BACKGROUND In Pakistan maternal mortality rate (MMR) is very high and more than one in five women die from pregnancy related causes; solution to this is to have low fertility rate. The emergency contraceptives (ECs) can be used to prevent unwanted pregnancies. The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice about ECs among doctors. METHODS Institution-based cross-sect...

The aim of this study was to evaluate knowledge, attitude and practice of herbal remedies (HRs) in infertile patients. This was a cross sectional study in a referral infertility care center. Three hundred and six outpatients, both women and men, presenting for the first time with complaint of infertility at Arash hospital, were recruited. Verbal consent for participation was received. A self ad...

Aims: Childbearing is a value in Islamic Iranian culture. Due to the decrease in the total fertility rate in Iran during the three decades, following the change in population policies in 1990-2010, having one child has become a common phenomenon in the country. This study aimed to determine the effect of education on childbearing intention in one-child women based on the theory of planned behav...

background: eclampsia is associated with 14 % of maternal mortality in developing countries. considering that identification of at risk mothers and improving the level of knowledge and awareness of family care experts would lead to better control of the disease and its complication, the aim of this survey was to evaluate the level of knowledge and attitude concerning this disease among pregnant...

to what extent do socio-economic and cultural factors influence fertility? what are women's fertility conditions among different religious sub-groups? to answer these questions, the required data were collected from 362 shiites and sunni women living in sarpolzhab, iran. then the collected data were analyzed. the results indicated a statistically significant difference between the reproductive ...

widespread changes in women’s roles in society, in turn, leads to their increasing participation in the social arena, therefore, by increasing women’s autonomy in different aspects of life, they are more likely to reach to higher positions and status than they were in earlier decades. this situation provides the context for changes in fertility ideals (fertility behavior, desires, and ideals) o...

the increasing trend in women's market employment since 1950s in the world has been documented as the most important indication for 'the revolution in gender roles' (davis 1984, cotter et al 2001). despite the significant capabilities of women and the substantial achievements facilitating female labor force participation in the recent years (such as substantial increase both in w...