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6 articles for “unsafe abortion”
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Factors for Low Uses of Men Family Planning Methods: Kumarkhali Upazila in Kushtia District, Bangladesh
Abstract: Bangladesh is an over density population country in the world and Bangladesh's government and different organizations working to control the population in the last century. Various male base family planning programs are developed to make a significant contribution to thisfield. This study was conducted to determine factors for low uses of men's family planning methods at Kumarkhali Upazila in Kushtia District, Bangladesh. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 390 married …
Published in Research & Reviews : Journal of Statistics · Vol. 9, Issue 2, 2020 · pp. 9–19 Read article
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Emergency Contraception: Current Status in India
Abstract: Worldwide, the incidence of unsafe abortion has increased in spite of gradual increase in use of contraceptives. About one-third of pregnancies are unplanned and 20% pregnancies end in abortion. Lack of knowledge on emergency contraceptives is one of the reasons behind unplanned pregnancies in many developing countries. As per NFHS-3, the overall knowledge about EC is meagre 12% among currently married women with several states having lower than 5%. Levonorgestrel …
Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Medicine · Vol. 4, Issue 2, 2014 · pp. 12–15 Read article
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Knowledge and Attitude towards Teenage Pregnancy among Adolescent Students of selected Urban and Rural Schools of East Sikkim
Abstract: Pregnant teenagers face many of the same pregnancy related issues as other women. On a global level, 95% of the adolescents (aged 15–19) gives birth a child which take place in developing countries. Every year, some 3 million girls in this age bracket resort to unsafe abortion, risking their lives and health. The primary purpose of this study was to explore the knowledge and attitude towards teenage pregnancy among adolescent …
Published in Journal of Nursing Science & Practice · Vol. 8, Issue 2, 2018 · pp. 44–55 Read article
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Injury to The Gut: A Rare Complication of Common Practice
Abstract: Unsafe abortion practices are common in rural India even after 38 years of MTP act. Access to the safe abortion services is limited. Illegal, unqualified and untrained people are offering their services to the ill fated patients which include teenaged unmarried girls. Incidence of uterine perforation varies from 0.4–15 per 1000 abortions. Uterine perforation rarely complicates the first trimester surgical abortions but the perforation resulting in vascular or intra abdominal …
Published in Research and Reviews : Journal of Surgery · Vol. 4, Issue 2, 2015 · pp. 15–16 Read article
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Emergency Contraception: Awareness, Knowledge, Attitude and Practice among Female University Students in South-East Ethiopia
Abstract: Abstract:Unintended pregnancy poses a major challenge to reproductive health of young adults in developing countries, many of which are performed abortion in unsafe conditions and others carry their pregnancies to term, incurring the risk of morbidity and mortality. It has been estimated that widespread use of emergency contraception may significantly reduce the number of abortion-related morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study was to assess awareness, knowledge, attitude and …
Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Pharmacology · Vol. 5, Issue 1, 2015 · pp. 7–14 Read article
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Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude, Practice and Associated Factors of Emergency Contraceptive Pills among Female Youths in Mekelle City, Tigray Region, North Ethiopia
Abstract: For girls and young women aged 15–19, pregnancy and childbirth is the number one killer. It’s the cause of 50,000 deaths of teenage girls every year. Ensuring that adolescent girls are able to use suitable contraception to delay the age at which they first become pregnant is a key part of the family planning challenge. Around 16 million girls between the ages of 15 and 19 give birth each year. …
Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Health Professions · Vol. 5, Issue 1, 2015 · pp. 7–21 Read article