Background: The evidence base for childbirth has been progressively developed and refined over several decades. Effective maternity care with least harm is optimal for childbearing women and newborns. High-quality systematic reviews of the best available research provide the most trustworthy knowledge about beneficial and harmful effects of health interventions. The aim of this study was to sum...

BACKGROUND This study was designed to acquire information about the use of contraceptive methods in order to reduce the number of elective abortions. STUDY DESIGN Since 1997, representative samples of Spanish women of childbearing potential (15-49 years) have been surveyed by the Daphne Team every 2 years to gather data of contraceptive methods used. RESULTS During the study period, 1997 to...

iran in recent decades with the steep fall in fertility is facing a demographic issue. according to the movement of iranian society towards modernity as a result of lifestyle changes, the big question raised in the present research is that ”what lifestyle changes can affect reproductive attitudes of activists?” this study was designed aiming at investigating the attitudes toward childbearing, w...

CONTEXT High unintended pregnancy rates, and inconsistencies between reported pregnancy intentions and contraceptive behaviors, have been well documented among young U.S. women. Women's beliefs about the benefits of childbearing and motherhood may be related to the apparent disconnect between pregnancy intentions and reproductive outcomes. METHODS Perceived benefits of childbearing and feelin...

INTRODUCTION Many HIV-affected couples living in sub-Saharan Africa desire to have children, but few quantitative studies have examined support for their childbearing needs. Our study explored client-provider communication about childbearing and safer conception among HIV clients in Uganda. METHODS 400 Ugandan HIV clients in committed relationships and with intentions to conceive were surveye...

Background: Findings and published statistical data show that the fertility rate and the tendency towards childbearing are decreasing in many countries, including Iran. Many personal, social, economic, and cultural factors can cause this decline. Nonetheless, cultural changes have flourished, among other factors in recent years. Therefore, the study aimed to investigate the role of cultural cha...

background: unwanted pregnancies and their complications are one of the major problems facing women in the world. this study aimed to determine the factors that affect unwanted pregnancy in the population covered by the shahroud university of medical sciences in 2013. methods: in this case-control study, 116 cases and 251 controls were randomly selected from those who referred to health care ce...