E1278 CMAJ, December 13, 2011, 183(18) © 2011 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors The lifetime incidence of venous thromboembolism for both men and women is estimated at 1 per 1000. Increasing our understanding of the precipitating risk factors, as well as optimizing the prevention of this condition in high-risk populations, could help to reduce the burden of venous thromboembolism. A...

OBJECTIVE To examine the economic impact of a new implantable contraceptive, Implanon, in comparison with other available contraceptive methods. DESIGN This was a modelling study using cost data derived from national published sources and effectiveness data from either controlled clinical trials (Implanon) or reports in the literature (other contraceptives). In the baseline analysis, Implanon...

BACKGROUND In Ethiopia maternal mortality rate is very high more than one in five women die from pregnancy or pregnancy related causes. The use of contraceptives to prevent unwanted pregnancies and unsafe abortion is an important strategy to minimize maternal mortality rate. Among various forms of contraception, emergency contraceptives are the only one that can be used after sexual intercourse...

Women take oral contraceptives for contraception but also for menstrual dysfunction treatment. This raises the question of whether or not women with menstrual dysfunction are underrepresented in analyses of menstrual function because oral contraceptive users are excluded. To explore this, the authors examined the history of oral contraceptive use among 1322 Black women and White women, aged 35-...

To determine breast-feeding trends in the Region of the Americas and compare them with those observed in Cuba in the last decade, information was complied from a select group of national surveys conducted in the 1970s on the prevalence and duration of breast-feeding and then compared with information from a survey carried out in Cuba in 1973. In addition, data were taken from document HPN/92.7 ...

The 1960s ushered in a new era in US demographic history characterized by significantly lower fertility rates and smaller family sizes. What catalyzed these changes remains a matter of considerable debate. This paper exploits idiosyncratic variation in the language of "Comstock" statutes, enacted in the late 1800s, to quantify the role of the birth control pill in this transition. Almost 50 yea...

INTRODUCTION In Ethiopia, knowledge of contraceptive methods is high though there is low contraceptive prevalence rate. This study was aimed to assess prevalence and associated factors of long acting and permanent contraceptive methods in Jinka town, southern Ethiopia. METHODS Community based cross sectional survey was conducted to assess the prevalence and factors affecting long acting and p...

Despite years of family planning effort in Nigeria, the modern contraceptive prevalence (mCPR) has reached only 10%. Yet a few recent seminal, well-executed programs have been outstandingly successful providing long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs)—both in the public and private sector, and in the North and South. Remarkably, the LARCs they provided were equivalent to 2% mCPR in 2015 al...

Population explosion is one of the main problems in Indonesia. In 2021 total population Indonesia 273,879,750 people, there an increase 2,529,861 people compared to 2020. One efforts made by central government suppress rate growth create a Family Planning Village program or more often called KB Village. The purpose this community service provide with knowledge about selection contraceptives. me...

The aims of this study were to determine the average number children born alive among migrants, proportion EFA migrants who are currently using contraceptives, and analyze effect education level, employment status many cultures age at first marriage fertility rate in Denpasar City. sample was 120 female migrant. sampling technique is purposive combined with accidental sampling. data analysis us...