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Surgical informed consent in obstetric and gynecologic surgeries: experience from a comprehensive teaching hospital in Southern Ethiopia
(2018-05-24)
Background
Surgical Informed Consent (SIC) has long been recognized as an important component of modern medicine. The ultimate goals of SIC are to improve clients’ understanding of the intended procedure, increase client ...
Prevalence of domestic violence and associated factors among pregnant women attending antenatal care service at University of Gondar Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia
(2018-08-14)
BACKGROUND:
Domestic violence during pregnancy with its many negative fetal and maternal outcomes is a common public health problem all over the world. Nonetheless, the problem is not well investigated and understood in ...
Unmet need for contraception among HIV-positive women attending HIV care and treatment service at Saint Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
(Hindawi, 2019-08-26)
Background. The emergence of the HIV epidemic is one of the biggest public health challenges the world has ever seen in recent history. Ethiopia is among the countries most affected by the HIV epidemic. The national estimate ...
Determinants of postnatal care utilization in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia: A community based cross-sectional study
(2019-08-20)
Introduction
Globally, 289,000 women die from complications related to pregnancy, childbirth, or the postnatal period every year. Two-thirds of all maternal deaths occur during the first six weeks following birth and more ...
Determinants of uterine rupture among cases of Adama city public and private hospitals, Oromia, Ethiopia: a case control study
(2018-09-27)
Background: Ethiopia is among the ten world countries with highest maternal death rates that accounts for more than 59% of global maternal deaths. Uterine rupture is one of the dangerous obstetric problems with high potential ...
Client satisfaction with existing labor and delivery care and associated factors among mothers who gave birth in university of Gondar teaching hospital; Northwest Ethiopia: Institution based cross-sectional study
(2019-02-06)
Background
There are many reasons for mothers not receiving modern obstetric care, being dissatisfied by health care deliveries is one of the major factors. There are limited studies about maternal satisfaction with labor ...
Determinants and Outcome of Safe Second Trimester Medical Abortion at Jimma University Medical Center, Southwest Ethiopia.
(Hindawi, 2019-07-07)
BACKGROUND:
Although the vast majority of abortions are performed in the first trimester, still 10-15% of terminations of pregnancies have taken place in the second trimester globally. As compared to first trimester, ...
Structured integration of family planning curriculum: comparative assessment of knowledge and skills among new medical graduates in Ethiopia
(Elsevier, 2018-04)
Objective
The objective was to assess if structured integration of a comprehensive family planning (FP) training into a medical school curriculum improves FP knowledge and skill scores of medical interns.
Study design
We ...
Reproductive health providers' willingness to provide comprehensive abortion services and knowledge of the abortion law in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
(academicJournals, 2015-11)
In Ethiopia, the maternal mortality ratio is 676/100,000 live births with complications from unsafe abortion being the leading cause. The current study was conducted to assess the knowledge of reproductive health practitioners ...
Providers’ knowledge on postpartum intrauterine contraceptive device (PPIUCD) service provision in Amhara region public health facility, Ethiopia
(2019-04-04)
Introduction
Postpartum intrauterine contraceptive devices (PP-IUCD) are one type of post-partum family planning method, which can be provided to a post-partum woman starting from the placental delivery time (within 10 ...