Contraceptive decision-making in Khayelitsha, South Africa
Early fertility remains a public health concern in South Africa, with teenage pregnancy rates remaining high, and more significantly among black adolescent girls of low socioeconomic status. This indicates the unmet need of contraception for adolescent girls. Contraceptive use and non-use by young …
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Examining the Influence of Landscape on Natural Resource Management in the American West: A Geospatial Approach
… modeling. Chapter 4 examines optimal population control of wild horses in the American West across two spatial scales. Removal and fertility control scenarios were simulated and compared in terms of economic benefits and characteristics of the optimal population and management time-paths. The …
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An Evaluation of Norplant at the University Teaching Hospital
… in Lusaka to evaluate NORPLANT as a method of fertility control in Zambian women. The study was designed to investigate acceptability, side effects, and reasons for discontinuation. Based on the evaluation, to make recommendation for use in the National Family Planning Programme.Case records …
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An Evaluation of Norplant at the University Teaching Hospital
… in Lusaka to evaluate NORPLANT as a method of fertility control in Zambian women. The study was designed to investigate acceptability, side effects, and reasons for discontinuation. Based on the evaluation, to make recommendation for use in the National Family Planning Programme.Case records …
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Social Change and Reproductive Behaviour in Rural Bangladesh, 1983-1996
… national rural, Matlab intervention and Matlab control, using time series analysis of the repeated surveys. The changes were measured by two major proximate determinants: demand for additional children and trends in current contraceptive use. The outcome of these two factors, the fertility …
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Negotiating Acceptability of the IUD: Contraceptive Technology, Women's Bodies, and Reproductive Politics
… that has been used mostly to impose population control on women in developing countries. Simultaneously, I explore the changing meaning of the device over the last 40 years in varying socio-historical contexts. Capitalizing on the analytical tradition of science and technology studies that …
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Assessments of Women Education in Family Planning at House Hold Level : A Case of Ilala Municipality
… living, and quality of life of families, through fertility control policies, to reduce large family size and in effect decrease population growth in general. The clients are becoming knowledgeable and aware of issues concerning their health and need to be trained as information disseminators and …
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Reproductive Health in Yemen: A Theoretical Approach
… growth rates. The rapid spread of birth control programs in the developing countries was at times accompanied by measures which violated human rights. In response to the ethical violations and coercive policies on population control, toward the end of 1980s various international …
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The female role in the decline in fertility in Australia, 1861-1901
During the second half of the nineteenth century fertility in Australia declined from a high level which was never regained. A similar decline was evident in many Western countries during the same period. This study of the role of Australian women in initiating the decline examines the effects of …
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The female role in the decline in fertility in Australia, 1861-1901
During the second half of the nineteenth century fertility in Australia declined from a high level which was never regained. A similar decline was evident in many Western countries during the same period. This study of the role of Australian women in initiating the decline examines the effects of …
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Swan-plant interactions in a chalk river catchment.
… grazing conflict in chalk rivers: population control and habitat alterations. Population control measures, such as clutch manipulations, fertility control, culling or translocations, were predicted to be unsuccessful except at impractically high levels of management effort, due to the effects …