Search for dissertations about: "unintended pregnancies"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 swedish dissertations containing the words unintended pregnancies.
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1. Teenagers´unintended pregnancies and contraception
Abstract : Teenage pregnancies are often not intended, and there is a high risk that unintended pregnancies will lead to abortion. The wide-spread availability of Youth Clinics, the subsidizing of contraceptives and the introduction of new and effective contraceptives have failed to lower the abortion rates. READ MORE
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2. Unintended Pregnancy, Abortion and Prevention : Women and Men's Experiences and Needs
Abstract : Women and men’s experiences and needs in relation to induced abortion, and their views on the prevention of unintended pregnancies were explored through questionnaire studies at 10 and13 Swedish women’s clinics (Papers I–IV). Among 798 women in age range 14 – 49, 35% had experience of at least one previous abortion, and in the age range 20 – 49, 41%. READ MORE
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3. Before Being Born : Studies on Preconception Health and Unplanned Pregnancies in Low- and High-Income Settings
Abstract : Nearly half of all pregnancies globally are unplanned. They represent a failure to meet individuals’ reproductive health needs and are associated with adverse maternal and child outcomes. Preconception and contraception care can help improving outcomes of pregnancies that are desired, and preventing those that are undesired. READ MORE
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4. Contraceptive counselling in abortion care
Abstract : Introduction: Improving women’s knowledge about contraception, and their access to contraceptive methods, is central in order to strengthen their sexual and reproductive rights at the time of an abortion. Contraceptive counselling aims to support women’s reproductive control and prevent unintended pregnancies (UPs). READ MORE
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5. Between opportunities and risks : adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Zambia
Abstract : Background: Adolescence is a dynamic period in life with both opportunities and risks related to the culturally constructed gender norms. Many adolescents in sub-Saharan countries, Zambia included, lack control over their own sexual and reproductive lives, due to factors such as gender inequality, poverty, and sociocultural and religious norms. READ MORE