OBGYN & Women’s Health

More than half of the new cervical cancer cases in Georgia are late-stage diagnoses, thus reducing the opportunity for effective treatment. The government had launched a state cancer screening program, and five years later, the...

The researchers examined cervical cancer screening behaviors among these women and their acceptability of HPV self-testing at home, a potential cervical cancer screening strategy. The researchers analyzed data from a national...

Researchers did this study to compare indicators of risk and preventive behaviors among young women attending GUM clinics who had and had not received at least one dose of the HPV vaccine. Researchers obtained data from three...

Ethnic minority women are less likely to attend cervical screening. Researchers did this study to explore self-perceived barriers to cervical screening attendance among ethnic minority women compared to white British women. The...

Uganda has one of the world’s highest fertility rates and a high unmet need for family planning, even when clients contact health facilities. Misconceptions about contraceptive side effects and inadequate training for...

Effective cervical screening reduces cancer incidence and mortality. However, these benefits may be accompanied by some harms, potentially including adverse psychological impacts. Studies suggest women may have concerns about...

IUD contraception is a first-line option for young women. Researchers surveyed one hundred and nine nulliparous women who had an IUD placed at a student health clinic at 1, 6, 12, and 18 months after insertion. Overall...

The present study was conducted to identify the understanding of people living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA) regarding applying the law around the transmission of HIV in England and Wales. Researchers designed the questionnaire to...

Researchers did this study to determine the feasibility of collecting data to calculate six indicators of FP and HIV integration using existing HIS, obtain information to refine indicators, and identify changes needed in...

Lighthouse Trust is a public health organization that operates two public HIV testing, treatment, and care clinics. The trust is caring for over 26 000 people living with HIV, 23 000 of whom are on ART. Lighthouse Trust piloted...

Contraceptive use is essential for reproductive-aged women living with HIV to plan and optimize the safety of pregnancies. Clinicians play a vital role in counseling patients about contraception and safe sexual activity. This...

Unplanned pregnancy rates in South Africa are high. Effective use of contraception is therefore an essential public health intervention to prevent unplanned pregnancies. Researchers did this study to describe contraception use...

Researchers did this study to assess the feasibility and acceptability of screening attendees at SHC for alcohol misuse and delivering a brief intervention (BI). The secondary objective was to explore the effect of this BI on...

Researchers conducted this study to examine the risk factors at the time of a first termination associated with subsequent repeat termination. The present study was a registry-based study conducted in the Grampian region of...

The present study was a retrospective review of computerized records of one thousand three hundred and forty-two women undergoing outpatient EMA in a community SRH or hospital department of gynecology in the same city and a...

Coverage of the UK National Health Service Cervical Screening Programme is declining. Researchers could stimulate under-screened women whose daughters participate in the HPV vaccination program to attend. We investigated whether...