This article aims to discuss the prevention of the heterosexual HIV infection among women, considering and relationship between this practice and their reproductive demands, based on a critical analysis of the recent literature on the issue. It is assumed the relative exhaustion in the discourse about male condom use in all sexual relations, and the need to recognize that for many women in chil...

Maternal disapproval of premarital sex, maternal discussions about birth control and the quality of the parent-child relationship may have an important influence on adolescents' sexual activity and the consistency of their contraceptive use. Findings from a survey of 751 black youths showed that adolescent perceptions of maternal disapproval of premarital sex and satisfaction with the mother-ch...

Male and female, normotensive Wistar:Kyoto rats, spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR), and Stroke-prone SHR (SHR/SP) with severe hypertension were treated with a contraceptive drug (Enovid) from the time of weaning until they became 180 days old. Although the Envoid-treated SHR and SHR/SP had exacerbations of their high blood pressure, none of the animals developed renal or cerebral damage. Ch...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to determine current contraceptive use, contraceptive desires and knowledge, future fertility desires, and sterilization regret in a cohort of HIV-positive women. STUDY DESIGN 127 HIV-positive women receiving care at an urban infectious disease clinic completed a survey addressing their contraceptive and reproductive histories as well as their future contr...

OBJECTIVE To measure the level of repeat use of emergency contraception (EC) in family planning clinics (FPCs) in North and East Devon. DESIGN An audit of repeat use of EC was carried out in seven FPCs, in parallel with a client survey. All women seeking EC in the study period were included (n = 572). RESULTS Nearly 70% of women had 'ever' used EC prior to the study visit; over half had pre...

OBJECTIVES To assess spousal agreement levels regarding fertility preference and spousal communication, and to look at how it affects contraceptive use by couples. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional study to collect quantitative data from March to May 2010 in Jimma zone, Ethiopia, using a multistage sampling design covering six districts. In each of the 811 couples included in the survey,...

INTRODUCTION Young Liberians, particularly undereducated young adults, face substantial sexual and reproductive health (SRH) challenges, with low uptake of contraceptive methods, high rates of unintended pregnancy, and low levels of knowledge about HIV status. The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of a 6-day intensive group learning intervention combined with on-site SRH services (...

CONTEXT Little is known about how written family planning clinic policy regarding emergency contraception, as well as personal characteristics, behaviors and attitudes, may influence a woman to use emergency contraception. METHODS Between June 2001 and July 2002, women attending publicly funded family planning clinics in Pennsylvania were enrolled in an 18-month longitudinal study. Half atten...

BACKGROUND Almost one in five contraceptive users in India uses a temporary method. It is important to understand user profiles and method use patterns for optimal program targeting.This analysis examines differences in demographic characteristics, discontinuation and use patterns of temporary method users among a representative sample of urban women from four cities in Uttar Pradesh, India. ...