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Contraceptive Use and Its Determinants among Women of Reproductive Age: A Comparative Study of Urban and Rural Communities in Bayelsa State, Nigeria

Fente A.E, Wadioni A, Penuel A, Mao, E.B, Blessing, E.P., Oranu, E. & Ordinioha, B · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2025

Background: Contraception is an aged long practice that involves the use of medication, surgery, specific procedures and behaviors to avoid pregnancy. Globally, contraceptive prevalence rate which is the number one problem of women of reproductive age which take a natural or mode...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajmah/2025/v23i61241

Implanon Implant Contraception at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital: A Periodic Review

E. O. Oranu & J. D. Ojule · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2018

Background: Implanon subdermal implant has been in use for contraception in our centre for over a decade; hence we decided to evaluate its usage so as to improve services.   Objectives: To determine the acceptance, efficacy and side effects among users of Implanon in the Universi...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJMAH/2018/40017

Contraceptive Practices among Married Women of Reproductive Age Group in Ogbomoso Metropolis, Nigeria

O. R. Ilori, O. S. Ilori & P. O. Awodutire · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2018

Background: Unplanned pregnancies are on the increase in Nigeria, and there is enough evidence that family planning can drastically reduce the incidence of unplanned/unwanted pregnancies which could invariably bring to the barest minimum the upsurge of maternal mortality and infa...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJMAH/2017/37743

Associated Factors in the Declining Trend in the Use of Progestogen Only Injectable Contraceptive in a Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria

Emmanuel O. Oranu, John D. Ojule & Ngozi C. Orazulike · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2017

Background: Progestogen-only injectable contraceptive (POIC) is a reversible and widely accepted contraceptive method. In an earlier study in the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, it was the contraceptive method of choice for the clients; a recent review however show...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJMAH/2017/32120

The Reproductive Behavior of Couples in Mazandaran, Iran

Zafari Mandana & Kosaryan Mehrnoush · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2014

Aims: Reproductive behavior of couples, are important for health authorities for planning and policy making. Periodic national surveys, as well as an annual report are being made by the health administrators in every province. Study Design: A cross- sectional study. Place and Dur...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARRB/2014/8162