Search for dissertations about: "contraception"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 70 swedish dissertations containing the word contraception.

2. 11. Sexual behaviour among Ugandan university students: A gender perspective

   Author : Devika Mehra; Socialmedicin och global hälsa; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Sexual behaviour; alcohol; university students; condom; contraception; sexual coercion; academic performance; Uganda;

   Abstract : Feminisation of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa is an important public health concern. Therefore, it is crucial that we understand the various risk factors that shape unsafe sexual behaviours among young people in Uganda. READ MORE

4. 12. Bodies and Battlefields : Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the Colombian Armed Conflict

   Author : Signe Svallfors; Sunnee Billingsley; Gudrun Østby; Mikaela Sundberg; Tiziana Leone; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; armed conflict; gender; women’s health; sexual and reproductive health and rights; radical reproductive justice; gender-based violence; family planning; contraception; Colombia; sociologisk demografi; Sociological Demography;

   Abstract : Since the Second World War, most contemporary wars have taken place within countries and imposed overwhelming stressors on civilian populations. Women living in conflict may be particularly at risk of sexual and reproductive health concerns, including pregnancy-related mortality and morbidity that could have been prevented, a lack of access to health care goods and services, and conflict-related sexual violence. READ MORE

5. 13. The Clinical Appearance of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease in Relation to Use of Intrauterine Device in Latvia : A Study with Special Emphasis on Factors Influencing the Clinical Course of PID in IUD Users

   Author : Ilze Viberga; Viveca Odlind; Gunilla Lindmark; Babill Stray-Pedersen; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Medical sciences; pelvic inflammatory disease; complicated pelvic inflammatory disease; contraception; intrauterine device; reproductive history; microbiology; anaerobes; surgery; gynecologist; practice; MEDICIN OCH VÅRD; MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

   Abstract : The objectives of this case-control study, investigating 51 in-patient women with acute pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) and 50 healthy women attending for routine gynecological check-up, were to investigate the background and reproductive history of women, who are considered at low risk of sexually transmitted infection presenting with PID, to examine whether intrauterine device (IUD) use per se and long use affects the microbiology and clinical course of the disease, to identify risk factors for PID and to examine whether IUD use is an independent risk factor for PID.The most striking difference regarding the background and reproductive history between women with PID and healthy women over age 25 were related to socio-demographic factors and not to common risk factors for PID. READ MORE

6. 14. A matter of difference?: Family planning and gendered discourses on sexuality and reproductive decision-making among black and white Zimbabweans

   Author : Ane Marie Ørbø Kirkegaard; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Rhodesia; Zimbabwe; fertility; reproductive behaviour; reproductive decision-making; gender; population policy; racialised sexuality; HIV Aids; family planning; feminism; Africa; discourse; masculinity; patriarchy; contraception;

   Abstract : Based on field and archival research, the thesis explores reproductive decision-making in contemporary Zimbabwe, as well as the historical background of current discourses on sexuality and reproduction. Zimbabwe (Southern Rhodesia) was created and structured by a European Imperial diaspora, based on racialised patriarchal structures of control. READ MORE

7. 15. Contraception with subdermal implants containing gestagens : plasma levels of d-norgestrel and megestrol acetate and effects on the ovarian steroid pattern

   Author : Erik Weiner; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

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