Psycho-educational program for high school females by Perla Caridad López Hernández, Laura López Angulo, Eneida Bravo Polanco, Carmen Benítez Cabrera, Lisbet Cepero Águila, Rafael Luis Pino Pich

“…Variables analyzed: adolescents knowledge on sex-related risks, sexually transmitted infections and contraceptives. They were all analyzed before and after applying the psycho-educational program. …”
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The 2016-2063 Sexual and Reproductive Health and Reproductive Rights Neo-Colonizing Plan for Africa by Marguerite Peeters

“…In the name of improving security, sustainable development or freedom, some legal solutions are proposed, aimed at supporting abortion, using contraceptives, in vitro fertilization, sterilization or sexual education. …”
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Experimenter Effects on Pain Reporting in Women Vary across the Menstrual Cycle by Jacob M. Vigil, Jared DiDomenico, Chance Strenth, Patrick Coulombe, Eric Kruger, Andrea A. Mueller, Diego Guevara Beltran, Ian Adams

“…Based on the menstrual calendars 94 naturally cycling women and 38 women using hormonal contraceptives (Mage=19.83,  SD=3.09) were assigned to low and high fertility groups. …”
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Health status of perimenopausal and postmenopausal women at Mangalore, Karnataka, India by C V Divya, Vasantkumar V Bhanushali, E Vinu, K S Premlal

“…The data include sociodemographic profile, marital history, obstetric history, history of contraceptive use, history of chronic diseases, habits, physical activity, menstrual history, and menopausal symptoms. …”
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Family Aggregation and Risk Factors for Breast Cancer in Affected Individuals by Julio Armando Sánchez Delgado, Nailé Edita Sánchez Lara

“…The risk factors for smoking (OR = 4.1), ingestion of the contraceptive pill (OR = 3.1), and alcohol (OR = 2.8) had the highest association with the disease. …”
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Identifying the causes and consequences of pregnancy in Iranian Kurdish women under the age of 18: A grounded theory study by Javad Yoosefi lebni, Ahmad Ahmadi, Seyed Fahim Irandoost, Mandana Saki, Hossein Safari, Nafiul Mehedi

“…Results: After the data analysis and coding process, the conceptual model of causes and consequences of pregnancy in adolescents emerged, including 1) predisposing conditions (sociocultural factors: Social learning, misconceptions about fertility and childbirth, preventing stigma), 2) causal conditions (individual factors: lack of knowledge on how to prevent pregnancy, improper use of contraceptives, inadequate knowledge about the risks of pregnancy in adolescence, fear of the side effects of using contraceptives, filling the vacuum of loneliness, family factors: husband's and his family's pressure, committing her husband to life, consolidating her position in family), 3) intervening conditions (structural factors: no barriers to pregnancy, difficult access to contraceptives), 4) strategies and interactions (positive reactions: trying to prepare herself for raising a child, taking better care of herself and her child, negative reactions: trying to kill herself and the kid, fear and concealment), and 5) consequences (destructive consequences: threats to the health of the child, threat to mother's health, inadequate access to health services, constructive consequences: increase of support, strengthen the sense of empowerment). …”
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Overweight and Its Associated Factors among Women of Reproductive Age in Dire Dawa, Eastern Ethiopia, 2021: Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study by Ismael Omer, Tariku Derese, Yitagesu Sintayehu

“…Discretionary calories per week, family monthly income, and contraceptive use were significantly associated with overweight. …”
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Characterization of sexual and reproductive behaviour in female high school students by Perla Caridad López Hernández, Eneida Bravo Polanco, Carmen Benítez Cabrera, Lisbet Cepero Äguila

“…Variables that were analyzed: whether they kept relationships involving sex at the time of the study, age at onset of the relationships and primary motivations for its initiation, contraceptives use and most commonly used contraceptives and reproductive and obstetric history (abortions, menstrual regulation and delivery .) …”
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Socioeconomic inequalities in high-risk fertility behaviors over time in Ethiopia. by Melash Belachew Asresie, Michael Ekholuenetale, Kedir Y Ahmed, Sabuj Kanti Mistry, Navira Chandio, Kingsley Agho, Gedefaw Abeje Fekadu, Amit Arora

“…Future interventions to address the effect of socioeconomic disadvantage on HRFB should prioritize women with low or no formal education, those who give birth at home, and those who do not use contraceptives.…”
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Spatial distribution and determinants of children ever born among reproductive age women in Ethiopia: spatial and multilevel analysis of 2019 mini Ethiopian demographic health surv... by Ahmed Fentaw Ahmed, Bezawit Adane, Tilahun Degu Tsega, Mekides Nigusu, Kalaab Esubalew Sharew, Abebaw Molla, Mulugeta Tesfa

“…The government is advised to prioritize interventions that promote women's education, delay first births, and provide access to a range of contraceptive options, ensuring informed, voluntary choices. …”
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Family planning in Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs): A scoping review. by Relmah Baritama Harrington, Nichole Harvey, Sarah Larkins, Michelle Redman-MacLaren

“…The use of contraceptives for family planning improves women's lives and may prevent maternal deaths. …”
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Anemia among Women Who Visit Bost Hospital for Delivery in Helmand Province, Afghanistan by Zabihullah Anwary, Muhammad Haroon Stanikzai, Wali Mohammad Wyar, Abdul Wahed Wasiq, Khushhal Farooqi

“…On bivariate analysis, age group 30 years and above, rural residency and unemployment/housewives, multiparity, and no previous use of contraceptive were found to be associated with anemia. …”
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Evaluation of Risk Factors of Venous Thromboembolism in Imam Sadiq Teaching Hospital at Babylon City by Intisar Mahdi Kadhim Almurshedi, Amel Mustafa Kamil, Aqeel Abbas Noaman

“…There was no significant association between risk factors for females and VTE (P. value > 0.05) except for used contraceptive pills and a history of a cesarean operation. …”
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Knowledge of the ovulatory cycle and its determinants among adolescent females in Ghana by Grace Frempong Afrifa-Anane

“…Public health interventions on the ovulatory cycle should target adolescent females who have lower levels of education and those who do not use contraceptives.…”
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Sexual and reproductive health awareness and practices among adolescents and adults in a rural farming community in Baja California, Mexico: a quantitative and qualitative cross-se... by Cristina Espinosa da Silva, Margarita Santibanez, Adrienne RS Lee, Lorena S Pacheco, Stephanie Brodine, Miguel A Fraga, Taylor B Desmarais, Noe C Crespo, Javier Martínez Hernandez, Marianne McKennett, Richard S Garfein

“…SRH knowledge was low, as were self-reported efforts to obtain contraceptives or testing for HIV/STIs. Most believed that children should learn about SRH by age 10–15 years, and 94% felt that parents should deliver such education. …”
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Resilience in the time of crisis: A review of the maternal, perinatal and reproductive health effects of COVID-19 in South Africa by S Fawcus, S Gebhardt, R Niit, R Pattinson

“…The use of oral and injectable contraceptives and termination of pregnancy services decreased markedly in 2020 and 2021, with a sustained shift to long‐acting reversible contraceptives. …”
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Abortion and unintended pregnancy in Pakistan: new evidence for 2023 and trends over the past decade by Susheela Singh, Octavia Mulhern, Zeba Sathar, Iqbal H Shah, Muhammad Rehan Niazi, Tahira Parveen, Ali Mohammad Mir

“…Following the 2012 study, concerted efforts were made to improve contraceptive services and to strengthen postabortion care. …”
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A Rare Coexistence in an Infertile Woman: Ligneous Disease in Cervix and Conjunctiva by Murat Özekinci, Mehmet Sakıncı, Cem Yaşar Sanhal, Elif Pestereli, Münire Erman Akar, İnanç Mendilcioğlu

“…She used cyclosporine and oral contraceptives in the following six months but there was no improvement on either ocular or genital lesions. …”
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Barriers and enablers to young people accessing sexual and reproductive health services in Pacific Island Countries and Territories: A scoping review. by Maggie Ikinue Baigry, Robin Ray, Daniel Lindsay, Angela Kelly-Hanku, Michelle Redman-MacLaren

“…Adolescents and youth need accurate information and timely access to contraceptives to prevent adverse consequences associated with unintended pregnancies, abortion, childbirth and untreated sexually transmitted infections. …”
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Non-utilisation of postpartum services in northwestern Nigeria: analyses of trend and social determinants from 2003 to 2018 by Dyah Anantalia Widyastari, Abubakar Abbani Yakubu, Yothin Sawangdee, Pojjana Hunchangsith

“…The odds of not using postpartum services were higher for women with no education (adjusted OR (AOR): 1.27; CI: 1.03 to 1.58), those with no knowledge of contraceptives (AOR: 1.72; CI: 1.35 to 2.19), those who never used contraceptives (AOR: 1.71; CI: 1.39 to 2.09), those with parity of four or more births (AOR: 1.58; CI: 1.34 to 1.86), those in polygynous marriage (AOR: 1.16; CI: 1.03 to 1.30) and those from the poorest (AOR: 2.34; CI: 1.67 to 3.28) and poorer (AOR: 2.05; CI: 1.50 to 2.78) households. …”
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