Browsing by Subject "Contraception"

A hospital study of illegal abortion in Bolivia

Bailey, Patricia E.; Llano Saavedra, Luis; Kushner, Luis; Welsh, Michael; Janowitz (1988)

Illegal abortions are associated with high rates of maternal morbidity and mortality, and treatment of women hospitalized for illegal abortions draws upon scarce medical resources. Hence, in countries where induced abortions ...

Bioethics in Peru

Llanos Zuloaga, Roberto (1990)

To date the application of bioethics in Peru has been rudimentary. The discipline has not yet acquired a distinct identity; only a few committees review ethical problems that arise in the course of medical practice, and ...

Country Experiences with Monitoring Health Policies with a Gender Perspective: the Case of Mexico

Pan American Health Organization (Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2003)

20th Session of the Subcommittee on Women, Health, and Development of the Executive Committee. Pan American Health Organization; 25-26 March, 2003. 20a Sesión del Subcomité sobre la Mujer, la Salud, y el Desarrollo ...

Association between contraceptive discontinuation and pregnancy intentions in Guatemala

Barden-O Fallon, Janine L; Speizer, Ilene S; White, Justin S (2008)

Risk factors for pregnancy among adolescent girls in Ecuador's Amazon basin: a case-control study

Goicolea, Isabel; Marianne, Wulff; Õhman, Ann; San Sebastian, Miguel (2009)

Adding the Standard Days Method® to the contraceptive method mix in a high-prevalence setting in Peru

Arévalo, Marcos; Yeager, Beth; Sinai, Irit; Panfichi, Rosario; Jennings, Victoria (2010)

Satisfacción de necesidades de anticoncepción en mujeres positivas al VIH: efecto sobre la eliminación de la transmisión vertical del virus

Gómez-Suárez, Marcela (2016-12)

Cerca de 38% de embarazos no planeados se dan por necesidades insatisfechas en anticoncepción. En las mujeres positivas al VIH, las cifras se triplican, un fenómeno explicado por determinantes sociales como la pobreza, ...