Issue 1/2017
Content (165 Articles)
Discrimination against childbearing Romani women in maternity care in Europe: a mixed-methods systematic review
Helen L. Watson, Soo Downe
Determinants of fertility desire among married or cohabiting individuals in Rakai, Uganda: a cross-sectional study
Joseph K. B. Matovu, Fredrick Makumbi, Rhoda K. Wanyenze, David Serwadda
Perceptions and experiences of the mistreatment of women during childbirth in health facilities in Guinea: a qualitative study with women and service providers
Mamadou Diouldé Balde, Boubacar Alpha Diallo, Abou Bangoura, Oumar Sall, Anne Marie Soumah, Joshua P. Vogel, Meghan A. Bohren
A qualitative study of women’s and health providers’ attitudes and acceptability of mistreatment during childbirth in health facilities in Guinea
Mamadou Diouldé Balde, Abou Bangoura, Boubacar Alpha Diallo, Oumar Sall, Habibata Balde, Aïssatou Sona Niakate, Joshua P. Vogel, Meghan A. Bohren
Comparative study in infertile couples with and without Chlamydia trachomatis genital infection
Yuanchang Zhu, Biao Yin, Tonghua Wu, Lijun Ye, Chunmei Chen, Yong Zeng, Yaou Zhang
Maternal health care service seeking behaviors and associated factors among women in rural Haramaya District, Eastern Ethiopia: a triangulated community-based cross-sectional study
Dereje Kifle, Telake Azale, Yalemzewod Assefa Gelaw, Yayehirad Alemu Melsew
Utilization of mobile phones for accessing menstrual regulation services among low-income women in Bangladesh: a qualitative analysis
Chelsea Jordan Messinger, Ilias Mahmud, Sushama Kanan, Yamin Tauseef Jahangir, Malabika Sarker, Sabina Faiz Rashid
Feasibility of an altruistic sperm donation program in Canada: results from a population-based model
Daria O’Reilly, James M. Bowen, Kuhan Perampaladas, Riaz Qureshi, Feng Xie, Edward Hughes
Mistreatment of women during childbirth in Abuja, Nigeria: a qualitative study on perceptions and experiences of women and healthcare providers
Meghan A. Bohren, Joshua P. Vogel, Özge Tunçalp, Bukola Fawole, Musibau A. Titiloye, Akinpelu Olanrewaju Olutayo, Modupe Ogunlade, Agnes A. Oyeniran, Olubunmi R. Osunsan, Loveth Metiboba, Hadiza A. Idris, Francis E. Alu, Olufemi T. Oladapo, A. Metin Gülmezoglu, Michelle J. Hindin
Social and traditional practices and their implications for family planning: a participatory ethnographic study in Renk, South Sudan
Khalifa Elmusharaf, Elaine Byrne, Diarmuid O’Donovan
Meet us on the phone: mobile phone programs for adolescent sexual and reproductive health in low-to-middle income countries
Nicole B. Ippoliti, Kelly L’Engle
A mixed methods assessment of barriers to maternal, newborn and child health in Gogrial West, South Sudan
Lynn Lawry, Covadonga Canteli, Tahina Rabenzanahary, Wartini Pramana
Sexual and reproductive health services utilization by female sex workers is context-specific: results from a cross-sectional survey in India, Kenya, Mozambique and South Africa
Yves Lafort, Ross Greener, Anuradha Roy, Letitia Greener, Wilkister Ombidi, Faustino Lessitala, Jolene Skordis-Worrall, Mags Beksinska, Peter Gichangi, Sushena Reza-Paul, Jenni A. Smit, Matthew Chersich, Wim Delva
Are men well served by family planning programs?
Karen Hardee, Melanie Croce-Galis, Jill Gay
Women’s knowledge and associated factors in preconception care in adet, west gojjam, northwest Ethiopia: a community based cross sectional study
Yitayal Ayalew, Amlaku Mulat, Mulugeta Dile, Amare Simegn
Ethnicity, gender and risky sexual behaviour among Nigerian youth: an alternative explanation
Clifford Odimegwu, Oluwaseyi Dolapo Somefun
Human rights in childbirth, narratives and restorative justice: a review
A. U. Lokugamage, S. D. C. Pathberiya
A study protocol for facility assessment and follow-up evaluations of the barriers to access, availability, utilization and readiness of contraception, abortion and postabortion services in Zika affected areas
Moazzam Ali, Rachel Folz, Kelsey Miller, Brooke Ronald Johnson Jr, James Kiarie
Study protocol on establishment of sentinel sites network for contraceptive and abortion trends, needs and utilization of services in Zika virus affected countries
Moazzam Ali, Kelsey Miller, Rachel Folz, Brooke Ronald Johnson Jr, James Kiarie
A call for collaboration on respectful, person-centered health care in family planning and maternal health
Kelsey Holt, Jacquelyn M. Caglia, Emily Peca, James M. Sherry, Ana Langer
Perspectives of urban Ghanaian women on vasectomy
Ofeibea Asare, Easmon Otupiri, Joana Apenkwa, Rose Odotei-Adjei
Management of painful clitoral neuroma after female genital mutilation/cutting
Jasmine Abdulcadir, Jean-Christophe Tille, Patrick Petignat
Reasons for unmet need for family planning, with attention to the measurement of fertility preferences: protocol for a multi-site cohort study
Kazuyo Machiyama, John B. Casterline, Joyce N. Mumah, Fauzia Akhter Huda, Francis Obare, George Odwe, Caroline W. Kabiru, Sharifa Yeasmin, John Cleland
Mothers’ views about sexual health education for their adolescent daughters: a qualitative study
Mohsen Shams, Sa’adat Parhizkar, Ali Mousavizadeh, Masoumeh Majdpour
Moving from legality to reality: how medical abortion methods were introduced with implementation science in Zambia
Tamara Fetters, Ghazaleh Samandari, Patrick Djemo, Bellington Vwallika, Stephen Mupeta
Factors associated with contraceptive use in Tigray, North Ethiopia
Araya Abrha Medhanyie, Alem Desta, Mussie Alemayehu, Tesfay Gebrehiwot, Tesfu Alemu Abraha, Atakelti Abrha, Hagos Godefay
Zika virus infection in pregnancy: a systematic review of disease course and complications
Ezinne C. Chibueze, Veronika Tirado, Katharina da Silva Lopes, Olukunmi O. Balogun, Yo Takemoto, Toshiyuki Swa, Amarjargal Dagvadorj, Chie Nagata, Naho Morisaki, Clara Menendez, Erika Ota, Rintaro Mori, Olufemi T. Oladapo
The health status of adolescents in Ecuador and the country’s response to the need for differentiated healthcare for adolescents
Joar Svanemyr, Susana Guijarro, Betzabe Butron Riveros, Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli
Mapping the knowledge and understanding of menarche, menstrual hygiene and menstrual health among adolescent girls in low- and middle-income countries
Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli, Sheila Vipul Patel
Effect of suppressive acyclovir administered to HSV-2 positive mothers from week 28 to 36 weeks of pregnancy on adverse obstetric outcomes: a double-blind randomised placebo-controlled trial
Sarah Nakubulwa, Dan K. Kaye, Freddie Bwanga, Nazarius Mbona Tumwesigye, Edith Nakku-Joloba, Florence Mirembe
“Is the doctor God to punish me?!” An intersectional examination of disrespectful and abusive care during childbirth against single mothers in Tunisia
Nada Amroussia, Alison Hernandez, Carmen Vives-Cases, Isabel Goicolea
Factors associated with spontaneous abortion: a cross-sectional study of Chinese populations
Danni Zheng, Chunyan Li, Taiwen Wu, Kun Tang
A three-component cognitive behavioural lifestyle program for preconceptional weight-loss in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS): a protocol for a randomized controlled trial
G. Jiskoot, S.H. Benneheij, A. Beerthuizen, J.E. de Niet, C. de Klerk, R. Timman, J.J. Busschbach, J.S.E Laven
Research capacity strengthening for sexual and reproductive health: a case study from Latin America
Rita Kabra, Marco Castillo, Mercedes Melián, Moazzam Ali, Lale Say, A. Metin Gulmezoglu
Uptake of hormonal contraceptives and correlates of uptake in a phase III clinical trial in rural South Western Uganda
Andrew Abaasa, Mitzy Gafos, Zacchaeus Anywaine, Andrew Nunn, Angela Crook, Jonathan Levin, Sheena McCormack, Anatoli Kamali
Integrating postabortion care, menstrual regulation and family planning services in Bangladesh: a pre-post evaluation
Kamal K. Biswas, Erin Pearson, S. M. Shahidullah, Sharmin Sultana, Rezwana Chowdhury, Kathryn L. Andersen
Injured bodies, damaged lives: experiences and narratives of Kenyan women with obstetric fistula and Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
Lillian Mwanri, Glory Joy Gatwiri
Medical termination of pregnancy in general practice in Australia: a descriptive-interpretive qualitative study
Angela J. Dawson, Rachel Nicolls, Deborah Bateson, Anna Doab, Jane Estoesta, Ann Brassil, Elizabeth A. Sullivan
Fertility and HIV following universal access to ART in Rwanda: a cross-sectional analysis of Demographic and Health Survey data
Eric Remera, Kimberly Boer, Stella M. Umuhoza, Bethany L. Hedt-Gauthier, Dana R. Thomson, Patrick Ndimubanzi, Eugenie Kayirangwa, Salomon Mutsinzi, Alice Bayingana, Placidie Mugwaneza, Jean Baptiste T. Koama
Sexual and reproductive health experience, knowledge and problems among university students in Ambo, central Ethiopia
Abenezer Yared, Zekariyas Sahile, Mulugeta Mekuria
Location and content of counselling and acceptance of postpartum IUD in Sri Lanka
Mahesh Karra, David Canning, Sorcha Foster, Iqbal H. Shah, Hemantha Senanayake, U. D. P. Ratnasiri, Ramya Priyanwada Pathiraja
Erratum to: Measuring adolescent friendly health services in India: A scoping review of evaluations
Andrea J. Hoopes, Paras Agarwal, Sheana Bull, Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli
Qualitative assessment of women’s satisfaction with maternal health care in referral hospitals in Nigeria
Friday Okonofua, Rosemary Ogu, Kingsley Agholor, Ola Okike, Rukiyat Abdus-salam, Mohammed Gana, Abdullahi Randawa, Eghe Abe, Adetoye Durodola, Hadiza Galadanci, Eze Nwokocha, Lorretta Ntoimo, Oye Ekiti
Postpartum intentions on contraception use and method choice among breastfeeding women attending a university hospital in Ohio: a cross-sectional study
Yiska Loewenberg Weisband, Lisa M. Keder, Sarah A. Keim, Maria F. Gallo
Understanding the motivations of health-care providers in performing female genital mutilation: an integrative review of the literature
Marie-Hélène Doucet, Christina Pallitto, Danielle Groleau
Maternal fat free mass during pregnancy is associated with birth weight
Yanxia Wang, Jie Mao, Wenling Wang, Jie Qiou, Lan Yang, Simin Chen
Supply kits for antenatal and childbirth care during antenatal care and delivery: a mixed-methods systematic review, the qualitative approach.
Mercedes Colomar, Maria Luisa Cafferata, Alicia Aleman, Giselle Tomasso, Ana Pilar Betran
Decision-making on terminating pregnancy for Muslim Arab women pregnant with fetuses with congenital anomalies: maternal affect and doctor-patient communication
Anat Gesser-Edelsburg, Nour Abed Elhadi Shahbari
Culture Clash? Investigating constructions of sexual and reproductive health from the perspective of 1.5 generation migrants in Australia using Q methodology
T. Dune, J. Perz, Z. Mengesha, D. Ayika
The mothering experience of women with FGM/C raising ‘uncut’ daughters, in Ivory Coast and in Canada
Sophia Koukoui, Ghayda Hassan, Jaswant Guzder
Priorities for family building among patients and partners seeking treatment for infertility
Elizabeth A. Duthie, Alexandra Cooper, Joseph B. Davis, Jay Sandlow, Katherine D. Schoyer, Estil Strawn, Kathryn E. Flynn
Making good on a call to expand method choice for young people - Turning rhetoric into reality for addressing Sustainable Development Goal Three
Fariyal Fatma Fikree, Catharine Lane, Callie Simon, Gwyn Hainsworth, Patricia MacDonald
Educational status as determinant of men’s knowledge about vasectomy in Dangila town administration, Amhara region, Northwest Ethiopia
Abrham Jemberie Temach, Gedefaw Abeje Fekadu, Anemaw Asrat Achamyeleh
Selective episiotomy vs. implementation of a non-episiotomy protocol: a randomized clinical trial
M. M. Amorim, Isabela Cristina Coutinho, Inês Melo, Leila Katz
Determinants of modern contraceptive use among sexually active men in Kenya
Rhoune Ochako, Marleen Temmerman, Mwende Mbondo, Ian Askew
Availability of family planning services and quality of counseling by faith-based organizations: a three country comparative analysis
Janine Barden-O’Fallon
Experience in the use of non-pneumatic anti-shock garment (NASG) in the management of postpartum haemorrhage with hypovolemic shock in the Fundación Valle Del Lili, Cali, Colombia
María Fernanda Escobar, Carlos Eduardo Füchtner, Javier Andrés Carvajal, Albaro José Nieto, Adriana Messa, Sara Sofía Escobar, Angélica María Monroy, Angélica María Forero, José David Casallas, Marcela Granados, Suellen Miller
Gender equality and human rights approaches to female genital mutilation: a review of international human rights norms and standards
Rajat Khosla, Joya Banerjee, Doris Chou, Lale Say, Susana T. Fried
Respectful maternity care in Ethiopian public health facilities
Ephrem D. Sheferaw, Eva Bazant, Hannah Gibson, Hone B. Fenta, Firew Ayalew, Tsigereda B. Belay, Maria M. Worku, Aelaf E. Kebebu, Sintayehu A. Woldie, Young-Mi Kim, T. van den Akker, Jelle Stekelenburg
Prevalence and predictors of implanon utilization among women of reproductive age group in Tigray Region, Northern Ethiopia
Desta Gebre-Egziabher, Araya Abrha Medhanyie, Mussie Alemayehu, Fisaha Haile Tesfay
Evidence-based policy responses to strengthen health, community and legislative systems that care for women in Australia with female genital mutilation / cutting
Nesrin Varol, John J. Hall, Kirsten Black, Sabera Turkmani, Angela Dawson
What do we know about assessing healthcare students and professionals’ knowledge, attitude and practice regarding female genital mutilation? A systematic review
Jasmine Abdulcadir, Lale Say, Christina Pallitto
Barriers to utilisation of antenatal care services in South Sudan: a qualitative study in Rumbek North County
Calistus Wilunda, Chiara Scanagatta, Giovanni Putoto, Francesca Montalbetti, Giulia Segafredo, Risa Takahashi, Serge André Mizerero, Ana Pilar Betrán
Towards a consensus definition of maternal sepsis: results of a systematic review and expert consultation
Mercedes Bonet, Vicky Nogueira Pileggi, Marcus J Rijken, Arri Coomarasamy, David Lissauer, João Paulo Souza, Ahmet Metin Gülmezoglu
The influence of quality maternity waiting homes on utilization of facilities for delivery in rural Zambia
Elizabeth G. Henry, Katherine Semrau, Davidson H. Hamer, Taryn Vian, Mary Nambao, Kaluba Mataka, Nancy A. Scott
Contraceptive practices among married women of reproductive age in Bangladesh: a review of the evidence
Fauzia Akhter Huda, Yolande Robertson, Sabiha Chowdhuri, Bidhan Krishna Sarker, Laura Reichenbach, Ratana Somrongthong
Trends in use of and complications from intrauterine contraceptive devices and tubal ligation or occlusion
Brandon Howard, ElizaBeth Grubb, Maureen J. Lage, Boxiong Tang
Pregnancy risk during menstrual cycle: misconceptions among urban men in India
Prashant Verma, Kaushalendra Kumar Singh, Anjali Singh
Women’s views and experiences of a mobile phone-based intervention to support post-abortion contraception in Cambodia
Chris Smith, Sokhey Ly, Vannak Uk, Ruby Warnock, Caroline Free
Evaluation of two intervention models on contraceptive attitudes and behaviors among nulliparous women in Shanghai, China: a clustered randomized controlled trial
Yuan He, Ning Zhang, Jue Wang, Na He, Yan Du, Jing-Xin Ding, Ying Zhang, Xiao-Tian Li, Jian Huang, Ke-Qin Hua
Design and initial implementation of the WHO FP umbrella project- to strengthen contraceptive services in the sub Saharan Africa
Rita Kabra, Moazzam Ali, James Kiarie
Improving detection and initial management of gestational diabetes through the primary level of care in Morocco: protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial
Bettina Utz, Bouchra Assarag, Amina Essolbi, Amina Barkat, Nawal El Ansari, Bouchra Fakhir, Alexandre Delamou, Vincent De Brouwere
Factors associated with intimate partner physical violence among women attending antenatal care in Shire Endaselassie town, Tigray, northern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study, July 2015
Berhane Hailu Gebrezgi, Marta Berta Badi, Endashaw Admassu Cherkose, Negassie Berhe Weldehaweria
Understanding resilience of female adolescents towards teenage pregnancy: a cross-sectional survey in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Constanze Pfeiffer, Collins K Ahorlu, Sandra Alba, Brigit Obrist
A qualitative understanding of the effects of reusable sanitary pads and puberty education: implications for future research and practice
Julie Hennegan, Catherine Dolan, Laurel Steinfield, Paul Montgomery
Healthcare provider’s attitude towards disability and experience of women with disabilities in the use of maternal healthcare service in rural Nepal
Hridaya Raj Devkota, Emily Murray, Maria Kett, Nora Groce
New era towards advancing in girls’ and women’s health and rights?
José M. Belizán, Suellen Miller
Increasing utilisation of skilled facility-based maternal healthcare services in rural Zambia: the role of safe motherhood action groups
Cephas Sialubanje, Karlijn Massar, Larah Horstkotte, Davidson H. Hamer, Robert A.C. Ruiter
Baseline characteristics of study sites and women enrolled in a three-arm cluster randomized controlled trial: PMTCT uptake and retention (pure) Malawi
Monique van Lettow, Hannock Tweya, Nora E. Rosenberg, Clement Trapence, Virginia Kayoyo, Florence Kasende, Blessings Kaunda, Mina C. Hosseinipour, Michael Eliya, Fabian Cataldo, Salem Gugsa, Sam Phiri, Sam Phiri, Hannock Tweya, Salem Gugsa, Clement Trapence, Saulos Mhlanga, Frank Chimbwandira, Michael Eliya, Mina Hosseinipour, Nora E. Rosenberg, Innocent Mofolo, Virginia Kayoyo, Christopher Stanley, Monique van Lettow, Fabian Cataldo, Misheck Nkhata, Florence Kasende, Megan Landes, Don Mathanga, Atupele Kapito-Tembo, Blessings Kaunda-Khangamwa, Levison Chiwaula, Gowokani Chirwa, Erik Schouten, Veena Sampathkumar
Looking back and moving forward: can we accelerate progress on adolescent pregnancy in the Americas?
Sonja Caffe, Marina Plesons, Alma Virginia Camacho, Luisa Brumana, Shelly N. Abdool, Silvia Huaynoca, Katherine Mayall, Lindsay Menard-Freeman, Luis Andres de Francisco Serpa, Rodolfo Gomez Ponce de Leon, Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli
Three recommendations to the new Director-General of the WHO on how to deliver for girls and women
Katja Iversen
A never-before opportunity to strengthen investment and action on adolescent contraception, and what we must do to make full use of it
Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli, Pooja S. Parameshwar, Matti Parry, Catherine Lane, Gwyn Hainsworth, Sylvia Wong, Lindsay Menard-Freeman, Beth Scott, Emily Sullivan, Miles Kemplay, Lale Say
Professionals’ perception of intimate partner violence in young people: a qualitative study in northern Spain
Amaia Maquibar, Carmen Vives-Cases, Anna-Karin Hurtig, Isabel Goicolea
Breaking bad news in assisted reproductive technology: a proposal for guidelines
Daniela Leone, Julia Menichetti, Lorenzo Barusi, Elisabetta Chelo, Mauro Costa, Luciana De Lauretis, Anna Pia Ferraretti, Claudia Livi, Arne Luehwink, Giovanna Tomasi, Elena Vegni
How do national contraception laws and policies address the contraceptive needs of adolescents in Paraguay?
Kathya Cordova-Pozo, Sarah Borg, Andrea J. Hoopes, Alma Virginia Camacho-Hubner, Fanny Corrales-Ríos, Adriane Salinas-Bomfim, Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli
Social capital and health during pregnancy; an in-depth exploration from rural Sri Lanka
Thilini Chanchala Agampodi, Thilde Rheinländer, Suneth Buddhika Agampodi, Nicholas Glozier, Sisira Siribaddana
Male reproductive health challenges: appraisal of wives coping strategies
Emmanuel O. Amoo, Adekunbi K. Omideyi, Theophilus O. Fadayomi, Mofoluwake P. Ajayi, Gbolahan A. Oni, Adenike E. Idowu
Are women and men well informed about fertility? Childbearing intentions, fertility knowledge and information-gathering sources in Portugal
Teresa Almeida-Santos, Cláudia Melo, Ana Macedo, Mariana Moura-Ramos
Factors associated with the support of pricking (female genital cutting type IV) among Somali immigrants – a cross-sectional study in Sweden
Anna Wahlberg, Sara Johnsdotter, Katarina Ekholm Selling, Carina Källestål, Birgitta Essén
HIV status and treatment influence on fertility desires among women newly becoming eligible for antiretroviral therapy in western Kenya: insights from a qualitative study
James Ayieko, Angeline Ti, Jill Hagey, Eliud Akama, Elizabeth A Bukusi, Craig R Cohen, Rena C Patel
How Canada can help global adolescent health mature
Ashley Vandermorris, Zulfiqar A Bhutta
Parents’ and teachers’ views on sexual health education and screening for sexually transmitted infections among in-school adolescent girls in Kenya: a qualitative study
George Wanje, Linnet Masese, Ethel Avuvika, Anisa Baghazal, Grace Omoni, R. Scott McClelland
Erratum to: A study protocol for facility assessment and follow-up evaluations of the barriers to access, availability, utilization and readiness of contraception, abortion and postabortion services in Zika affected areas
Moazzam Ali, Rachel Folz, Kelsey Miller, Brooke Ronald Johnson Jr, James Kiarie
Factors influencing institutional delivery service utilization in Dembecha district, Northwest Ethiopia: A community based cross sectional study
Sewnet Kidanu, Genet Degu, Tenaw Yimer Tiruye
Exploring provider perspectives on respectful maternity care in Kenya: “Work with what you have”
Charity Ndwiga, Charlotte E Warren, Julie Ritter, Pooja Sripad, Timothy Abuya
Accuracy of gestational age estimation from last menstrual period among women seeking abortion in South Africa, with a view to task sharing: a mixed methods study
Deborah Constant, Jane Harries, Jennifer Moodley, Landon Myer
Effects of parents training on parents’ knowledge and attitudes about adolescent sexuality in Accra Metropolis, Ghana
Elizabeth Aku Baku, Isaac Agbemafle, Richard M. K. Adanu
Repeat cesarean section in subsequent gestation of women from a birth cohort in Brazil
Keila Cristina Mascarello, Alicia Matijasevich, Aluísio J D Barros, Iná S Santos, Eliana Zandonade, Mariângela Freitas Silveira
The relationships of school-based sexuality education, sexual knowledge and sexual behaviors—a study of 18,000 Chinese college students
Chunyan Li, Zixi Cheng, Taiwen Wu, Xiao Liang, Junjian Gaoshan, Lihe Li, Ping Hong, Kun Tang
Factors associated with dietary supplement use in Saudi pregnant women
Hanan A Alfawaz, Nasiruddin Khan, Najlaa AlOteabi, Syed D. Hussain, Nasser M. Al-Daghri
A system approach to improving maternal and child health care delivery in Kenya: innovations at the community and primary care facilities (a protocol)
Fabian Esamai, Mabel Nangami, John Tabu, Ann Mwangi, David Ayuku, Edwin Were
Barriers and enablers in the implementation of a program to reduce cesarean deliveries
Clara Bermúdez-Tamayo, Emilia Fernández Ruiz, Guadalupe Pastor Moreno, Gracia Maroto-Navarro, Leticia Garcia-Mochon, Francisco Jose Perez-Ramos, Africa Caño-Aguilar, Maria del Pilar Velez
HIV status disclosure and associated outcomes among pregnant women enrolled in antiretroviral therapy in Uganda: a mixed methods study
Rose Naigino, Fredrick Makumbi, Aggrey Mukose, Esther Buregyeya, Jim Arinaitwe, Joshua Musinguzi, Rhoda K. Wanyenze
Effect of female genital mutilation/cutting; types I and II on sexual function: case-controlled study
Sahar A. Ismail, Ahmad M. Abbas, Dina Habib, Hanan Morsy, Medhat A. Saleh, Mustafa Bahloul
Development and preliminary validation of a post-fistula repair reintegration instrument among Ugandan women
Alison El Ayadi, Hadija Nalubwama, Justus Barageine, Torsten B. Neilands, Susan Obore, Josaphat Byamugisha, Othman Kakaire, Haruna Mwanje, Abner Korn, Felicia Lester, Suellen Miller
Relationship between self-efficacy and patient knowledge on adherence to oral contraceptives using the Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS-8)
Daniel Tomaszewski, Benjamin D. Aronson, Margarette Kading, Donald Morisky
The prevalence of disrespect and abuse during facility-based maternity care in Malawi: evidence from direct observations of labor and delivery
Reena Sethi, Shivam Gupta, Lolade Oseni, Angella Mtimuni, Tambudzai Rashidi, Fannie Kachale
Women’s determinant factors for preferred place of delivery in Dodoma region Tanzania: a cross sectional study
Agatha Fabian Ngowi, Switbert R. Kamazima, Steven Kibusi, Ainory Gesase, Theodora Bali
Prevalence and determinants of risky sexual practice in Ethiopia: Systematic review and Meta-analysis
Achenef Asmamaw Muche, Getachew Mullu Kassa, Abadi Kidanemariam Berhe, Gedefaw Abeje Fekadu
A conceptual framework for patient-centered fertility treatment
Elizabeth A. Duthie, Alexandra Cooper, Joseph B. Davis, Katherine D. Schoyer, Jay Sandlow, Estil Y. Strawn, Kathryn E. Flynn
Preference for cesarean section in young nulligravid women in eight OECD countries and implications for reproductive health education
Kathrin H. Stoll, Yvonne L. Hauck, Soo Downe, Deborah Payne, Wendy A. Hall, Mechthild Gross, Michelle Sadler, Gillian Thomson, Joana Steffing, Anne Malott, Patricia McNiven, Judith McAra-Couper, Emma Swift, Joyce Edmonds
Clinical review of 24–35 year olds conceived with and without in vitro fertilization: study protocol
Sharon Lewis, Joanne Kennedy, David Burgner, Robert McLachlan, Sarath Ranganathan, Karin Hammarberg, Richard Saffery, David J. Amor, Michael M. H. Cheung, Lex W. Doyle, Markus Juonala, Susan Donath, John McBain, Jane Halliday
Development of a tool to measure person-centered maternity care in developing settings: validation in a rural and urban Kenyan population
Patience A. Afulani, Nadia Diamond-Smith, Ginger Golub, May Sudhinaraset
Provider and lay perspectives on intra-uterine contraception: a global review
Marina A. S. Daniele, John Cleland, Lenka Benova, Moazzam Ali
Alcohol consumption among pregnant women in James Town Community, Accra, Ghana
Joanita Da Pilma Lekettey, Phyllis Dako-Gyeke, Samuel Agyei Agyemang, Moses Aikins
Inadequate programming, insufficient communication and non-compliance with the basic principles of maternal death audits in health districts in Burkina Faso: a qualitative study
Boukaré Congo, Djénéba Sanon, Tieba Millogo, Charlemagne Marie Ouedraogo, Wambi Maurice E. Yaméogo, Ziemlé Clement Meda, Seni Kouanda
Adolescent deliveries in rural Cameroon: an 8-year trend, prevalence and adverse maternofoetal outcomes
Valirie Ndip Agbor, Clarence Mvalo Mbanga, Tsi Njim
Is a woman’s first pregnancy outcome related to her years of schooling? An assessment of women’s adolescent pregnancy outcomes and subsequent educational attainment in Ghana
Adriana A. E. Biney, Philomena Nyarko
Echoes of old HIV paradigms: reassessing the problem of engaging men in HIV testing and treatment through women’s perspectives
Leila Katirayi, Addmore Chadambuka, Auxilia Muchedzi, Allan Ahimbisibwe, Reuben Musarandega, Godfrey Woelk, Thorkild Tylleskar, Karen Marie Moland
Utilization of dual contraception method among reproductive age women on antiretroviral therapy in selected public hospitals of Northern Ethiopia
Solomon Weldemariam Gebrehiwot, Gedion Asnake Azeze, Carmen C. Robles, Yohannes Mehretie Adinew
Correction to: Trends in use of and complications from intrauterine contraceptive devices and tubal ligation or occlusion
Brandon Howard, ElizaBeth Grubb, Maureen J. Lage, Boxiong Tang
Methods used in prevalence studies of disrespect and abuse during facility based childbirth: lessons learned
David Sando, Timothy Abuya, Anteneh Asefa, Kathleen P. Banks, Lynn P. Freedman, Stephanie Kujawski, Amanda Markovitz, Charity Ndwiga, Kate Ramsey, Hannah Ratcliffe, Emmanuel O. Ugwu, Charlotte E. Warren, R. Rima Jolivet
Experiences of midwives on pharmacological and non-pharmacological labour pain management in Ghana
Lydia Aziato, Abigail A. Kyei, Godsway Deku
Perceptions of and barriers to family planning services in the poorest regions of Chiapas, Mexico: a qualitative study of men, women, and adolescents
Emily Dansereau, Alexandra Schaefer, Bernardo Hernández, Jennifer Nelson, Erin Palmisano, Diego Ríos-Zertuche, Alex Woldeab, Maria Paola Zúñiga, Emma Margarita Iriarte, Ali H. Mokdad, Charbel El Bcheraoui
Pathways to increased coverage: an analysis of time trends in contraceptive need and use among adolescents and young women in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda
Mardieh L. Dennis, Emma Radovich, Kerry L. M. Wong, Onikepe Owolabi, Francesca L. Cavallaro, Michael T. Mbizvo, Agnes Binagwaho, Peter Waiswa, Caroline A. Lynch, Lenka Benova
Silence sexual and reproductive health discussions and we fuel the rise of HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa
Janet M. Wojcicki
Understanding the preference for homebirth; an exploration of key barriers to facility delivery in rural Tanzania
Fabiola Moshi, Tumaini Nyamhanga
‘I felt the world crash down on me’: Women’s experiences being denied legal abortion in Colombia
Teresa DePiñeres, Sarah Raifman, Margoth Mora, Cristina Villarreal, Diana Greene Foster, Caitlin Gerdts
Documentation of the partograph in assessing the progress of labour by health care providers in Malawi’s South-West zone
Chrispin Mandiwa, Collins Zamawe
Correction to: Selective episiotomy vs. implementation of a non-episiotomy protocol: a randomized clinical trial
Melania M. Amorim, Isabela Cristina Coutinho, Inês Melo, Leila Katz
Persisting demand and supply gap for maternal and newborn care in eastern Uganda: a mixed-method cross-sectional study
Rornald Muhumuza Kananura, Suzanne Namusoke Kiwanuka, Elizabeth Ekirapa-Kiracho, Peter Waiswa
Prevalence of prenatal exposure to substances of abuse: questionnaire versus biomarkers
Antonella Chiandetti, Gimena Hernandez, María Mercadal-Hally, Airam Alvarez, Vicente Andreu-Fernandez, Elisabet Navarro-Tapia, Adriana Bastons-Compta, Oscar Garcia-Algar
Measuring mistreatment of women during childbirth: a review of terminology and methodological approaches
Virginia Savage, Arachu Castro
Barriers or gaps in implementation of misoprostol use for post-abortion care and post-partum hemorrhage prevention in developing countries: a systematic review
Amir Ali Barket Ali Samnani, Narjis Rizvi, Tazeen Saeed Ali, Farina Abrejo
Study protocol: incentives for increased access to comprehensive family planning for urban youth using a benefits card in Uganda. A quasi-experimental study
Afra Nuwasiima, Elly Nuwamanya, Patricia Navvuga, Janet U. Babigumira, Francis T. Asiimwe, Solomon J. Lubinga, Joseph B. Babigumira
Management of pregnancy at and beyond 41 completed weeks of gestation in low-risk women: a secondary analysis of two WHO multi-country surveys on maternal and newborn health
Kyaw Swa Mya, Malinee Laopaiboon, Joshua P. Vogel, Jose Guilherme Cecatti, João Paulo Souza, Ahmet Metin Gulmezoglu, Eduardo Ortiz-Panozo, Suneeta Mittal, Pisake Lumbiganon
What makes pregnant workers sick: why, when, where and how? An exploratory study in the ready-made garment industry in Bangladesh
Sadika Akhter, Shannon Rutherford, Cordia Chu
Prevalence of adhesions and associated postoperative complications after cesarean section in Ghana: a prospective cohort study
Mercy A. Nuamah, Joyce L. Browne, Alexander V. Öry, Nelson Damale, Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch, Marcus J. Rijken
Poor social support as a risk factor for antenatal depressive symptoms among women attending public antennal clinics in Penang, Malaysia
Abdul Rashid, Rokiah Mohd
Correction to: Design and initial implementation of the WHO FP umbrella project- to strengthen contraceptive services in the sub Saharan Africa
Rita Kabra, Moazzam Ali, James Kiarie
PRENACEL – a mHealth messaging system to complement antenatal care: a cluster randomized trial
Lívia Oliveira-Ciabati, Carolina Sales Vieira, Ana Carolina Arruda Franzon, Domingos Alves, Fabiani Spessoto Zaratini, Giordana Campos Braga, Jazmin Andrea Cifuentes Sanchez, Lívia Pimenta Bonifácio, Magna Santos Andrade, Mariana Fernandes, Silvana Maria Quintana, Suzi Volpato Fabio, Vicky Nogueira Pileggi, Elisabeth Meloni Vieira, João Paulo Souza
Obstetric fistulae in southern Mozambique: incidence, obstetric characteristics and treatment
Sibone Mocumbi, Claudia Hanson, Ulf Högberg, Helena Boene, Peter von Dadelszen, Anna Bergström, Khátia Munguambe, Esperança Sevene
Obstetric care navigation: a new approach to promote respectful maternity care and overcome barriers to safe motherhood
Kirsten Austad, Anita Chary, Boris Martinez, Michel Juarez, Yolanda Juarez Martin, Enma Coyote Ixen, Peter Rohloff
Discordance in self-report and observation data on mistreatment of women by providers during childbirth in Uttar Pradesh, India
Arnab Dey, Holly Baker Shakya, Dharmendra Chandurkar, Sanjiv Kumar, Arup Kumar Das, John Anthony, Mrunal Shetye, Suneeta Krishnan, Jay G. Silverman, Anita Raj
Delayed initiation of antenatal care and associated factors in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Gezahegn Tesfaye, Deborah Loxton, Catherine Chojenta, Agumasie Semahegn, Roger Smith
It does matter where you come from: mothers’ experiences of childbirth in midwife obstetric units, Tshwane, South Africa
Sarie J. Oosthuizen, Anne-Marie Bergh, Robert C. Pattinson, Jackie Grimbeek
Assessing quality of maternity care in Hungary: expert validation and testing of the mother-centered prenatal care (MCPC) survey instrument
Nicholas Rubashkin, Imre Szebik, Petra Baji, Zsuzsa Szántó, Éva Susánszky, Saraswathi Vedam
Evaluating implementation of the World Health Organization’s Strategic Approach to strengthening sexual and reproductive health policies and programs to address unintended pregnancy and unsafe abortion
Shusmita Rashid, Julia E. Moore, Caitlyn Timmings, Joshua P. Vogel, Bela Ganatra, Dina N. Khan, Radha Sayal, A. Metin Gülmezoglu, Sharon E. Straus
Improving health worker performance of abortion services: an assessment of post-training support to providers in India, Nepal and Nigeria
Janie Benson, Joan Healy, Sally Dijkerman, Kathryn Andersen
Community based intervention to prevent domestic violence against women in the reproductive age in Northwestern Ethiopia: a protocol for quasi-experimental study
Agumasie Semahegn, Kwasi Torpey, Abubakar Manu, Nega Assefa, Augustine Ankomah
Fertility outcomes following obstetric fistula repair: a prospective cohort study
Dawn M. Kopp, Jeffrey Wilkinson, Angela Bengtson, Ennet Chipungu, Rachel J. Pope, Margaret Moyo, Jennifer H. Tang
State of newborn care in South Sudan’s displacement camps: a descriptive study of facility-based deliveries
Samira Sami, Kate Kerber, Solomon Kenyi, Ribka Amsalu, Barbara Tomczyk, Debra Jackson, Alexander Dimiti, Elaine Scudder, Janet Meyers, Jean Paul De Charles Umurungi, Kemish Kenneth, Luke C. Mullany
I knew how it feels but couldn’t save my daughter; testimony of an Ethiopian mother on female genital mutilation/cutting
Yohannes Mehretie Adinew, Beza Tamirat Mekete
Abortion debates in Finland and the Republic of Ireland: textual analysis of experiential thinking and argumentation in parliamentary and layperson discussions
Anne-Mari Mustonen, Tommi Paakkonen, Esko Ryökäs, Petteri Nieminen
The ‘heat’ goes away: sexual disorders of married women with female genital mutilation/cutting in Kenya
Tammary Esho, Samuel Kimani, Isaac Nyamongo, Violet Kimani, Samuel Muniu, Christine Kigondu, Patrick Ndavi, Jaldesa Guyo
‘We do not know’: a qualitative study exploring boys perceptions of menstruation in India
Linda Mason, Muthusamy Sivakami, Harshad Thakur, Narendra Kakade, Ashley Beauman, Kelly T. Alexander, Anna Maria van Eijke, Kayla F. Laserson, Mamita B. Thakkar, Penelope A. Phillips-Howard
Supply kits for antenatal and childbirth care: a systematic review
Alicia Aleman, Giselle Tomasso, María Luisa Cafferata, Mercedes Colomar, Ana Pilar Betran
Comparative satisfaction of receiving medical abortion service from nurses and auxiliary nurse-midwives or doctors in Nepal: results of a randomized trial
Anand Tamang, Iqbal H. Shah, Pragya Shrestha, I. K. Warriner, Duolao Wang, Kusum Thapa, N. T. My Huong, Olav Meirik
Correction to: Study protocol on establishment of sentinel sites network for contraceptive and abortion trends, needs and utilization of services in Zika virus affected countries
Moazzam Ali, Kelsey Miller, Rachel Folz, Brooke Ronald Johnson Jr, James Kiarie
The long-term effects of adolescent pregnancies in a community in Northern Ghana on subsequent pregnancies and births of the young mothers
Anne-Sophie Yussif, Anyetei Lassey, Gabriel Yao-kumah Ganyaglo, Eva J. Kantelhardt, Heike Kielstein
Factors related to healthy sexual and contraceptive behaviors in undergraduate students at university of Seville: a cross- sectional study
Fátima Leon-Larios, Juana Macías-Seda
What makes or mars the facility-based childbirth experience: thematic analysis of women’s childbirth experiences in western Kenya
Patience A. Afulani, Leah Kirumbi, Audrey Lyndon