Ausgabe 1/2014
Inhalt (93 Artikel)
Contraception for adolescents in low and middle income countries: needs, barriers, and access
Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli, Donna R McCarraher, Sharon J Phillips, Nancy E Williamson, Gwyn Hainsworth
Assessment of adolescents’ communication on sexual and reproductive health matters with parents and associated factors among secondary and preparatory schools’ students in Debremarkos town, North West Ethiopia
Kasiye Shiferaw, Frehiwot Getahun, Getahun Asres
Expanding contraceptive options for PMTCT clients: a mixed methods implementation study in Cape Town, South Africa
Theresa Hoke, Jane Harries, Sarah Crede, Mackenzie Green, Deborah Constant, Tricia Petruney, Jennifer Moodley
Maternal near miss and death among women with severe hypertensive disorders: a Brazilian multicenter surveillance study
Elvira Zanette, Mary Angela Parpinelli, Fernanda Garanhani Surita, Maria Laura Costa, Samira Maerrawi Haddad, Maria Helena Sousa, Joao Luiz Pinto e Silva, Joao Paulo Souza, Jose Guilherme Cecatti
Potential point of care tests (POCTs) for maternal health in Peru, perspectives of pregnant women and their partners
Angela M Bayer, Lizzete Najarro, Mercedes Zevallos, Patricia J García
Health facility-based data on women receiving sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine during pregnancy in Tanzania: lessons to learn from a cross-sectional survey in Mkuranga and Mufindi districts and other national survey reports
Godfrey M Mubyazi, Jens Byskov, Pascal Magnussen, Ib C Bygbjerg, Jasper N Ijumba, Mufungo Marero, Leonard EG Mboera, Fabrizio Molteni, Paul Bloch
Giving cell phones to pregnant women and improving services may increase primary health facility utilization: a case–control study of a Nigerian project
Sunday Oluwafemi Oyeyemi, Rolf Wynn
Is drinking alcohol associated with sexual coercion among Ugandan university students?: a cross-sectional study
Devika Mehra, Anette Agardh, Martin Stafström, Per-Olof Östergren
Uterine leiomyoma: understanding the impact of symptoms on womens’ lives
Luiz Gustavo Oliveira Brito, Marislei Sanches Panobianco, Maurício Mesquita Sabino-de-Freitas, Hermes de Freitas Barbosa, George Dantas de Azevedo, Luciane Maria Oliveira Brito, Francisco José Candido-dos-Reis
Risk factors for perinatal death in two different levels of care: a case–control study
Paula Maria Silveira Soares Moura, Izildinha Maestá, Lígia Maria Souza Suppo Rugolo, Luís Felipe Ramos Berbel Angulski, Antônio Prates Caldeira, José Carlos Peraçoli, Marilza Vieira Cunha Rudge
Fetal demise and associated factors following umbilical cord prolapse in Mulago hospital, Uganda: a retrospective study
Esau Wangi Wasswa, Sarah Nakubulwa, Twaha Mutyaba
Determinants of modern contraceptive utilization among married women of reproductive age group in North Shoa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
Abdurahman Mohammed, Desalegn Woldeyohannes, Amsalu Feleke, Berihun Megabiaw
Trend and socio-demographic differentials of Caesarean section rate in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: analysis based on Ethiopia demographic and health surveys data
Samson Gebremedhin
Effect of gender preference on fertility: cross-sectional study among women of Tharu community from rural area of eastern region of Nepal
Pramila Rai, Ishwari Sharma Paudel, Anup Ghimire, Paras Kumar Pokharel, Raju Rijal, Surya Raj Niraula
Maternal mortality revisited: the application of the new ICD-MM classification system in reference to maternal deaths in Sri Lanka
Suneth Agampodi, Kolitha Wickramage, Thilini Agampodi, Upuli Thennakoon, Nirasha Jayathilaka, Dhammika Karunarathna, Sasanka Alagiyawanna
Medicaid spending on contraceptive coverage and pregnancy-related care
François Laliberté, Patrick Lefebvre, Amy Law, Mei Sheng Duh, Jennifer Pocoski, Richard Lynen, Philip Darney
Barriers to male involvement in contraceptive uptake and reproductive health services: a qualitative study of men and women’s perceptions in two rural districts in Uganda
Allen Kabagenyi, Larissa Jennings, Alice Reid, Gorette Nalwadda, James Ntozi, Lynn Atuyambe
Spousal discordance on fertility preference and its effect on contraceptive practice among married couples in Jimma zone, Ethiopia
Tizta Tilahun, Gily Coene, Marleen Temmerman, Olivier Degomme
Perspectives of professionals participating in the Brazilian Network for the Surveillance of Severe Maternal Morbidity regarding the implementation of routine surveillance: a qualitative study
Adriana Gomes Luz, Maria José Martins Duarte Osis, Meire Ribeiro, José Guilherme Cecatti, Eliana Amaral
Modern contraceptive utilization among female ART attendees in health facilities of Gimbie town, West Ethiopia
Addisu Polisi, Ewenat Gebrehanna, Gezahegn Tesfaye, Fekede Asefa
Differences in risky sexual behaviors and HIV prevalence of circumcised and uncircumcised men in Uganda: evidence from a 2011 cross-sectional national survey
Simon PS Kibira, Elizabeth Nansubuga, Nazarius M Tumwesigye, Lynn M Atuyambe, Fredrick Makumbi
Lived experiences of women who developed uterine rupture following severe obstructed labor in Mulago hospital, Uganda
Dan K Kaye, Othman Kakaire, Annettee Nakimuli, Michael O Osinde, Scovia N Mbalinda, Nelson Kakande
Protocol study: sexual and reproductive health knowledge, information-seeking behaviour and attitudes among Saudi women: a questionnaire survey of university students
Manal Farih, Khalid Khan, Della Freeth, Catherine Meads
Relationships in oocyte recipient couples – a Swedish national prospective follow-up study
Gunilla Sydsjö, Claudia Lampic, Marie Bladh, Agneta Skoog Svanberg
Fertility intentions among HIV positive women aged 18–49 years in Addis Ababa Ethiopia: a cross sectional study
Hussen Mekonnen Asfaw, Fikre Enquselassie Gashe
Social capital in association with health status of women in reproductive age: study protocol for a sequential explanatory mixed methods study
Azam Baheiraei, Fatemeh Bakouei, Eesa Mohammadi, Mostafa Hosseini
Demographic relevancy of increased use of assisted reproduction in European countries
Jirina Kocourkova, Boris Burcin, Tomas Kucera
Men’s attitudes on gender equality and their contraceptive use in Uttar Pradesh India
Anurag Mishra, Priya Nanda, Ilene S Speizer, Lisa M Calhoun, Allison Zimmerman, Rochak Bhardwaj
A study protocol: using demand-side financing to meet the birth spacing needs of the underserved in Punjab Province in Pakistan
Syed Khurram Azmat, Moazzam Ali, Waqas Hameed, Ghulam Mustafa, Ghazanfer Abbas, Muhammad Ishaque, Mohsina Bilgrami, Marleen Temmerman
Development and psychometric evaluation of the Premarital Sexual Behavior Assessment Scale for Young Women (PSAS-YW): an exploratory mixed method study
Azam Rahmani, Effat Merghati-Khoei, Lida Moghadam-Banaem, Ebrahim Hajizadeh, Mostafa Hamdieh, Ali Montazeri
Factors associated with pre-marital sexual debut among unmarried high school female students in bahir Dar town, Ethiopia: cross- sectional study
Yeshalem Mulugeta, Yemane Berhane
Shadow of domestic violence and extramarital sex cohesive with spousal communication among males in Nepal
Dharma Nand Bhatta
Spousal violence in sub-Saharan Africa: does household poverty-wealth matter?
Samson Olusina Bamiwuye, Clifford Odimegwu
Views of pregnant women and clinicians regarding discussion of exposure to phthalate plasticizers
Sapna Sharma, Justin M Ashley, Alexandra Hodgson, Jeff Nisker
Premarital sexual practices and its predictors among in-school youths of shendi town, west Gojjam zone, North Western Ethiopia
Alemayehu Bogale, Assefa Seme
A cross sectional study on factors associated with harmful traditional practices among children less than 5 years in Axum town, north Ethiopia, 2013
Kahsu Gebrekirstos, Mesfin Abebe, Atsede Fantahun
Sexual behaviour and sexual and reproductive health education: a cross-sectional study in Romania
Cornelia Rada
Perceptions of and preferences for federally-funded family planning clinics
Willie H Oglesby
The effect of joint contraceptive decisions on the use of Injectables, Long-Acting and Permanent Methods (ILAPMs) among married female (15–49) contraceptive users in Zambia: a cross-sectional study
Namuunda Mutombo, Pauline Bakibinga
The CROWN initiative: journal editors invite researchers to develop core outcomes in women’s health
Khalid Khan, José M Belizán
Toll free mobile communication: overcoming barriers in maternal and neonatal emergencies in Rural Bangladesh
Nafisa Lira Huq, Asrafi Jahan Azmi, MA Quaiyum, Shahed Hossain
Promoting family planning use after childbirth and desire to limit childbearing in Ethiopia
A Sathiya Susuman, Aristide Bado, Yishak Abraham Lailulo
Treatment-seeking for selected reproductive health problems: behaviours of unmarried female adolescents in two low-performing areas of Bangladesh
Humayun Kabir, Nirod Chandra Saha, Andrea L Wirtz, Rukhsana Gazi
Unprotected sexual practice and associated factors among People Living with HIV at Ante Retroviral Therapy clinics in Debrezeit Town, Ethiopia: a cross sectional study
Etsub Engedashet, Alemayehu Worku, Gezahegn Tesfaye
The experience of dysmenorrhoea among Ghanaian senior high and university students: pain characteristics and effects
Lydia Aziato, Florence Dedey, Joe Nat A Clegg-Lamptey
A spatial analysis to study access to emergency obstetric transport services under the public private “Janani Express Yojana” program in two districts of Madhya Pradesh, India
Yogesh Sabde, Ayesha De Costa, Vishal Diwan
Birth preparedness and complication readiness in Robe Woreda, Arsi Zone, Oromia Region, Central Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
Muhammedawel Kaso, Mesfin Addisse
The effect of birth preparedness and complication readiness on skilled care use: a prospective follow-up study in Southwest Ethiopia
Gurmesa Tura, Mesganaw Fantahun Afework, Alemayehu Worku Yalew
Predictors of mistimed, and unwanted pregnancies among women of childbearing age in Rufiji, Kilombero, and Ulanga districts of Tanzania
Amon Exavery, Almamy Malick Kanté, Mustafa Njozi, Kassimu Tani, Henry V Doctor, Ahmed Hingora, James F Phillips
Challenges in accessing sexual and reproductive health services by people with physical disabilities in Kampala, Uganda
Sharon Eva Ahumuza, Joseph KB Matovu, John Bosco Ddamulira, Florence Kyoheirwe Muhanguzi
Maternal and perinatal health research priorities beyond 2015: an international survey and prioritization exercise
Joao Paulo Souza, Mariana Widmer, Ahmet Metin Gülmezoglu, Theresa Anne Lawrie, Ebunoluwa Aderonke Adejuyigbe, Guillermo Carroli, Caroline Crowther, Sheena M Currie, Therese Dowswell, Justus Hofmeyr, Tina Lavender, Joy Lawn, Silke Mader, Francisco Eulógio Martinez, Kidza Mugerwa, Zahida Qureshi, Maria Asuncion Silvestre, Hora Soltani, Maria Regina Torloni, Eleni Z Tsigas, Zoe Vowles, Léopold Ouedraogo, Suzanne Serruya, Jamela Al-Raiby, Narimah Awin, Hiromi Obara, Matthews Mathai, Rajiv Bahl, José Martines, Bela Ganatra, Sharon Jelena Phillips, Brooke Ronald Johnson, Joshua P Vogel, Olufemi T Oladapo, Marleen Temmerman
Relationships in couples treated with sperm donation - a national prospective follow-up study
Gunilla Sydsjö, Agneta Skoog Svanberg, Marie Bladh, Claudia Lampic
The social context of adolescent women’s use of modern contraceptives in Zimbabwe: a multilevel analysis
Enock Ngome, Clifford Odimegwu
Selective episiotomy vs. implementation of a non episiotomy protocol: a randomized clinical trial
Inês Melo, Leila Katz, Isabela Coutinho, Melania Maria Amorim
The involvement of men in maternal health care: cross-sectional, pilot case studies from Maligita and Kibibi, Uganda
Debra Singh, May Lample, Jaya Earnest
Role-players in abortion decision-making in the Accra Metropolis, Ghana
Akwasi Kumi-Kyereme, Fred Yao Gbagbo, Joshua Amo-Adjei
Preconception care: it’s never too early
Sunni L Mumford, Kara A Michels, Natasha Salaria, Pilar Valanzasca, José M Belizán
Health care providers’ opinions on abortion: a study for the implementation of the legal abortion public policy in the Province of Santa Fe, Argentina
Silvina Ramos, Mariana Romero, Agustina Ramón Michel
Empowering adolescent girls: developing egalitarian gender norms and relations to end violence
Avni Amin, Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli
Increasing literate and illiterate women’s met need for contraception via empowerment: a quasi-experiment in rural India
Federico R León, Rebecka Lundgren, Irit Sinai, Ragini Sinha, Victoria Jennings
Adolescent - parent communication on sexual and reproductive health issues among high school students in Dire Dawa, Eastern Ethiopia: a cross sectional study
Mulatuwa Ayalew, Bezatu Mengistie, Agumasie Semahegn
Assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs): Evaluation of evidence to support public policy development
Alexa A Nardelli, Tania Stafinski, Tarek Motan, Kristin Klein, Devidas Menon
A protocol to identify non-classical risk factors for preterm births: the Brazilian Ribeirão Preto and São Luís prenatal cohort (BRISA)
Antônio Augusto Moura da Silva, Vanda Maria Ferreira Simões, Marco Antonio Barbieri, Viviane Cunha Cardoso, Claudia Maria Coelho Alves, Erika Bárbara Abreu Fonseca Thomaz, Rejane Christine de Sousa Queiroz, Ricardo Carvalho Cavalli, Rosângela Fernandes Lucena Batista, Heloísa Bettiol
How can we improve the use of essential evidence-based interventions?
José M Belizán, Natasha Salaria, Pilar Valanzasca, Michael Mbizvo
Facilitators and barriers to facility-based delivery in low- and middle-income countries: a qualitative evidence synthesis
Meghan A Bohren, Erin C Hunter, Heather M Munthe-Kaas, João Paulo Souza, Joshua P Vogel, A Metin Gülmezoglu
The prevalence of Group B Streptococus recto-vaginal colonization and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern in pregnant mothers at two hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Zufan Lakew Woldu, Tatek Gebreegziabher Teklehaimanot, Sisay Teklu Waji, Mahlet Yigeremu Gebremariam
Differences in sexual behaviour and sexual practices of adolescents in Nigeria based on sex and self-reported HIV status
Morenike O Folayan, Morolake Odetoyinbo, Brandon Brown, Abigail Harrison
Sexual behaviours and associated factors among students at Bahir Dar University: a cross sectional study
Wondemagegn Mulu, Mulat Yimer, Bayeh Abera
Social networks and female reproductive choices in the developing world: a systematized review
Samantha MP Lowe, Spencer Moore
Decision making on unsafe abortions in Sri Lanka: a case-control study
Carukshi Arambepola, Lalini C Rajapaksa
Influence of family members on utilization of maternal health care services among teen and adult pregnant women in Kathmandu, Nepal: a cross sectional study
Priti Upadhyay, Tippawan Liabsuetrakul, Amir Babu Shrestha, Neelam Pradhan
Practices and determinants of delivery by skilled birth attendants in Bangladesh
Nazrul Islam, Mohammad Tajul Islam, Yukie Yoshimura
Determinants of fertility in Rwanda in the context of a fertility transition: a secondary analysis of the 2010 Demographic and Health Survey
Vedaste Ndahindwa, Collins Kamanzi, Muhammed Semakula, François Abalikumwe, Bethany Hedt-Gauthier, Dana R Thomson
A review of interventions addressing structural drivers of adolescents’ sexual and reproductive health vulnerability in sub-Saharan Africa: implications for sexual health programming
Joyce Wamoyi, Gerry Mshana, Aika Mongi, Nyasule Neke, Saidi Kapiga, John Changalucha
The effects of situated learning and health knowledge involvement on health communications
Yi-Chih Lee, Wei-Li Wu
Increasing incidence of pregnancy among women receiving HIV care and treatment at a large urban facility in western Uganda
Jane Kabami, Eleanor Turyakira, Sam Biraro, Francis Bajunirwe
UNICEF Report: enormous progress in child survival but greater focus on newborns urgently needed
Tessa Wardlaw, Danzhen You, Lucia Hug, Agbessi Amouzou, Holly Newby
Delivering the evidence to improve the health of women and newborns: State of the World’s Midwifery, report 2014
Frances Day-Stirk, Frances McConville, James Campbell, Laura Laski, Maria Guerra-Arias, Petra ten Hoope-Bender, Michaela Michel-Schuldt, Luc de Bernis
Can community health officer-midwives effectively integrate skilled birth attendance in the community-based health planning and services program in rural Ghana?
Evelyn Sakeah, Lois McCloskey, Judith Bernstein, Kojo Yeboah-Antwi, Samuel Mills, Henry V Doctor
Conscientious objection and its impact on abortion service provision in South Africa: a qualitative study
Jane Harries, Diane Cooper, Anna Strebel, Christopher J Colvin
Development of a scale for determining violence against infertile women: a scale development study
Güliz Onat
Mental health outcomes of mothers who conceived using fertility treatment
Nikolett Raguz, Sheila W McDonald, Amy Metcalfe, Candace O’Quinn, Suzanne C Tough
Factors associated with Institutional delivery service utilization among mothers in Bahir Dar City administration, Amhara region: a community based cross sectional study
Gedefaw Abeje, Muluken Azage, Tesfaye Setegn
Reproductive health decision making among Ghanaian women
Eugene Kofuor Maafo Darteh, David Teye Doku, Kobina Esia-Donkoh
Intention to use long acting and permanent contraceptive methods and factors affecting it among married women in Adigrat town, Tigray, Northern Ethiopia
Alem Gebremariam, Adamu Addissie
Attitudes of fertile and infertile woman towards new reproductive technologies: a case study of Lithuania
Aurelija Blaževičienė, Irayda Jakušovaitė, Alina Vaškelytė
Effect of an innovative community based health program on maternal health service utilization in north and south central Ethiopia: a community based cross sectional study
Mesganaw Fantahun Afework, Kesteberhan Admassu, Alemayehu Mekonnen, Seifu Hagos, Meselech Asegid, Saifuddin Ahmed
Women’s experience with postpartum intrauterine contraceptive device use in India
Somesh Kumar, Reena Sethi, Sudharsanam Balasubramaniam, Elaine Charurat, Kamlesh Lalchandani, Richard Semba, Bulbul Sood
Metabolic effects of the contraceptive skin patch and subdermal contraceptive implant in Mexican women: A prospective study
Jesus Hernandez-Juarez, Ethel A Garcia-Latorre, Manuel Moreno-Hernandez, Jose Fernando Moran-Perez, Miguel Angel Rodriguez-Escobedo, Gerardo Cogque-Hernandez, Rubén Julián-Nacer, Xochitl Hernandez-Giron, Rosalia Palafox-Gomez, Irma Isordia-Salas, Abraham Majluf-Cruz
Determinants of modern family planning use among women of reproductive age in the Nkwanta district of Ghana: a case–control study
Sebastian Eliason, John K Awoonor-Williams, Cecilia Eliason, Jacob Novignon, Justice Nonvignon, Moses Aikins
Patients’ administration preferences: progesterone vaginal insert (Endometrin®) compared to intramuscular progesterone for Luteal phase support
Angeline N Beltsos, Mark D Sanchez, Kevin J Doody, Mark R Bush, Alice D Domar, Michael G Collins
Annual acknowledgement of manuscript reviewers
José M Belizán, Natasha Salaria