UNLABELLED Due high rates of unplanned pregnancy and unsafe abortion in young women in Latin America intrauterine contraception, by its great contraceptive efficacy, should be offered by the public services of health in a more generalized way. However, some negative prejudices prevail over the perception of its benefits. The aim of this article was to explore the most relevant myths around this...

Abstract Introduction Women with mental illness are 5x more likely to experience an unplanned pregnancy due lower rates of effective contraception use; they also higher adverse outcomes. Education about women’s reproductive health and family planning not routinely offered in inpatient addiction treatment settings. Methods Weekly groups on the psychiatry unit were led by residents who trained pr...

Over the last forty years, while birth control has madesubstantial progress, it has generated growing demandfor planned parenthood. Prospective parents now expectnot only to choose the number of children and the momentof entry into parenthood, but also the interval betweenbirths and even the time of year when the births occur. Yetcontrol over fertility is by no means per...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to determine how often children and adolescents share prescription medications and, because of teratogenic concerns, assess specific reasons why girls might engage in medication-sharing behaviors. METHODS Data were collected as part of Youthstyles, a mail survey of children and adolescents 9 through 18 years of age (764 girls and 804 boys) about healt...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Preventing unintended pregnancies among people living with HIV (PLHIV) is one of the strategies of WHO for preventing parent-to-child transmission (PPTCT). Given the limitation of only condom use, the objective of this study was to improve use of dual contraceptive methods among HIV infected women. METHODS An experimental study among HIV positive women was conducted at...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to use national statistics on abortions carried out in England and Wales to more precisely estimate the proportion of young women aged <20 years obtaining an abortion who have had one or more previous pregnancies. METHODS Secondary analysis of abortion data from the Office of National Statistic and the Department of Health by parity for women aged <20 yea...

Adequate intake of folic acid by women during very early pregnancy can markedly reduce risk of the development of neural-tube defects (NTD). The effectiveness of advice to women to take folic acid supplements is limited, mainly because 50% of pregnancies are unplanned. However, mandatory folic acid food fortification programmes in North America have been very successful in reducing NTD rates. I...

aim of sex education interventions should be to reduce the adverse outcomes of sexual intercourse. This includes unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted infection rates. The findings of the most recent systematic review of interventions to reduce unintended pregnancies amongst adolescents, using the results exclusively from randomized trials in developed countries , are disappointing. 1 ...