Global Women’s Health Is More Than Maternal Health

Abstract

Women's health care efforts in low-resource settings are often focused primarily on prenatal and obstetric care. However, women all over the world experience significant morbidity and mortality related to cervical cancer, sexually transmitted infections, and urogynecologic conditions as well as gynecologic care provision including insufficient and ineffective family planning services. Health care providers with an interest in clinical care in low-resource settings should be aware of the scope of the burden of gynecologic issues and strategies in place to combat the problems. This review article discusses the important concerns both in the developing world as well as highlights similar disparities that exist in the United States by women's age, race and ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. Ultimately, this review article aims to inform and update health care providers on critical gynecologic issues in low-resource settings.

A binary logistic regression model with complex sampling design of unmet need for family planning among all women aged (15-49) in Ethiopia

“…Millions of women worldwide would prefer to avoid becoming pregnant either right away or never get pregnant, but are not using any contraception 4 , 5 . Unintended pregnancy related to unmet need is a worldwide problem that affects women and their families and societies at large 2 , 6 . The concept of unmet need indicates the gap between some women's reproductive intentions and their contraceptive behavior for Family Planning (FP) 3 , 4 , 7 .…”

“…A study conducted in Butajira on determinants of low family planning use showed that unmet need of contraception was 52.4% of which 74.8% was attributed to spacing and the rest for limiting 8 . A study conducted in Misha-Southern Ethiopia and Dangila-Amhara region revealed that 26.5% 13 and 17.4 % 2 of married women had unmet need for family planning.…”