Issue 1/2015
Content (122 Articles)
Mobile Technology for Improved Family Planning (MOTIF): the development of a mobile phone-based (mHealth) intervention to support post-abortion family planning (PAFP) in Cambodia
Chris Smith, Uk Vannak, Ly Sokhey, Thoai D. Ngo, Judy Gold, Caroline Free
Balancing workload, motivation and job satisfaction in Rwanda: assessing the effect of adding family planning service provision to community health worker duties
Dawn Chin-Quee, Cathy Mugeni, Denis Nkunda, Marie Rose Uwizeye, Laurie L. Stockton, Jennifer Wesson
Reorienting adolescent sexual and reproductive health research: reflections from an international conference
Kristien Michielsen, Sara De Meyer, Olena Ivanova, Ragnar Anderson, Peter Decat, Céline Herbiet, Caroline W. Kabiru, Evert Ketting, James Lees, Caroline Moreau, Deborah L. Tolman, Ine Vanwesenbeeck, Bernardo Vega, Elizabeth Verhetsel, Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli
Tocolysis for inhibiting preterm birth in extremely preterm birth, multiple gestations and in growth-restricted fetuses: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Celine Miyazaki, Ralfh Moreno Garcia, Erika Ota, Toshiyuki Swa, Olufemi T. Oladapo, Rintaro Mori
Unmet reproductive health needs among women in some West African countries: a systematic review of outcome measures and determinants
Martin Amogre Ayanore, Milena Pavlova, Wim Groot
Factors leading to cesarean section delivery at Felegehiwot referral hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: a retrospective record review
Fantu Eyowas Abebe, Abebaw Worku Gebeyehu, Ashebir Negasi Kidane, Gizached Aynalem Eyassu
Salient beliefs towards vaginal delivery in pregnant women: A qualitative study from Iran
Parvin Rahnama, Khadigheh Mohammadi, Ali Montazeri
Dual contraceptive method use and pregnancy intention among people living with HIV receiving HIV care at six hospitals in Thailand
Warangkana Munsakul, Rangsima Lolekha, Boonchai Kowadisaiburana, Anuvat Roongpisuthipong, Supannee Jirajariyavej, Suvanna Asavapiriyanont, Ubonsri Hancharoenkit, Benjamas Baipluthong, Sarika Pattanasin, Michael Martin
BMC reproductive health: family planning global conference series
Michael T Mbizvo, Anne Burke
Do efforts to standardize, assess and improve the quality of health service provision to adolescents by government-run health services in low and middle income countries, lead to improvements in service-quality and service-utilization by adolescents?
Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli, Subidita Chatterjee, Krishna Bose
Client perspective assessment of women’s satisfaction towards labour and delivery care service in public health facilities at Arba Minch town and the surrounding district, Gamo Gofa zone, south Ethiopia
Zeritu Dewana, Teshale Fikadu, Abebe G/ Mariam, Misra Abdulahi
Women's fertility desires and contraceptive behavior in three peri-urban communities in sub Saharan Africa
Funmilola OlaOlorun, Assefa Seme, Easmon Otupiri, Peter Ogunjuyigbe, Amy Tsui
The neonatal mortality and its determinants in rural communities of Eastern Uganda
Rornald M. Kananura, Moses Tetui, Aloysius Mutebi, John N. Bua, Peter Waiswa, Suzanne N. Kiwanuka, Elizabeth Ekirapa-Kiracho, Fredrick Makumbi
CHARM, a gender equity and family planning intervention for men and couples in rural India: protocol for the cluster randomized controlled trial evaluation
Jennifer Yore, Anindita Dasgupta, Mohan Ghule, Madhusadana Battala, Saritha Nair, Jay Silverman, Niranjan Saggurti, Donta Balaiah, Anita Raj
Diagnostic methods to determine microbiology of postpartum endometritis in South Asia: laboratory methods protocol used in the Postpartum Sepsis Study: a prospective cohort study
Sadia Shakoor, Megan E. Reller, Amnesty LeFevre, Aneeta Hotwani, Shahida M. Qureshi, Farheen Yousuf, Mohammad Shahidul Islam, Nicholas Connor, Iftekhar Rafiqullah, Fatima Mir, Shabina Arif, Sajid Soofi, Linda A. Bartlett, Samir Saha
The development and evaluation of a community-based clinical diagnosis tool and treatment regimen for postpartum sepsis in Bangladesh and Pakistan
L. A. Bartlett, A. E. LeFevre, F. Mir, S. Soofi, S. Arif, D. K. Mitra, M. A. Quaiyum, S. Shakoor, M. S. Islam, N. E. Connor, P. J. Winch, M. E. Reller, R. Shah, S. El Arifeen, A. H. Baqui, Z. A. Bhutta, A. Zaidi, S. Saha, S. A. Ahmed
Adverse obstetric symptoms and rural–urban difference in cesarean delivery in Rupandehi district, Western Nepal: a cohort study
Vishnu Khanal, Rajendra Karkee, Andy H. Lee, Colin W Binns
Prevalence of smoking before and during pregnancy and changes in this habit during pregnancy in Northwest Russia: a Murmansk county birth registry study
Olga A. Kharkova, Alexandra Krettek, Andrej M. Grjibovski, Evert Nieboer, Jon Øyvind Odland
Young people’s parental discussion about sexual and reproductive health issues and its associated factors in Awabel woreda, Northwest Ethiopia
Atitegeb Ayehu, Teketo Kassaw, Getachew Hailu
PREventing Maternal And Neonatal Deaths (PREMAND): a study protocol for examining social and cultural factors contributing to infant and maternal deaths and near-misses in rural northern Ghana
Cheryl A. Moyer, Raymond A. Aborigo, Elizabeth B. Kaselitz, Mira L. Gupta, Abraham Oduro, John Williams
Graphical displays for effective reporting of evidence quality tables in research syntheses
Luciano Mignini, Rita Champaneria, Ekaterina Mishanina, Khalid S. Khan
Erratum to: ‘Tocolysis for inhibiting preterm birth in extremely preterm birth, multiple gestations and in growth-restricted fetuses: a systematic review and meta-analysis’
Celine Miyazaki, Ralf Moreno Garcia, Erika Ota, Toshiyuki Swa, Olufemi T. Oladapo, Rintaro Mori
Abortion experiences among Zanzibari women: a chain-referral sampling study
Alison Norris, Bryna J. Harrington, Daniel Grossman, Maryam Hemed, Michelle J. Hindin
Traditional birth attendants (TBAs) as potential agents in promoting male involvement in maternity preparedness: insights from a rural community in Uganda
Emmanueil Benon Turinawe, Jude T. Rwemisisi, Laban K. Musinguzi, Marije de Groot, Denis Muhangi, Daniel H. de Vries, David K. Mafigiri, Achilles Katamba, Nadine Parker, Robert Pool
Engaging with community-based public and private mid-level providers for promoting the use of modern contraceptive methods in rural Pakistan: results from two innovative birth spacing interventions
Syed Khurram Azmat, Waqas Hameed, Hasan Bin Hamza, Ghulam Mustafa, Muhammad Ishaque, Ghazunfer Abbas, Omar Farooq Khan, Jamshaid Asghar, Erik Munroe, Safdar Ali, Wajahat Hussain, Sajid Ali, Aftab Ahmed, Moazzam Ali, Marleen Temmerman
Reducing the global burden of Preterm Birth through knowledge transfer and exchange: a research agenda for engaging effectively with policymakers
Gavin Yamey, Hacsi Horváth, Laura Schmidt, Janet Myers, Claire D. Brindis
Prevalence of depressive symptoms in pregnant and postnatal HIV-positive women in Ukraine: a cross-sectional survey
Heather Bailey, Ruslan Malyuta, Igor Semenenko, Claire L Townsend, Mario Cortina-Borja, Claire Thorne
Exploring the relationship between socioeconomic factors, method of contraception and unintended pregnancy
Amy Metcalfe, Rachel Talavlikar, Beatrice du Prey, Suzanne C. Tough
Thanks to all those who reviewed for Reproductive Health in 2015
José M. Belizán, Sunni Mumford, João Paulo Souza
Is protease inhibitors based antiretroviral therapy during pregnancy associated with an increased risk of preterm birth? Systematic review and a meta-analysis
Yonatan Moges Mesfin, Kelemu Tilahun Kibret, Amsalu Taye
Investigating paternal preconception risk factors for adverse pregnancy outcomes in a population of internet users
Eleonora Agricola, Francesco Gesualdo, Emanuela Carloni, Angelo D’Ambrosio, Luisa Russo, Ilaria Campagna, Elisabetta Pandolfi, Alberto E. Tozzi
Incidence and risk factors for postpartum hemorrhage in Uganda
Sam Ononge, Florence Mirembe, Julius Wandabwa, Oona M. R. Campbell
Who’s that girl? A qualitative analysis of adolescent girls’ views on factors associated with teenage pregnancies in Bolgatanga, Ghana
J. K. Krugu, F. E. F. Mevissen, A. Prinsen, R. A. C. Ruiter
Self-assessment of eligibility for early medical abortion using m-Health to calculate gestational age in Cape Town, South Africa: a feasibility pilot study
Mariette Momberg, Jane Harries, Deborah Constant
Challenges encountered in providing integrated HIV, antenatal and postnatal care services: a case study of Katakwi and Mubende districts in Uganda
Sharon Eva Ahumuza, Joseph Rujumba, Abdallah Nkoyooyo, Raymond Byaruhanga, Rhoda K. Wanyenze
Effects of the copper intrauterine device versus injectable progestin contraception on pregnancy rates and method discontinuation among women attending termination of pregnancy services in South Africa: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial
G. Justus Hofmeyr, Mandisa Singata-Madliki, Theresa A. Lawrie, Eduardo Bergel, Marleen Temmerman
We need to stop female genital mutilation!
José M. Belizán, Suellen Miller, Natasha Salaria
The ongoing violence against women: Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
Jacinta K. Muteshi, Suellen Miller, José M. Belizán
Taking stock: protocol for evaluating a family planning supply chain intervention in Senegal
Francesca L. Cavallaro, Diane Duclos, Rebecca F. Baggaley, Loveday Penn-Kekana, Catherine Goodman, Alice Vahanian, Andreia C. Santos, John Bradley, Lucy Paintain, Jérémie Gallien, Antonio Gasparrini, Leah Hasselback, Caroline A. Lynch
Preventive induction of labor for non-urgent indications at term and maternal and neonatal outcomes
Lin Zhang, Hao Zhang, Jun Zhang, Jin Wen Zhang, Jiang Feng Ye, D. Ware Branch
Maternal death and obstetric care audits in Nigeria: a systematic review of barriers and enabling factors in the provision of emergency care
Julia Hussein, Atsumi Hirose, Oluwatoyin Owolabi, Mari Imamura, Lovney Kanguru, Friday Okonofua
Knowledge on legislation of abortion and experience of abortion among female youth in Nepal: A cross sectional study
Ramesh Adhikari
A new wave in the quiet revolution in contraceptive use in Nepal: the rise of emergency contraception
Shyam Thapa
Teenage pregnancy rates and associations with other health risk behaviours: a three-wave cross-sectional study among South African school-going adolescents
Kim Jonas, Rik Crutzen, Bart van den Borne, Ronel Sewpaul, Priscilla Reddy
Pregnancy wantedness, frequency and timing of antenatal care visit among women of childbearing age in Kenya
Rhoune Ochako, Wanjiru Gichuhi
Motherhood in childhood: addressing reproductive health hazards among adolescent married women in India
Shraboni Patra
Empowerment, intimate partner violence and skilled birth attendance among women in rural Uganda
Betty Kwagala, Olivia Nankinga, Stephen Ojiambo Wandera, Patricia Ndugga, Allen Kabagenyi
Improving access to safe abortion in a rural primary care setting in India: experience of a service delivery intervention
Kirti Iyengar, Sharad D. Iyengar
mHealth information for migrants: an e-health intervention for internal migrants in Vietnam
Lan Thi Hoang Vu, Ngan Thi Kim Nguyen, Hanh Thi Duc Tran, Nazeem Muhajarine
Trends in ectopic pregnancy, hydatidiform mole and miscarriage in the largest obstetrics and gynaecology hospital in China from 2003 to 2013
Xue-Lian Li, Dan-Feng Du, Shang-Jie Chen, Sai-Hua Zheng, Arier C Lee, Qi Chen
Feminine hygiene practices among female patients and nurses in Lebanon
Elie Attieh, Samer Maalouf, Dina Roumieh, Pamela Abdayem, Georges AbiTayeh, Assaad Kesrouani
Effect of CYP1A1 gene polymorphism and psychological distress on seminal analysis parameters
Aditi Singh, Bidhan Chandra Koner, Prakash Chandra Ray, Sudha Prasad, Elvia Jamatia, Mirza Masroor, Vijay Kumar Singh
Reducing neonatal mortality associated with preterm birth: gaps in knowledge of the impact of antenatal corticosteroids on preterm birth outcomes in low-middle income countries
Elizabeth M. McClure, Robert L. Goldenberg, Alan H. Jobe, Menachem Miodovnik, Marion Koso-Thomas, Pierre Buekens, Jose Belizan, Fernando Althabe
The Antenatal Corticosteroids Trial (ACT)’s explanations for neonatal mortality - a secondary analysis
Fernando Althabe, Vanessa Thorsten, Karen Klein, Elizabeth M. McClure, Patricia L. Hibberd, Robert L. Goldenberg, Waldemar A. Carlo, Ana Garces, Archana Patel, Omrana Pasha, Elwyn Chomba, Nancy F. Krebs, Shivaprasad Goudar, Richard J. Derman, Fabian Esamai, Edward A. Liechty, Nellie I. Hansen, Sreelatha Meleth, Dennis D. Wallace, Marion Koso-Thomas, Alan H. Jobe, Pierre M. Buekens, José M. Belizán
A multi-faceted intervention including antenatal corticosteroids to reduce neonatal mortality associated with preterm birth: a case study from the Guatemalan Western Highlands
Ana Garces, Elizabeth M. McClure, Lester Figueroa, Sayury Pineda, K. Michael Hambidge, Nancy F. Krebs, Vanessa R. Thorsten, Dennis D. Wallace, Fernando Althabe, Robert L. Goldenberg
The Antenatal Corticosteroids Trial (ACT): a secondary analysis to explore site differences in a multi-country trial
Karen Klein, Elizabeth M. McClure, Daniela Colaci, Vanessa Thorsten, Patricia L. Hibberd, Fabian Esamai, Ana Garces, Archana Patel, Sarah Saleem, Omrana Pasha, Elwyn Chomba, Waldemar A. Carlo, Nancy F. Krebs, Shivaprasad Goudar, Richard J. Derman, Edward A Liechty, Marion Koso-Thomas, Pierre M. Buekens, José M. Belizán, Robert L. Goldenberg, Fernando Althabe
Trends in the incidence of possible severe bacterial infection and case fatality rates in rural communities in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and Latin America, 2010–2013: a multicenter prospective cohort study
Patricia L. Hibberd, Nellie I. Hansen, Marie E. Wang, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Omrana Pasha, Fabian Esamai, Elwyn Chomba, Ana Garces, Fernando Althabe, Richard J. Derman, Robert L. Goldenberg, Edward A. Liechty, Waldemar A. Carlo, K. Michael Hambidge, Nancy F. Krebs, Pierre Buekens, Elizabeth M. McClure, Marion Koso-Thomas, Archana B. Patel
Use of antenatal corticosteroids at health facilities and communities in low-and-middle income countries
Mabel Berrueta, Jennifer Hemingway-Foday, Vanessa R. Thorsten, Robert L. Goldenberg, Waldemar A. Carlo, Ana Garces, Archana Patel, Sarah Saleem, Omrana Pasha, Elwyn Chomba, Patricia L. Hibberd, Nancy F. Krebs, Shivaprasad Goudar, Richard J. Derman, Fabian Esamai, Edward A Liechty, Janet L. Moore, Elizabeth M. McClure, Marion Koso-Thomas, Pierre M. Buekens, José M. Belizán, Fernando Althabe
Modern contraceptive use among migrant and non-migrant women in Kenya
Rhoune Ochako, Ian Askew, Jerry Okal, John Oucho, Marleen Temmerman
The global network antenatal corticosteroids trial: impact on stillbirth
Robert L. Goldenberg, Vanessa R. Thorsten, Fernando Althabe, Sarah Saleem, Ana Garces, Waldemar A. Carlo, Omrana Pasha, Elwyn Chomba, Shivaprasad Goudar, Fabian Esamai, Nancy F. Krebs, Richard J. Derman, Edward A. Liechty, Archana Patel, Patricia L. Hibberd, Pierre M. Buekens, Marion Koso-Thomas, Menachem Miodovnik, Alan H. Jobe, Dennis D. Wallace, José M. Belizán, Elizabeth M. McClure
Maternal morbidity measurement tool pilot: study protocol
Lale Say, Maria Barreix, Doris Chou, Özge Tunçalp, Sara Cottler, Affette McCaw-Binns, Gathari Ndirangu Gichuhi, Frank Taulo, Michelle Hindin
Clinicians’ knowledge and practices regarding family planning and intrauterine devices in China, Kazakhstan, Laos and Mexico
Steven J. Hoffman, G. Emmanuel Guindon, John N. Lavis, Harkanwal Randhawa, Francisco Becerra-Posada, Boungnong Boupha, Guang Shi, Botagoz S. Turdaliyeva, John N. Lavis, G. Emmanuel Guindon, David Cameron, Steven J. Hoffman, Guang Shi, Tinglin Qiu, Eric J. A. Osei, Kudjoe Dovlo, C. A. K. Yesudian, P. Ramachandran, Hossein Malek-Afzali, M. Dejman, K. Falahat, M. Baradaran, E. Habibi, H. Kohanzad, M. Nasehi, S. Salek, A. A. Akanov, B. S. Turdaliyeva, N. K. Hamzina, K. A. Tulebaev, T. I. Clazhneva, G. Battakova, Boungnong Boupha, Sengchanh Kounnavong, Latsamy Siengsounthone, Francisco Becerra-Posada, Leticia Alfaro Ramos, Israel Mejia, Tasleem Akhtar, M. Mubashir A. Khan, Mintou Fall Sidibe, Awa Sidibe, Djiby Ndiaye, Godwin D. Ndossi, Julius Massaga, Ritu Sadana, Tikki Pang
Reproductive Health is pleased to announce a mandatory open data policy in the journal
Natasha Salaria, Amye Kenall, José M. Belizán
Improving the paradigm of approaches to adolescent sexual and reproductive health
Kate F. Plourde, Suzanne Fischer, Joy Cunningham, Kristin Brady, Donna R. McCarraher
Psychological burden, sexual satisfaction and erectile function in men whose partners experience recurrent pregnancy loss in China: a cross-sectional study
Yi-xiang Zhang, Xue-qi Zhang, Qing-rong Wang, Ye-qing Yuan, Jiang-gen Yang, Xiao-wei Zhang, Qing Li
Unintended pregnancy and its correlates among currently pregnant women in the Kwango District, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Sarita Dhakal, Jin Sung Song, Dong Eun Shin, Tae Ho Lee, Ae Young So, Eun Woo Nam
Relationship of family formation characteristics with unsafe abortion: is it confounded by women’s socio-economic status? - A case–control study from Sri Lanka
Carukshi Arambepola, Lalini C. Rajapaksa, Deepika Attygalle, Loshan Moonasinghe
Global, regional and national levels and trends of preterm birth rates for 1990 to 2014: protocol for development of World Health Organization estimates
Joshua P. Vogel, Saifon Chawanpaiboon, Kanokwaroon Watananirun, Pisake Lumbiganon, Max Petzold, Ann-Beth Moller, Jadsada Thinkhamrop, Malinee Laopaiboon, Armando H. Seuc, Daniel Hogan, Ozge Tunçalp, Emma Allanson, Ana Pilar Betrán, Mercedes Bonet, Olufemi T. Oladapo, A. Metin Gülmezoglu
Inequalities in the coverage of place of delivery and skilled birth attendance: analyses of cross-sectional surveys in 80 low and middle-income countries
Gary Joseph, Inácio Crochemore Mohnsam da Silva, Fernando C. Wehrmeister, Aluísio J. D. Barros, Cesar G. Victora
Practice and Intention to use long acting and permanent contraceptive methods among married women in Ethiopia: Systematic meta-analysis
Yonatan Moges Mesfin, Kelemu Tilahun Kibret
Mitigating disrespect and abuse during childbirth in Tanzania: an exploratory study of the effects of two facility-based interventions in a large public hospital
Hannah L. Ratcliffe, David Sando, Goodluck Willey Lyatuu, Faida Emil, Mary Mwanyika-Sando, Guerino Chalamilla, Ana Langer, Kathleen P. McDonald
Applying a participatory approach to the promotion of a culture of respect during childbirth
Hannah L. Ratcliffe, David Sando, Mary Mwanyika-Sando, Guerino Chalamilla, Ana Langer, Kathleen P. McDonald
Male involvement in reproductive, maternal and child health: a qualitative study of policymaker and practitioner perspectives in the Pacific
Jessica Davis, Joseph Vyankandondera, Stanley Luchters, David Simon, Wendy Holmes
Zika virus infection in pregnant women in Honduras: study protocol
Pierre Buekens, Jackeline Alger, Fernando Althabe, Eduardo Bergel, Amanda M. Berrueta, Carolina Bustillo, Maria-Luisa Cafferata, Emily Harville, Karla Rosales, Dawn M. Wesson, Concepcion Zuniga, Pierre Buekens, Jackeline Alger, Fernando Althabe, Eduardo Bergel, Amanda M. Berrueta, Carolina Bustillo, Maria Luisa Cafferata, Emily Harville, Jorge Largaespada, Ivette Lorenzana de Rivera, Carlos Matta, Karla Pastrana, Karla Rosales, Dawn Wesson, Concepción Zúniga
Inter-pregnancy interval and risk of recurrent pre-eclampsia: systematic review and meta-analysis
Gabriela Cormick, Ana Pilar Betrán, Agustín Ciapponi, David R. Hall, G. Justus Hofmeyr
Quality of antenatal care and household wealth as determinants of institutional delivery in Pakistan: Results of a cross-sectional household survey
Sohail Agha, Emma Williams
Erratum to: Improving access to safe abortion in a rural primary care setting in India: experience of a service delivery intervention
Kirti Iyengar, Sharad D. Iyengar
‘How shall we survive’: a qualitative study of women’s experiences following denial of menstrual regulation (MR) services in Bangladesh
Altaf Hossain, Heidi Moseson, Sarah Raifman, Caitlin Gerdts, Kamal Kanti Biswas, Diana Greene Foster
Healthcare access and quality of birth care: narratives of women living with obstetric fistula in rural Tanzania
Lilian T. Mselle, Thecla W. Kohi
Participatory approaches involving community and healthcare providers in family planning/contraceptive information and service provision: a scoping review
Petrus S. Steyn, Joanna Paula Cordero, Peter Gichangi, Jennifer A. Smit, Theresa Nkole, James Kiarie, Marleen Temmerman
Validation of a symphysis-fundal height chart developed for pregnancy complicated by diabetes and hyperglycemia: an observational study
Neusa Aparecida de Sousa Basso, Glilciane Morceli, Roberto Costa, Adriano Dias, Marilza Vieira Cunha Rudge, Iracema Mattos Paranhos Calderon
Tobacco smoking is associated with decreased semen quality
H. Asare-Anane, S. B. Bannison, Emmanuel K. Ofori, R. O. Ateko, A. T. Bawah, S. D. Amanquah, S. Y. Oppong, B. B. N. Gandau, J. B. Ziem
Switching the poles in sexual and reproductive health research: implementing a research capacity-strengthening network in West and North Africa
Jean-Paul Dossou, Bouchra Assarag, Alexandre Delamou, Karen Van der Veken, Loubna Belaid, Moctar Ouédraogo, Sonia Khalfallah, Hayet Aouras, Mohamed Diadhiou, Raïmi Fassassi, Thérèse Delvaux
Clinical and perceived quality of care for maternal, neonatal and antenatal care in Kenya and Namibia: the service provision assessment
Nadia Diamond-Smith, May Sudhinaraset, Dominic Montagu
Rate of gestational weight gain and preterm birth in relation to prepregnancy body mass indices and trimester: a follow-up study in China
Aiqun Huang, Zhenpeng Ji, Wei Zhao, Huanqing Hu, Qi Yang, Dafang Chen
Family planning knowledge, attitudes and practices in refugee and migrant pregnant and post-partum women on the Thailand-Myanmar border – a mixed methods study
Patricia Salisbury, Layla Hall, Sibylla Kulkus, Moo Kho Paw, Nay Win Tun, Aung Myat Min, Kesinee Chotivanich, Somjet Srikanok, Pranee Ontuwong, Supachai Sirinonthachai, François Nosten, Shawn Somerset, Rose McGready
Evaluation of a maternal health care project in South West Shoa Zone, Ethiopia: before-and-after comparison
Calistus Wilunda, Shiro Tanaka, Giovanni Putoto, Ademe Tsegaye, Koji Kawakami
Retrospective analysis of the impact of increasing access to long acting reversible contraceptives in a commercially insured population
Amy Law, Dominic Pilon, Richard Lynen, François Laliberté, Laurence Gozalo, Patrick Lefebvre, Mei Sheng Duh
Attitudes towards human papillomavirus vaccination among African parents in a city in the north of England: a qualitative study
Edith T. Mupandawana, Ruth Cross
Mapping adolescent first births within three east African countries using data from Demographic and Health Surveys: exploring geospatial methods to inform policy
Sarah Neal, Corrine Ruktanonchai, Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli, Zoë Matthews, Andrew J. Tatem
Out of pocket expenditure to deliver at public health facilities in India: a cross sectional analysis
Anns Issac, Susmita Chatterjee, Aradhana Srivastava, Sanghita Bhattacharyya
Maternal and fetal outcomes in pregnancies complicated by overweight and obesity
Joice Monaliza Vernini, Jusciele Brogin Moreli, Claudia Garcia Magalhães, Roberto Antônio Araújo Costa, Marilza Vieira Cunha Rudge, Iracema Mattos Paranhos Calderon
Gestational weight gain and its associated factors in Harari Regional State: Institution based cross-sectional study, Eastern Ethiopia
Fekede Asefa, Dereje Nemomsa
Paradoxical attitudes toward premarital dating and sexual encounters in Tehran, Iran: a cross-sectional study
Mahnaz Motamedi, Effat Merghati-Khoei, Mohammad Shahbazi, Shahrzad Rahimi-Naghani, Mehrdad Salehi, Mehrdad Karimi, Ahmad Hajebi, Farideh Khalajabadi-Farahani
Incidence of intrapartum stillbirth and associated risk factors in tertiary care setting of Nepal: a case-control study
Ashish KC, Johan Wrammert, Uwe Ewald, Robert B. Clark, Jageshwor Gautam, Gehanath Baral, Kedar P. Baral, Mats Målqvist
Increased time-to-pregnancy is associated with domestic work in South Africa
Braimoh Bello, Dick Heederik, Danuta Kielkowski, Kerry Wilson
Maternal morbidity associated with violence and maltreatment from husbands and in-laws: findings from Indian slum communities
Jay G. Silverman, Donta Balaiah, Julie Ritter, Anindita Dasgupta, Sabrina C. Boyce, Michele R. Decker, D. D. Naik, Saritha Nair, Niranjan Saggurti, Anita Raj
Use of a portable system with ultrasound and blood tests to improve prenatal controls in rural Guatemala
Patricia Hanna Crispín Milart, César Augusto Diaz Molina, Ignacio Prieto-Egido, Andrés Martínez-Fernández
Knowledge and awareness of genital involvement and reproductive health consequences of urogenital schistosomiasis in endemic communities in Ghana: a cross-sectional study
Dzidzo R. Yirenya-Tawiah, Mercy M. Ackumey, Kwabena M. Bosompem
Age at menarche in Korean adolescents: trends and influencing factors
Mee-Hwa Lee, Shin Hye Kim, Minkyung Oh, Kuk-Wha Lee, Mi-Jung Park
Trends in the use of oral contraceptives among adolescents and young women in Spain
Pilar Carrasco-Garrido, Ana López de Andrés, Valentín Hernández-Barrera, Isabel Jiménez-Trujillo, Mercedes Esteban-Peña, Napoleón Pérez-Farinós, Rodrigo Jiménez-García
Feasibility of community level interventions for pre-eclampsia: perspectives, knowledge and task-sharing from Nigeria, Mozambique, Pakistan and India
Mary V. Kinney, Jeffrey Michael Smith, Tanya Doherty, Jorge Hermida, Karen Daniels, José M. Belizán
Supportive supervision for volunteers to deliver reproductive health education: a cluster randomized trial
Debra Singh, Joel Negin, Christopher Garimoi Orach, Robert Cumming
Perinatal mortality associated with use of uterotonics outside of Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care: a cross-sectional study
Louise T. Day, Daniel Hruschka, Felicity Mussell, Eva Jeffers, Stacy L. Saha, Shafiul Alam
Bibliometric analysis of literature on female genital mutilation: (1930 – 2015)
Waleed M. Sweileh
Episiotomy and obstetric outcomes among women living with type 3 female genital mutilation: a secondary analysis
Maria I. Rodriguez, Armando Seuc, Lale Say, Michelle J. Hindin
Two prophylactic medication approaches in addition to a pain control regimen for early medical abortion < 63 days’ gestation with mifepristone and misoprostol: study protocol for a randomized, controlled trial
Monica V. Dragoman, Daniel Grossman, Nathalie Kapp, Nguyen My Huong, Ndema Habib, Duong Lan Dung, Anand Tamang
Born in Brazil: shining a light for change
Maria Regina Torloni, Ana Pilar Betrán, José M. Belizán
Maternal near miss and predictive ability of potentially life-threatening conditions at selected maternity hospitals in Latin America
Bremen De Mucio, Edgardo Abalos, Cristina Cuesta, Guillermo Carroli, Suzanne Serruya, Daniel Giordano, Gerardo Martinez, Claudio G. Sosa, João Paulo Souza, Luis Mainero, Ricardo Fescina, Rafael Aquino, Edgard Iván Ortiz, María Florencia Valacco, Yanina Buono, Daniel Nowacki, Amparo Ramírez, Javier Fonseca, Laura Margarita Bello Alvarez, Cesar Enrique Amores Espin, William E. Arriaga, Rigoberto Castro, Wendy Cárcamo, Liliana Valdez Gil, Miriam Ovando Aldana, Roberto Montenegro, Rodrigo B. Velarde, Rubén Ruttia, Fátima Ocampos, Segundo Acho Mego, Paulino Díaz Ozoria, Gerardo Vitureira, Mario Pérez
Factors associated with the failure of obstetric fistula repair in Guinea: implications for practice
Alexandre Delamou, Therese Delvaux, Abdoul Habib Beavogui, Abdoulaye Toure, Delphin Kolié, Sidikiba Sidibé, Mandian Camara, Kindy Diallo, Thierno Hamidou Barry, Moustapha Diallo, Alain Leveque, Wei-Hong Zhang, Vincent De Brouwere
Experiences and perceptions of Ghanaian midwives on labour pain and religious beliefs and practices influencing their care of women in labour
Lydia Aziato, Hannah Antwi Ohemeng, Cephas N. Omenyo
Measuring adolescent friendly health services in India: A scoping review of evaluations
Andrea J. Hoopes, Paras Agarwal, Sheana Bull, Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli
Implementation and acceptability of strategies instituted for engaging men in family planning services in Kibaha district, Tanzania
Judith Msovela, Anna Tengia–Kessy
Implementing the United Kingdom’s ten-year teenage pregnancy strategy for England (1999-2010): How was this done and what did it achieve?
Alison Hadley, Roger Ingham, Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli
A community-based study on prevalence and correlates of erectile dysfunction among Kinondoni District Residents, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
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