Introduction Of our Kaiser Permanente (KP) San Diego members, 1391 had pregnancy termination in 2003. In addition, about 1700 (32%) of births to mothers who were KP members in San Diego in 2003 were the results of mistimed or unwanted pregnancies. Couples have difficulty consistently using effective contraception, and a busy health maintenance organization is challenged by the need to consisten...

declining as modernization is increasing, Nigeria is still one of the poorest nations in the world and has the largest population in Sub-Saharan Africa. Many women are experiencing unwanted and mistimed pregnancies, with consequences ranging from interruption of schooling to health risks and economic hardship, all of which hinder efforts to improve their socioeconomic status. By educating and e...

REVIEW QUESTION/OBJECTIVE The objective of this review is to synthesize the best available evidence on the effectiveness of non-pharmacological interventions for the prevention and management of psychological and social morbidity in women who have an elective abortion.The specific review question that will be addressed is: In women (aged 13 years or more) with unwanted pregnancies who decide to...

Despite the availability of free contraceptives in the Republic of South Africa (RSA), unwanted and unintended pregnancies continue to pose challenges to reproductive health services. Structuredinterviews were conducted with 83 women in the Northern Tshwane area of the Gauteng Province about their contraceptive practices. All the participants couldgain more knowledge about the effective use ofm...

Most population studies conclude that today's skyrocketing growth in human population is creating a serious underlying threat to the well being of the world's natural and economic resources. Whether neem, can help to reduce runaway population growth is' uncertain. However, as noted earlier, exploratory research has indicated that certain neem, ingredients have contraceptive properties. Thus it ...

Spaying (ovariectomy or ovariohysterectomy) has been shown to reduce unwanted pregnancies, prevent pyometra and decrease the risk of mammary gland tumors in female dogs and cats. However, increased tendency to develop obesity may occur in either species. In dogs, an increased incidence of certain cancers, aggressiveness, sedentary behavior, and urinary incontinence may develop after spaying. Th...

OBJECTIVE To determine the perceptions and beliefs relating to unwanted pregnancy, family planning and abortion, and identify issues that can be leveraged to initiate positive attitudes towards family planning and abortion in the area. MATERIALS AND METHODS Focus group discussions (FGDs) and in-depth interviews (IDIs) were conducted in Amukpe, Delta State, Nigeria. A highly motivated and well...

OBJECTIVE To study the prevalence of unwanted pregnancy in urban and rural settlements in Southwestern Nigeria. DESIGN A prospective cross-sectional study of women within reproductive age. SETTING Community-based study of unwanted pregnancy was conducted in 2012. PARTICIPANTS They were women of reproductive age who had experienced unintended and/or unwanted pregnancies and they were rando...

ably Uganda’s gravest public health issue, unintended pregnancy and unsafe abortion also rank high among serious health problems facing the country. Unplanned births are common and represent a growing proportion of all births— almost 40% in 2000, compared with 29% in 1995. With such high levels of unplanned childbearing, it is likely that abortion is becoming increasingly common in Uganda, even...

Recently unintended pregnancies have been described as "a new kind of mid-life crisis." Given the high prevalence of unwanted or mistimed pregnancy in the US, we examined the sexual and reproductive health patterns of sexually active midlife women. An examination of the prevalence of unintended pregnancy among midlife women revealed a gap in data indicating unmet sexual and reproductive health ...