Abortions and Contraception Use Among Czech and Romanian Women: Comparison of Representative National Studies

Hollá, Kateřina; Weiss, Petr; Unzeitig, Vít; Cibula, David

doi:10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01645.x

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“…The main factors in choosing contraception in Romania are safety and simplicity. In the Czech Republic, the main factors are reliability, contentment, and convenience [17]. A study done to see contraceptive prevalence in southeast Asia suggests that in Bangladesh (58%) it was similar to India (56%) and, somewhat lower in Nepal (48%) [18].…”

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Contraceptive Use Among Low-Income Urban Married Women in India

Kumar

Meena

Sharma

et al. 2011

The Journal of Sexual Medicine

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Introduction The reports of a rise in contraceptive practices have not been matched by a similar decrease in population, so there is a need to look into the causes of this discrepancy. Aim To obtain information from low-income urban married women regarding their contraceptive knowledge, practices, and utilization of the services. Main Outcome Measure Percentage of low-income urban married women using contraception, different types of contraception used, influence of education on choice of contraception. Methods All nonpregnant married women between the ages of 18 and 45 years, belonging to low-income groups were selected for study. Statistical analysis was done using EPI Info ver-5.0. Chi square test was used to test the significance of data. Results Contraceptive use among these women was 52%; the most common method was tubal ligation. Educated women used spacing methods more often than uneducated women. Women had adequate awareness regarding type of contraceptives available but had no idea about the timing of starting contraception after delivery and about emergency contraception. Conclusion The low-income urban population is aware of the importance of limiting the family size and has family planning facilities yet has less contraceptive usage because of low level of education, increased rate of discontinuation, and lack of proper knowledge of the use of contraception.

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“…The research regarding contraceptive usage, knowledge, and practices in other developing countries has also shown that there was a wide gap between knowledge and contraceptive use [15–17]. The contraceptive prevalence in Pakistan was 47%, the most common method used was barrier method; sterilization (2%) was the least common [15].…”

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Contraceptive Use Among Low-Income Urban Married Women in India

Kumar

Meena

Sharma

et al. 2011

The Journal of Sexual Medicine

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“…If prenatal screening identifies a congenital malformation, the respondents considered the physician to have a duty to recommend therapeutic abortion. Again, this shows a good moral compass -the permissibility of prenatal screening without giving the option to safely perform the abortion may lead for the affected women to chose between giving birth to a child with a severe adaptation deficit, or perform the abortion in non-safe environments, a true medical hazard (27)(28)(29)(30)(31). The item regarding the right to reproduction of psychiatric patients and those with severely diminished mental capacity was inserted to test the mimesis of the respondents.…”

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New technologies in biomedicine: Opinions of young Romanian physicians

Hostiuc¹,

Buda

Mihailov

et al. 2015

Acta bioeth.

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The purpose of this article is to summarize the way young medical professionals view these modern biomedical procedures and their moral acceptability. Materials and methods: A survey, filled in online, analyzing items in four main areas: genetic techniques, cloning, stem cell research, and assisted reproduction. Results: Most subjects agreed that the right to the genetic material should be a fundamental human right and that genetic engineering should be used if it could lead to the elimination os severe genetic diseases like cystic fibrosis and thalassemia. The least acceptance rate was obtained for techniques that would either change physical traits (like eye or hair color) or augment them. Most subjects agreed that the prenatal screening should be mandatory, and if the screening detects a severe congenital malformation the physician should recommend therapeutic abortion. Most subjects disagreed that cloning of any type, either therapeutic or reproductive, using human, animal, or vegetal genetic material. Most subjects agreed with the collection and storage of cord blood stem cells and the use of adult stem cells, and most of them disagreed with the creation of embryos specifically for obtaining stem cells. Conclusions: Even if the national legislation in this area is very scarce, the responses have usually identified the highly controversial techniques. If however the national legislation has elements similar to the items from the survey, they tended to take the respective items as morally acceptable without trying to analyze them critically. Nuevas tecnologías en biomedicina. Opiniones de médicos jóvenes de RumaniaResumen: El propósito de este artículo es conocer la forma en que jóvenes profesionales médicos ven los procedimientos biomédicos modernos y su aceptabilidad moral. Materiales y métodos: Una encuesta, rellenada online, que analiza elementos en cuatro áreas principales: técnicas genéticas, clonación, investigación con células madre y reproducción asistida. Resultados: La mayoría de los sujetos acepta que el derecho a material genético debería ser un derecho humano fundamental y que la ingeniería genética debería usarse si pudiese eliminar enfermedades genéticas severas, como la fibrosis quística y la talasemia. Se obtuvo una frecuencia de aceptación menor para técnicas que pudieran o cambiar características físicas (como el color de los ojos o del pelo) o aumentarlas. La mayoría de los sujetos acepta que el examen de detección prenatal debiera ser mandatorio y si se detecta una deformación congénita severa, el médico debería recomendar aborto terapéutico. La mayoría de los sujetos no acepta clonación de ningún tipo, terapéutica o reproductiva, usando material genético humano, animal o vegetal. La mayoría de los sujetos acepta recoger y almacenar células madre del cordón umbilical y el uso de células madre adultas y está en desacuerdo con la creación de embriones específicamente para obtener células madre. Conclusiones: aunque la legislación nacional en esta área es muy escasa, las respuestas por lo ge...

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“…Campaigns for information and education in regard to contraceptive methods, as well as greater involvement of the institutions in order to improve education and accessibility, in terms of sexuality and contraception, are still necessary [38,39].…”

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Increased Use of Oral Contraceptives in Spain: Related Factors and Time Trend, 2003–2006

Carrasco‐Garrido

Hernández-Barrera

Martín-López

et al. 2011

The Journal of Sexual Medicine

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Aims We aimed to determine the prevalence of consumption of oral contraceptives (OCs) among women living in Spain and to identify the factors associated with this consumption. Methods Descriptive cross-sectional epidemiologic study on consumption of OCs by women aged 16–50 years resident in Spain. As the dependent variable, we took the answer to the question, “In the last two weeks, have you taken the contraceptives pill?” Independent variables were sociodemographic, comorbidity, and healthcare resources. Using logistic multivariate regression models, we have analyzed the temporal evolution of OCs consumption between 2003 and 2006. Main Outcome Measures We used secondary individualized data drawn from the 2003 (n = 5,807) and 2006 (n = 9,103) Spanish National Health Surveys. Results In 2003, the 4.99% of women reported having taken the contraceptive pill; this proportion increased to 9.44% in 2006 (P < 0.05). Multivariate analysis highlighted the association between OCs use gynecologist visits (odds ratio [OR] = 5.67, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 2.52–12.79 in 2003, and OR = 5.09, 95% CI = 2.87–9.02 in 2006); cervical smear test (OR = 2.98 95% CI = 1.83–4.85 in 2003 and OR = 1.79 95% CI = 1.28–2.50 in 2006); and risk variables such alcohol consumption or hypertension in the year 2006 (OR = 1.53, 95% CI = 1.05–2.22). Conclusions We can conclude that there was a significant increase in OC use among women living in Spain from 2003 to 2006. The OC consumers in our study were young women who visited the gynecologist and took preventive measures such as smear testing, although they did have risk variables associated with OC, such as alcohol use and arterial hypertension.

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Abortions and Contraception Use Among Czech and Romanian Women: Comparison of Representative National Studies

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New technologies in biomedicine: Opinions of young Romanian physicians

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