Saavedra-Avendano, Biani Schiavon, Raffaela Darney, Blair G
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Journal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology
To identify factors associated with having an abortion (spontaneous or induced) at the time of first pregnancy, and to test the association between abortion in the first pregnancy and the number of live births among young women 20-24 years of age. Cross-sectional study. We used a nationally representative survey of Mexican women 20-24 years of age ...
Hu, Cheng-Yang Yang, Xiao-Jing Hua, Xiao-Guo Jiang, Wen Huang, Kai Chen, Hong-Bo Zhang, Xiu-Jun
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The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians
We conducted this study to investigate the risk factors for spontaneous abortion among rural Chinese women. Risk factors prior to pregnancy associated with spontaneous abortion were identified among 17,248 rural women enrolled in a prospective population-based follow-up study. The risk of spontaneous abortion was estimated with odds ratio (OR) and ...
Keogh, Sarah C. Otupiri, Easmon Castillo, Philicia W. Li, Naomi W. Apenkwa, Joana Polis, Chelsea B.
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Reproductive Health
Young Ghanaian women can experience difficulties accessing sexual and reproductive health services, and many are not using contraception despite wanting to avoid pregnancy. To better understand their needs, we describe their preferences and behaviors around contraception and abortion. We surveyed a nationally representative sample of women aged 15–...
Martínez-Rodríguez, Lorena Catalina Guzmán-Barragán, Blanca Lisseth Ordoñez, Diego Tafur-Gómez, Gabriel Andrés
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Tropical Animal Health and Production
Bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) is one of the most common and economically significant viral infections in cattle. Different risk factors have been associated with viral exposure and transmission, generating endemic regions with different biotype circulations. To find the BVD status in the northeastern region of Colombia, this study aimed to determine ...
Clune, Tom Besier, Shane Hair, Sam Hancock, Serina Lockwood, Amy Thompson, Andrew Jelocnik, Martina Jacobson, Caroline
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Veterinary Research
Lamb survival is an important welfare and productivity issue for sheep industries worldwide. Lower lamb survival has been reported for primiparous ewes, but the causes of this are not well studied. The aim of this study was to determine causes of perinatal deaths for lambs born to primiparous ewes in Western Australia, and identify if infectious di...
Sarr, Alioune Ndiath, Abdoulaye Sow, Ousmane Ondo, Cyrille Ze Sine, Babacar Ndoye, Alain Khassim
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Urology Case Reports
Illegally induced abortions remain a significant public health issue in developing countries. We report a case that was complicated by a vesicovaginal fistula with intravesical calcification of the piece of wood used to perform the illegal abortion. A trans -vesical approach allowed extraction of the calcified foreign body and closure of the vesico...
Ahmed, Md Sabbir Yunus, Fakir Md
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The European journal of contraception & reproductive health care : the official journal of the European Society of Contraception
The study aimed to assess the prevalence and factors associated with knowledge and use of the emergency contraceptive pill (ECP) among ever-married women in Bangladesh. The study was based on a secondary dataset of the 2014 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey. Complete (weighted) data of 17,592 women aged 15-49 years were analysed. The prevale...
Wang, Yiding Liu, Jinzhi Xiong, Ribo Liu, Yan
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BMC Health Services Research
BackgroundIn China, post-abortion care (PAC) services mainly focus on married couples, such that adolescents and unmarried young womenhave limited access to those services for contraception counseling. The provision of youth-friendly PAC services in public hospitals is a new concept in China. This study examined the magnitude of PAC services utiliz...
Austriaco, Nicanor Pier Giorgio
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The Linacre Quarterly
In recent months, there has been a lot of debate surrounding the use of those COVID-19 vaccines that have been either tested or manufactured with cell lines that were isolated from the remains of an aborted fetal child. Most faithful and orthodox Catholic moral theologians, among whom I count myself, have concluded that their use is not intrinsical...
Raifman, Sarah Ralph, Lauren Biggs, M. Antonia Grossman, Daniel
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Reproductive Health
Some people in the United States (US) attempt to end a pregnancy on their own without medical supervision. What we know about this experience comes from studies focused on people who go to clinics. In this study, we conducted 14 interviews with self-identified women ages 18–49 who recently reported attempting to end a pregnancy on their own and who...
