Identifying the factors that deter or stimulate the women to participate in screening activities is very important in order to design effective education and motivation strategies, particularly in the countries without an organized system. The study employed a case-control design. The participants were recruited in four primary health care institutions in Belgrade over a month. The study group ...

Objective. To assess the use of cell phones and email as means of communication between pregnant women and their gynecologists and family physicians. Study Design. A cross-sectional study of pregnant women at routine followup. One hundred and twenty women participated in the study. Results. The mean age was 27.4 ± 3.4 years. One hundred nineteen women owned a cell phone and 114 (95%) had an ema...

INTRODUCTION Since regular screening is the best way of preventing the development of cervical cancer, the objective has been set to assess the motivation of women to have regular gynecological examinations and to estimate the role of the chosen general practitioner. MATERIAL AND METHODS The survey was performed on the basis of the prospective study done at the Health Centre "Novi Sad" in 200...

BACKGROUND Obstetrician-gynecologists are increasingly called upon to be vaccinators as an essential part of a woman's primary and preventive health care. Despite the established safety of vaccines, vaccine adverse events may occur. A national Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) is a well-established mechanism to track adverse events. However, we hypothesized that many obstetrician-g...

Dr. Arthur Henry Morse died on January 26, 1950 at the age of 69. He is survived by his wife and two sons. After graduation from Tufts College in 1902 and the Johns Hopkins Medical School in 1906, he served as resident in pathology at the Rhode Island General Hospital. Subsequently, in 1910, he became resident and instructor in obstetrics at Johns Hopkins Hospital and in 1912 resident surgeon a...

PURPOSE To evaluate and compare the attitudes of ophthalmologists and gynecologists in suggesting appropriate approach to pregnancy in different ocular conditions. METHODS Specialty-specific questionnaires on delivery mode and abortion indications for ophthalmic patients (refractive, vascular, oncologic, retinal, glaucoma, postoperation, posttrauma, and infectious) were designed and distribut...