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  2. Content type: Research

    Since the approval of medical abortion in Cambodia in 2010, the proportion of women reporting an abortion has increased. We describe the characteristics and contraceptive outcomes of women seeking medical abor...

    Authors: Chris Smith, Rachel H. Scott, Caroline Free and Tansy Edwards

    Citation: Contraception and Reproductive Medicine 2019 4:5

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  3. Content type: Research

    Birth spacing is the time gaps between two consecutive life births. Optimal spacing until the next pregnancy is the resting period that allows the mother time to recover from pregnancy, and labor. Birth interv...

    Authors: Girma Bacha Ayane, Kalkidan Wondwossen Desta, Birhanu Wondimeneh Demissie, Netsanet Abera Assefa and Emebet Berhane Woldemariam

    Citation: Contraception and Reproductive Medicine 2019 4:4

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  4. Content type: Research

    With the advancement of antiretroviral therapy and improved life expectancy, women living with HIV/AIDS are enjoying a better sexual life. Yet, the consistent utilization of contraceptive in such patients is h...

    Authors: Amanual Getnet Mersha, Daniel Asfaw Erku, Sewunet Admasu Belachew, Asnakew Achaw Ayele, Begashaw Melaku Gebresillassie and Tadesse Melaku Abegaz

    Citation: Contraception and Reproductive Medicine 2019 4:3

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  5. Content type: Research

    Documentary evidence points to high unmet need for family planning across sub-Saharan Africa. Modern contraceptive use has been staggering over decades with unacceptable marginal increases given that one in th...

    Authors: Joseph K. Wulifan, Jacob Mazalale, Christabel Kambala, William Angko, Job Asante, Stephen Kpinpuo and Albino Kalolo

    Citation: Contraception and Reproductive Medicine 2019 4:2

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  6. Content type: Research

    Emergency contraception, if used properly, can prevent up to over 95 % of unwanted and mistimed pregnancies. However, a number of obstacle including healthcare providers knowledge, perception, and attitude tow...

    Authors: Shamsudeen Mohammed, Abdul-Malik Abdulai and Osman Abu Iddrisu

    Citation: Contraception and Reproductive Medicine 2019 4:1

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  7. Content type: Research

    Closely spaced pregnancies within the first year postpartum increases the risk of death for both the mother and baby. Many countries recommend providing pregnant women with post-partum family planning counsell...

    Authors: Tadese Ejigu Tafere, Mesganaw Fanthahun Afework and Alemayehu Worku Yalew

    Citation: Contraception and Reproductive Medicine 2018 3:28

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  8. Content type: Commentary

    Federal and clinical guidelines support integration of reproductive life planning in the care of female patients to aid in the reduction of unplanned pregnancies. A multitude of tools have been created to help...

    Authors: Maureen K. Baldwin, Patricia Overcarsh, Ashlesha Patel, Lindsay Zimmerman and Alison Edelman

    Citation: Contraception and Reproductive Medicine 2018 3:21

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  9. Content type: Research

    Ethiopia is a Sub Saharan African country with an estimated contraceptive prevalence rate of 36% and 22% unmet need for family planning service among married women. Client satisfaction influences the use of Fa...

    Authors: Woineshet Asrat, Teferi Mekonnen and Melkamu Bedimo

    Citation: Contraception and Reproductive Medicine 2018 3:25

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  10. Content type: Research

    Several state Medicaid agencies have recently started reimbursing for long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) placement immediately postpartum. Women’s perspectives are critical for ensuring that this chan...

    Authors: Carla L. DeSisto, Arden Handler, Sadia Haider, Rachel Caskey, Nadine Peacock, Melissa Kottke and Kristin Rankin

    Citation: Contraception and Reproductive Medicine 2018 3:19

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  11. Content type: Research

    Women with a history of gestational diabetes (GDM) are at risk for development of both overt Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) at higher rates and at earlier ages than control women. Curr...

    Authors: Neetu K. Sodhi and Anita L. Nelson

    Citation: Contraception and Reproductive Medicine 2018 3:27

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  12. Content type: Research

    Rwanda has made significant strides in improving the health of its people, including increasing access to and use of family planning. Contraceptive use has increased from 17% to 53% in just one decade, from 20...

    Authors: Hilary M. Schwandt, Seth Feinberg, Akrofi Akotiah, Tong Yuan Douville, Elliot V. Gardner, Claudette Imbabazi, Erin McQuin, Maha Mohamed, Alexis Rugoyera, Diuedonné Musemakweli, Cliff Wes Nichols, Nelly Uwajeneza Nyangezi, Joshua Serrano Arizmendi, Doopashika Welikala, Benjamin Yamuragiye and Liliana Zigo

    Citation: Contraception and Reproductive Medicine 2018 3:18

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  13. Content type: Research

    Multidrug resistance transporters (MDRs) are transmembrane proteins that efflux metabolites and xenobiotics. They are highly conserved in sequence and function in bacteria and eukaryotes and play important rol...

    Authors: Lynae M Brayboy, Laura O Knapik, Sokunvichet Long, Mollie Westrick and Gary M Wessel

    Citation: Contraception and Reproductive Medicine 2018 3:26

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  14. Content type: Research

    Postpartum women are at risk for unintended pregnancy. Access to immediate long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) may help decrease this risk, but it is unclear how many providers in the United States rou...

    Authors: Emily C. Holden, Erica Lai, Sara S. Morelli, Donald Alderson, Jay Schulkin, Neko M. Castleberry and Peter G. McGovern

    Citation: Contraception and Reproductive Medicine 2018 3:23

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  15. Content type: Research

    The postpartum intrauterine contraceptive devices (PPIUCD) is the only family planning method for couples requesting highly effective, reliable, inexpensive, non-hormonal, immediately reversible, and long-acti...

    Authors: Alemayehu Gonie, Chanyalew Worku, Tesfaye Assefa, Daniel Bogale and Alemu Girma

    Citation: Contraception and Reproductive Medicine 2018 3:16

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  16. Content type: Research

    In 2013, Malawi began task shifting long acting reversible contraception (LARC) insertion from Nurse Midwife Technicians (NMTs), who undergo 3 years of training, to Community Midwife Assistants (CMAs), who und...

    Authors: Dylane N. Davis, Clara Lemani, Nenani Kamtuwanje, Billy Phiri, Prisca Masepuka, Sally Kuchawo, Nivedita L. Bhushan and Jennifer H. Tang

    Citation: Contraception and Reproductive Medicine 2018 3:24

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  17. Content type: Case Report

    Implantable devices offer convenient, long-acting, and reversible contraception. Injury to the peripheral nerves and blood vessels have been reported as rare complications of implantation and extraction.

    Authors: Rachel Lefebvre, Marianne Hom, Hyuma Leland and Milan Stevanovic

    Citation: Contraception and Reproductive Medicine 2018 3:15

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  18. Content type: Research

    Perinatal mortality is unacceptably high in low-income countries, including Malawi. Use of family planning to encourage birth spacing may optimize outcomes for subsequent pregnancies. However, the reproductive...

    Authors: Agatha Bula, Dawn M Kopp, Suzanne Maman, Lameck Chinula, Mercy Tsidya and Jennifer H Tang

    Citation: Contraception and Reproductive Medicine 2018 3:22

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  20. Content type: Research

    Although Malawi is one of the countries with highest Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (CPR) in Sub–Saharan Africa, pregnancies and fertility among young women remain high. This suggests low up take of contracepti...

    Authors: Chrispin Mandiwa, Bernadetta Namondwe, Andrew Makwinja and Collins Zamawe

    Citation: Contraception and Reproductive Medicine 2018 3:12

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  21. Content type: Review

    Emergency contraception is indicated in instances of unprotected sexual intercourse, including reproductive coercion, sexual assault, and contraceptive failure. It plays a role in averting unintended pregnanci...

    Authors: Kristin O. Haeger, Jacqueline Lamme and Kelly Cleland

    Citation: Contraception and Reproductive Medicine 2018 3:20

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  22. Content type: Research

    Although most women would want to wait for more than two years before having another baby, their fertility behaviours during the first year following birth may decrease or increase the length of the birth inte...

    Authors: Sebastian Kofi Eliason, Ansumana Sandy Bockarie and Cecilia Eliason

    Citation: Contraception and Reproductive Medicine 2018 3:13

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  23. Content type: Research

    Family planning (FP) program is a key program to avert unbalanced human population growth, maternal mortality, unintended pregnancy, unsafe abortion, sexually transmitted diseases and malnutrition. To address ...

    Authors: Misganu Endriyas, Tefera Belachew and Berhane Megerssa

    Citation: Contraception and Reproductive Medicine 2018 3:14

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  25. Content type: Research

    Frequency of sex, contraceptive use and HIV infection are key determinants of fertility. Use of an effective family planning (EFP) method (injectable, oral, intra-uterine contraceptive device (IUCD), or Norpla...

    Authors: Jim Aizire, Sufia Dadabhai, Frank Taulo, Bonus Makanani, Luis Gadama, Jin Sun, Amy Tsui and Taha E. Taha

    Citation: Contraception and Reproductive Medicine 2018 3:10

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  26. Content type: Research

    High unmet need for family planning (32.4%) characterized Burundi in 2010. However, there has not been any study examining the relationship between unmet need and associated factors in Burundi. The present stu...

    Authors: Athanase Nzokirishaka and Imose Itua

    Citation: Contraception and Reproductive Medicine 2018 3:11

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  28. Content type: Research

    Mother-to-Child-Transmission (MTCT) of HIV is still a public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa. The region has a high unmet need for family planning and high unplanned pregnancy rates among HIV-positive wom...

    Authors: Damian J. Damian, Johnston M. George, Erick Martin, Beatrice Temba and Sia E. Msuya

    Citation: Contraception and Reproductive Medicine 2018 3:7

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  29. Content type: Research

    The use of implants and Intra-uterine devices (IUD) during the post-partum period is very low in Uganda especially in rural settings. Long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARC) are known to be the most cost-...

    Authors: Ronald Anguzu, Hassard Sempeera and Juliet N. Sekandi

    Citation: Contraception and Reproductive Medicine 2018 3:6

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  31. Content type: Research

    Oral contraceptives (OCs), aside from contraceptive efficacy, have been widely known for their non-contraceptive benefits. Different progestogens component of the OCs have been shown to improve the skin, hair,...

    Authors: Unnop Jaisamrarn and Somsook Santibenchakul

    Citation: Contraception and Reproductive Medicine 2018 3:5

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  32. Content type: Research

    Multiple factors are linked to extremely high unintended pregnancy rates among women who use opioids, including various barriers to contraception adherence. These include patient level barriers such as lack of...

    Authors: Rebecca L. Fischbein, Bethany G. Lanese, Lynn Falletta, Kelsey Hamilton, Jennifer A. King and Deric R. Kenne

    Citation: Contraception and Reproductive Medicine 2018 3:4

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  33. Content type: Commentary

    U.S. Supreme Court jurisprudence undermines access to contraception by permitting individuals, institutions, and even corporations to claim religious objections to ensuring contraceptive insurance coverage, th...

    Authors: Aram A. Schvey and Claire Kim

    Citation: Contraception and Reproductive Medicine 2018 3:2

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  34. Content type: Research

    Postpartum period is an important entry point for family planning service provision; however, women in Ethiopia are usually uncertain about the use of family planning methods during this period. Limited studie...

    Authors: Almaz Yirga Gebremedhin, Yigzaw Kebede, Abebaw Addis Gelagay and Yohannes Ayanaw Habitu

    Citation: Contraception and Reproductive Medicine 2018 3:1

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  35. Content type: Research

    High total fertility rates in Burkina Faso and Mali are leading to population growth beyond the agricultural and fiscal means of its citizens. Providing access to affordable family planning methods is a key st...

    Authors: Amy O’Regan and Gretchen Thompson

    Citation: Contraception and Reproductive Medicine 2017 2:26

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  36. Content type: Commentary

    Research demonstrates removing barriers to access, decreasing costs and offering same-day placement of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) increases contraceptive uptake in young women. For those in co...

    Authors: Jacqueline Lamme, Alison Edelman, Emily Padua and Jeffrey T. Jensen

    Citation: Contraception and Reproductive Medicine 2017 2:25

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  37. Content type: Research

    Contraceptive discontinuation is a major barrier to reducing global unmet needs for family planning, but the reasons why women discontinue contraception are poorly understood. Here we use data from Ethiopia to...

    Authors: Alexandra Alvergne, Rose Stevens and Eshetu Gurmu

    Citation: Contraception and Reproductive Medicine 2017 2:24

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  38. Content type: Review

    Aging is a complex biological process that involves the accrual of bodily changes over a long life span. In humans, advanced maternal age is associated with infertility and adverse pregnancy complications. Cel...

    Authors: Koumei Shirasuna and Hisataka Iwata

    Citation: Contraception and Reproductive Medicine 2017 2:23

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  39. Content type: Research

    According to available evidence, one in three married women in Ethiopia tends to avoid multiple children. On the other hand, women using Long Acting and Permanent Contraceptive Methods (LAPMs) are just 5 %. So...

    Authors: Fantahun Ayenew Mekonnen, Wassie Negash Mekonnen and Solomon Hailemeskel Beshah

    Citation: Contraception and Reproductive Medicine 2017 2:22

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  40. Content type: Research

    The contraceptive use of women in the extended postpartum period is usually different from other times in a woman’s life cycle due to the additional roles and presence of emotional changes. However, there is l...

    Authors: Masresha Tegegn, Mastewal Arefaynie and Tenaw Yimer Tiruye

    Citation: Contraception and Reproductive Medicine 2017 2:21

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  41. Content type: Review

    Heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) is a common gynecological problem that has a significant impact on a woman’s quality of life and the activities of daily living. Due to the difficulty in accurately describing me...

    Authors: Intira Sriprasert, Tarita Pakrashi, Thomas Kimble and David F. Archer

    Citation: Contraception and Reproductive Medicine 2017 2:20

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  42. Content type: Research

    Adoption of contraceptive implants and intrauterine devices has been less than might be expected given their superior efficacy and convenience. The purpose of this study was to assess knowledge and beliefs hel...

    Authors: Roshni Kakaiya, Lia L. Lopez and Anita L. Nelson

    Citation: Contraception and Reproductive Medicine 2017 2:19

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  43. Content type: Research

    Outpatient manual vacuum aspiration (MVA) is a safe and equally effective alternative to electric vacuum aspiration (EVA) in the operating room. This project was conducted to determine whether outpatient MVA e...

    Authors: Laura E. Dodge, Lisa G. Hofler, Michele R. Hacker and Sadia Haider

    Citation: Contraception and Reproductive Medicine 2017 2:18

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  44. Content type: Research

    Infertility is a prevalent disease of reproductive health that exerts an impact on an estimated 80 million people worldwide. For many, involuntary childlessness becomes a central and preoccupying issue in thei...

    Authors: Jacqueline R. Ho, Jacquelyn R. Hoffman, Lusine Aghajanova, James F. Smith, Marisela Cardenas and Christopher N. Herndon

    Citation: Contraception and Reproductive Medicine 2017 2:17

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  45. Content type: Research

    The MObile Technology for Improved Family Planning (MOTIF) trial assessed a mobile phone-based intervention comprising voice messages and counsellor support to increase post-abortion contraception at four Mari...

    Authors: Chris Smith, Sokhey Ly, Vannak Uk, Ruby Warnock, Phil Edwards and Caroline Free

    Citation: Contraception and Reproductive Medicine 2017 2:16

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  46. Content type: Research

    The female condom (FC) is the only safe and effective female-initiated method that provides simultaneous protection against unintended pregnancy as well as sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV...

    Authors: Mark Kwame Ananga, Nuworza Kugbey, Jemima Misornu Akporlu and Kwaku Oppong Asante

    Citation: Contraception and Reproductive Medicine 2017 2:15

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  47. Content type: Research

    The postpartum period is a crucial time to provide family planning counseling and can decrease incidence of adverse reproductive outcomes. The purpose of this study was to characterize patterns of postpartum c...

    Authors: Amy Millar, Rachel Isaksson Vogel, Sabrina Bedell, Maureen Ayers Looby, Jessica L Hubbs, Bernard L. Harlow and Rahel Ghebre

    Citation: Contraception and Reproductive Medicine 2017 2:14

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  48. Content type: Research

    In Nepal, evidence is sparse regarding the use of contraception at first and current relationships among sexually active young people. This study examined the factors associated with modern contraceptive use a...

    Authors: Laxmi Tamang, Camille Raynes-Greenow, Kevin McGeechan and Kirsten Black

    Citation: Contraception and Reproductive Medicine 2017 2:13

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  49. Content type: Research

    Cancer survivors rate fertility as one of the most important determinants of their quality of life in the years after cancer treatment. We seek to describe the reproductive goals of women affected by gynecolog...

    Authors: Wael H. Salem, Joe M. Letourneau, Jessica Chan, Sai-Wing Chan, Marcelle Cedars and Mitchell P. Rosen

    Citation: Contraception and Reproductive Medicine 2017 2:12

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  50. Content type: Research

    According to the World Health Organization (WHO) estimate, one-third of pregnancies end in miscarriage, stillbirth, or induced abortion in the world. There are various reasons for a woman to seek induced abort...

    Authors: Fikreselassie Tilahun, Abel Fekadu Dadi and Getachew Shiferaw

    Citation: Contraception and Reproductive Medicine 2017 2:11

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