OBJECTIVES To identify the determinants of institutional delivery among young married women in Nepal. DESIGN Nepal Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) data sets 2011 were analysed. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed using a subset of 1662 ever-married young women (aged 15-24 years). OUTCOME MEASURE Place of delivery. RESULTS The rate of institutional d...

I artikeln presenteras delresultat från ett doktorandprojekt om informationskompetenspraktiker i svenskt vardagsliv: unga kvinnors (18-23 år) informationskompetenspraktiker när de väljer preventivmedel. Syftet är att förstå de unga kvinnornas perspektiv som det kommer till uttryck i deras berättelser om val och värdering av informationskällor om preventivmedel. En metod inspirerad av narrativa ...

The survey was conducted in a phased manner in the six states, between January 2006 and April 2008. A total of 50,848 married and unmarried young men and women were interviewed in the survey. These included 8,052 married young men, 11,522 unmarried young men, 13,912 married young women and 17,362 unmarried young women. This brief is based on data obtained from 14,281 young men and 31,274 young ...

Although the nature of the relationship between the thyroid gland and the gonads is undetermined (Spence 1953) it is well recognized that the incidence of clinical subthyroidism and myxoedema is far greater in women than men, and highest at or after themeno pause*. Green (1951), however, says that the demand of the body for thyroid hormone is greatest in women at puberty and during pregnancy an...

In women ages 15-45 years, an additional set of risk factors are important in the pathogenesis of ischemic stroke. Some of these pertain strictly to women, and relate to exogenous hormones and pregnancy. Various other conditions are more common in women, which include migraine with aura, selected vascular disorders and autoimmune conditions. These differences do have implications for management...