Articles

Missed opportunities in family planning: process evaluation of family planning program in Omo Nada district, Oromia region, Ethiopia

Family planning (FP) program is a key program to avert unbalanced human population growth, maternal mortality, unintended pregnancy, unsafe abortion, sexually transmitted diseases and malnutrition. To address ...

Authors: Misganu Endriyas, Tefera Belachew and Berhane Megerssa

Return of fertility after discontinuation of contraception: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Along with increasing availability and utilization of contraception, It is also important to confirm that the effects of contraception use on resumption of fertility after discontinuation However currently evi...

Authors: Tadele Girum and Abebaw Wasie

Use of effective family planning methods and frequency of sex among HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected African women

Frequency of sex, contraceptive use and HIV infection are key determinants of fertility. Use of an effective family planning (EFP) method (injectable, oral, intra-uterine contraceptive device (IUCD), or Norpla...

Authors: Jim Aizire, Sufia Dadabhai, Frank Taulo, Bonus Makanani, Luis Gadama, Jin Sun, Amy Tsui and Taha E. Taha

Determinants of unmet need for family planning among married women of reproductive age in Burundi: a cross-sectional study

High unmet need for family planning (32.4%) characterized Burundi in 2010. However, there has not been any study examining the relationship between unmet need and associated factors in Burundi. The present stu...

Authors: Athanase Nzokirishaka and Imose Itua

Use and discontinuation of intrauterine contraceptive device in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana

The intrauterine contraceptive device is one of the modern long-acting and reversible contraception that is very safe and effective. Yet, less than 2 % of women are using intrauterine devices in Ghana. This st...

Authors: Fred Yao Gbagbo and Esinam Afi Kayi

Prevalence and factors influencing modern contraceptive use among HIV-positive women in Kilimanjaro region, northern Tanzania

Mother-to-Child-Transmission (MTCT) of HIV is still a public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa. The region has a high unmet need for family planning and high unplanned pregnancy rates among HIV-positive wom...

Authors: Damian J. Damian, Johnston M. George, Erick Martin, Beatrice Temba and Sia E. Msuya

High parity predicts use of long-acting reversible contraceptives in the extended postpartum period among women in rural Uganda

The use of implants and Intra-uterine devices (IUD) during the post-partum period is very low in Uganda especially in rural settings. Long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARC) are known to be the most cost-...

Authors: Ronald Anguzu, Hassard Sempeera and Juliet N. Sekandi

Postpartum intrauterine device placement: a patient-friendly option

Women in the United States are increasingly choosing an intrauterine device (IUD) for contraception. Since the postpartum period is an important time to consider a patient’s need for contraception, offering po...

Authors: Carrie Cwiak and Sarah Cordes

A comparison of combined oral contraceptives containing chlormadinone acetate versus drospirenone for the treatment of acne and dysmenorrhea: a randomized trial

Oral contraceptives (OCs), aside from contraceptive efficacy, have been widely known for their non-contraceptive benefits. Different progestogens component of the OCs have been shown to improve the skin, hair,...

Authors: Unnop Jaisamrarn and Somsook Santibenchakul

Pregnant or recently pregnant opioid users: contraception decisions, perceptions and preferences

Multiple factors are linked to extremely high unintended pregnancy rates among women who use opioids, including various barriers to contraception adherence. These include patient level barriers such as lack of...

Authors: Rebecca L. Fischbein, Bethany G. Lanese, Lynn Falletta, Kelsey Hamilton, Jennifer A. King and Deric R. Kenne

Unconscionable: how the U.S. Supreme Court’s jurisprudence lags behind the world when it comes to contraception and conscience

U.S. Supreme Court jurisprudence undermines access to contraception by permitting individuals, institutions, and even corporations to claim religious objections to ensuring contraceptive insurance coverage, th...

Authors: Aram A. Schvey and Claire Kim

Family planning use and its associated factors among women in the extended postpartum period in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Postpartum period is an important entry point for family planning service provision; however, women in Ethiopia are usually uncertain about the use of family planning methods during this period. Limited studie...

Authors: Almaz Yirga Gebremedhin, Yigzaw Kebede, Abebaw Addis Gelagay and Yohannes Ayanaw Habitu

Indicators of young women’s modern contraceptive use in Burkina Faso and Mali from Demographic and Health Survey data

High total fertility rates in Burkina Faso and Mali are leading to population growth beyond the agricultural and fiscal means of its citizens. Providing access to affordable family planning methods is a key st...

Authors: Amy O’Regan and Gretchen Thompson

Evaluation of the challenges faced in increasing contraceptive access within a community college population

Research demonstrates removing barriers to access, decreasing costs and offering same-day placement of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) increases contraceptive uptake in young women. For those in co...

Authors: Jacqueline Lamme, Alison Edelman, Emily Padua and Jeffrey T. Jensen

Side effects and the need for secrecy: characterising discontinuation of modern contraception and its causes in Ethiopia using mixed methods

Contraceptive discontinuation is a major barrier to reducing global unmet needs for family planning, but the reasons why women discontinue contraception are poorly understood. Here we use data from Ethiopia to...

Authors: Alexandra Alvergne, Rose Stevens and Eshetu Gurmu

Effect of aging on the female reproductive function

Aging is a complex biological process that involves the accrual of bodily changes over a long life span. In humans, advanced maternal age is associated with infertility and adverse pregnancy complications. Cel...

Authors: Koumei Shirasuna and Hisataka Iwata

Predictors of long acting and permanent contraceptive methods utilization among Women in Rural North Shoa, Ethiopia

According to available evidence, one in three married women in Ethiopia tends to avoid multiple children. On the other hand, women using Long Acting and Permanent Contraceptive Methods (LAPMs) are just 5 %. So...

Authors: Fantahun Ayenew Mekonnen, Wassie Negash Mekonnen and Solomon Hailemeskel Beshah

Unmet need for modern contraceptives and associated factors among women in the extended postpartum period in Dessie town, Ethiopia

The contraceptive use of women in the extended postpartum period is usually different from other times in a woman’s life cycle due to the additional roles and presence of emotional changes. However, there is l...

Authors: Masresha Tegegn, Mastewal Arefaynie and Tenaw Yimer Tiruye

Heavy menstrual bleeding diagnosis and medical management

Heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) is a common gynecological problem that has a significant impact on a woman’s quality of life and the activities of daily living. Due to the difficulty in accurately describing me...

Authors: Intira Sriprasert, Tarita Pakrashi, Thomas Kimble and David F. Archer

Women’s perceptions of contraceptive efficacy and safety

Adoption of contraceptive implants and intrauterine devices has been less than might be expected given their superior efficacy and convenience. The purpose of this study was to assess knowledge and beliefs hel...

Authors: Roshni Kakaiya, Lia L. Lopez and Anita L. Nelson

Patient satisfaction and wait times following outpatient manual vacuum aspiration compared to electric vacuum aspiration in the operating room: a cross-sectional study

Outpatient manual vacuum aspiration (MVA) is a safe and equally effective alternative to electric vacuum aspiration (EVA) in the operating room. This project was conducted to determine whether outpatient MVA e...

Authors: Laura E. Dodge, Lisa G. Hofler, Michele R. Hacker and Sadia Haider

Demographic analysis of a low resource, socioculturally diverse urban community presenting for infertility care in a United States public hospital

Infertility is a prevalent disease of reproductive health that exerts an impact on an estimated 80 million people worldwide. For many, involuntary childlessness becomes a central and preoccupying issue in thei...

Authors: Jacqueline R. Ho, Jacquelyn R. Hoffman, Lusine Aghajanova, James F. Smith, Marisela Cardenas and Christopher N. Herndon

Process evaluation of a mobile phone-based intervention to support post-abortion contraception in Cambodia

The MObile Technology for Improved Family Planning (MOTIF) trial assessed a mobile phone-based intervention comprising voice messages and counsellor support to increase post-abortion contraception at four Mari...

Authors: Chris Smith, Sokhey Ly, Vannak Uk, Ruby Warnock, Phil Edwards and Caroline Free

Knowledge, acceptance and utilisation of the female condom among women of reproductive age in Ghana

The female condom (FC) is the only safe and effective female-initiated method that provides simultaneous protection against unintended pregnancy as well as sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV...

Authors: Mark Kwame Ananga, Nuworza Kugbey, Jemima Misornu Akporlu and Kwaku Oppong Asante

Patterns of postpartum contraceptive use among Somali immigrant women living in Minnesota

The postpartum period is a crucial time to provide family planning counseling and can decrease incidence of adverse reproductive outcomes. The purpose of this study was to characterize patterns of postpartum c...

Authors: Amy Millar, Rachel Isaksson Vogel, Sabrina Bedell, Maureen Ayers Looby, Jessica L Hubbs, Bernard L. Harlow and Rahel Ghebre

Factors associated with contraceptive use among sexually active Nepalese youths in the Kathmandu Valley

In Nepal, evidence is sparse regarding the use of contraception at first and current relationships among sexually active young people. This study examined the factors associated with modern contraceptive use a...

Authors: Laxmi Tamang, Camille Raynes-Greenow, Kevin McGeechan and Kirsten Black

Cancer survivors of gynecologic malignancies are at risk for decreased opportunity for fertility preservation

Cancer survivors rate fertility as one of the most important determinants of their quality of life in the years after cancer treatment. We seek to describe the reproductive goals of women affected by gynecolog...

Authors: Wael H. Salem, Joe M. Letourneau, Jessica Chan, Sai-Wing Chan, Marcelle Cedars and Mitchell P. Rosen

Determinants of abortion among clients coming for abortion service at felegehiwot referral hospital, northwest Ethiopia: a case control study

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) estimate, one-third of pregnancies end in miscarriage, stillbirth, or induced abortion in the world. There are various reasons for a woman to seek induced abort...

Authors: Fikreselassie Tilahun, Abel Fekadu Dadi and Getachew Shiferaw

Contraceptive utilization and associated factors among women of reproductive age group in Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples’ Region, Ethiopia: cross-sectional survey, mixed-methods

Though contraceptive utilization has comprehensive benefit for women, it was one of underutilized public intervention in Ethiopia and in the study area. Thus, assessing status and factors affecting contracepti...

Authors: Misganu Endriyas, Akine Eshete, Emebet Mekonnen, Tebeje Misganaw, Mekonnen Shiferaw and Sinafikish Ayele

Determinants of contraceptive use among Nigerian couples: evidence from the 2013 Demographic and Health Survey

Nigeria remains a focus for increasing contraceptive use, as it is one of the most populous countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. The objective of the current study was to investigate determinants of contraceptive ...

Authors: Sarah R. Blackstone and Juliet Iwelunmor

High-risk sexual behaviors while on depot medroxyprogesterone acetate as compared to oral contraception

Depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) contraceptive use is associated with an increased risk for Chlamydia infection. However, prior studies inadequately account for potential differences in sexual behavior be...

Authors: Deborah Bartz, Rie Maurer, Jessica Kremen, Jennifer M. Fortin, Elizabeth Janiak and Alisa B. Goldberg

Recent developments have made female permanent contraception an increasingly attractive option, and pregnant women in particular ought to be counselled about it

Despite the increased prevalence of reversible contraception, global unintended pregnancy rates are stable. Mistakes, method failures, side effects, alcohol, stock-outs, fears, costs, delays, myths, religious ...

Authors: Douwe A. A. Verkuyl

Desire for birth spacing or limiting and non-use of long acting and permanent contraceptive methods among married women of reproductive age in Aksum Town, North Ethiopia

Long acting and permanent contraceptive methods are the most effective family planning (FP) methods to prevent pregnancy and thereby averting adverse consequences of too many and ill-timed pregnancies. However...

Authors: Kebede Haile, Meresa Gebremedhin, Haileselasie Berhane, Tirhas Gebremedhin, Alem Abraha, Negassie Berhe, Tewodros Haile, Goitom Gigar and Yonas Girma

Barriers and facilitators to implementing a patient-centered model of contraceptive provision in community health centers

The Contraceptive CHOICE Project developed a patient-centered model for contraceptive provision including: (1) structured, evidence-based counseling; (2) staff and health care provider education; and (3) remov...

Authors: Mary C. Politi, Amy Estlund, Anne Milne, Christina M. Buckel, Jeffrey F. Peipert and Tessa Madden

Knowledge, attitude and practice GAP in family planning usage: an analysis of selected cities of Uttar Pradesh

The GAP between the knowledge of contraception and its actual practice is well recognized in the literature of family welfare studies. The present study assessed the relation between the level of knowledge and...

Authors: Anjali Singh, K. K. Singh and Prashant Verma

The affordable care act and family planning services: the effect of optional medicaid expansion on safety net programs

Title X of the Public Health Service Act provides funding for a range of reproductive health services, with a priority given to low-income persons. Now that many of these services are provided to larger number...

Authors: Bethany G. Lanese and Willie H. Oglesby

Long-acting family planning method switching among revisit clients of public health facilities in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia

“Contraceptive switching” from one method to another is a common phenomenon. Switching from a more effective long-acting method to a less effective method exposes women for unplanned pregnancy. The aim of this...

Authors: Meselu Atnafe, Nega Assefa and Tadesse Alemayehu

The CROWN Initiative: journal editors invite researchers to develop core outcomes in women’s health

ᅟ

Authors: Khalid Khan

Young peoples’ interface with providers of contraceptive care: a simulated client study in two Ugandan districts

Young people in Uganda have a large unmet need for modern contraception, and the reasons are unclear. This study describes young peoples’ experiences of contraceptive care, client-provider interactions and its...

Authors: Gorrette Nalwadda, Florence Mirembe, Josaphat Byamugisha, Nazarius M. Tumwesigye and Elisabeth Faxelid

Effect of performance based financing home visiting on the use of modern methods of contraception in the kumbo east health district, Cameroon

The use of modern methods of contraception (MMC) as defined by the World Health Organization still remains a challenge in most of Sub-Saharan Africa. Performance Based Financing (PBF) home visit was introduced...

Authors: Thomas Obinchemti Egbe, Julius Atashili, Emmanuella Talla and Mary Bih Suh Atanga

The effect of home exercise on ovulation induction using clomiphene citrate in overweight underserved women with polycystic ovarian syndrome

Age-adjusted rates of obesity are reported to be 35.8 % among US adult women and 49 % in some race/ethnicity, underserved populations. (1). Underserved populations often have less access to weight-loss interve...

Authors: Jodi Nagelberg, Heather Burks, Sara Mucowski and Donna Shoupe

Association between contraceptive implant knowledge and intent with implant uptake among postpartum Malawian women: a prospective cohort study

Long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) can assist women with birth spacing and reduce unintended pregnancies. Sub-Saharan Africa has low uptake of the two available methods of LARC, the subdermal implant ...

Authors: Jennifer H. Tang, Dawn M. Kopp, Gretchen S. Stuart, Michele O’Shea, Christopher C. Stanley, Mina C. Hosseinipour, William C. Miller, Mwawi Mwale, Stephen Kaliti, Phylos Bonongwe and Nora E. Rosenberg

Identification and potential role of telocytes in human uterine leiomyoma

Telocytes are specialized interstitial tissue cell type. Our aim is to characterize telocytes in human uterine leiomyoma (ULM) and its adjacent myometrium (Myo-F) as well as normal myometrium (Myo-N).

Authors: Essam R. Othman, Dalia A. Elgamal, Abeer M. Refaiy, Ibraheem I. Abdelaal, Asmaa F. Abdel-Mola and Ayman Al-Hendy

Elective single embryo transfer- the power of one

Despite the highest historical live birth success rates for couples undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF), there has been an epidemic of iatrogenic twin and higher order gestation conceived from this treatme...

Authors: Amy M. Lee, Matthew T. Connell, John M. Csokmay and Aaron K. Styer

Renewing focus on family planning service quality globally

Reducing the global unmet need for contraception is currently a priority for many governments, multi-lateral initiatives, non-governmental organizations, and donors. Evidence strongly suggests that the provisi...

Authors: Nancy L. Hancock, Gretchen S. Stuart, Jennifer H. Tang, Carla J. Chibwesha, Jeffrey S. A. Stringer and Benjamin H. Chi

The yield of endometrial aspiration in women with various risk factors and bleeding abnormalities

Even in the face of a substantial increase in the numbers of endometrial cancer cases and in the numbers of women who have risk factors, there is no clear agreement about the indications for assessing the endo...

Authors: Anita L. Nelson, Lisa Vasquez, Roya Tabatabai and Samuel S. Im

Characteristics and contributory factors for injectable contraceptive usage among women in Kumasi, Ghana

Preferred methods of contraception vary from country to country. Family Planning services have been available on a large scale in Ghana since the 1980’s and their use has contributed to gradual decline in the ...

Authors: Dennis Odai Laryea, Frank Ankobeah, Emmanuel S. K. Morhe, Yaw Ampem Amoako and Kathryn Spangenberg

A novel approach to postpartum contraception: a pilot project of Pediatricians’ role during the well-baby visit

Postpartum women are at high risk of unintended pregnancy as many do not receive timely postpartum contraception. Utilization of routine postpartum care varies widely. Conversely, the Well-Baby Visit (WBV) for...

Authors: Rachel Caskey, Katrina Stumbras, Kristin Rankin, Amanda Osta, Sadia Haider and Arden Handler

Erratum to: Volume 1, Contraception and Reproductive Medicine

Authors:

Health knowledge, attitudes and practices of family planning service providers and clients in Akwapim North District of Ghana

Family planning services help save lives by reducing women’s exposure to risks of child birth and abortion. While family planning services provide measures to prevent unintended pregnancies and time the format...

Authors: Margaret Duah Atuahene, Esther Oku Afari, Martin Adjuik and Samuel Obed