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Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive... Sep 2008Women's relationship context likely influences both their ability and their motivation to use contraceptives. No recent studies, however, have examined associations...
CONTEXT
Women's relationship context likely influences both their ability and their motivation to use contraceptives. No recent studies, however, have examined associations between women's relationship characteristics and use of different methods.
METHODS
Data were collected in a longitudinal study of 839 low-income women at risk of unintended pregnancy who visited public family planning and postpartum clinics and maternity wards in two Southeastern cities. Simulated probabilities calculated from multivariate analyses assessed associations between a wide range of relationship characteristics and the use of no method, condoms, withdrawal, female methods or dual methods.
RESULTS
Women who had had a child with their partner had an increased likelihood of contraceptive nonuse and use of withdrawal, and a decreased likelihood of using any female method. Respondents who were in a relationship for a relatively long time had an elevated likelihood of nonuse and use of female methods, but a lowered likelihood of condom use. Furthermore, married or cohabiting women were less likely than others to use dual methods. Respondents who had good communication with their partner had an elevated likelihood of using condoms. In addition, women who expected to receive a lot of emotional support from their partner if they became pregnant were more likely than others to report any condom use or dual method use, and less likely to report contraceptive nonuse.
CONCLUSIONS
When counseling family planning clients, providers should consider women in the context of their relationships. Future research exploring factors associated with contraceptive method use should examine variables related to the establishment, quality and expectations of their relationships.
Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Contraception Behavior; Female; Health Surveys; Humans; Interpersonal Relations; Motivation; Poverty; Southeastern United States; Young Adult
PubMed: 18803799
DOI: 10.1363/4017108 -
British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology Oct 19961. We have retrospectively analysed data collected by a local adverse drug reactions reporting scheme in an acute hospital medical setting and have determined the...
1. We have retrospectively analysed data collected by a local adverse drug reactions reporting scheme in an acute hospital medical setting and have determined the numbers and types of reactions that would have merited notification as yellow card reports according to the guidelines of the Committee on Safety of Medicines. 2. The data related to 20,695 consecutive acute general medical admissions on seven general medical wards (140 beds) and were collected over 3 years, from April 1990 to March 1993. 3. Over 3 years there were 1420 reports of suspected adverse drug reactions, a rate of 68.7 per 1000 admissions. 4. If the guidelines for reporting issued by the Committee on Safety of Medicines had been strictly followed, 477 yellow cards would have been sent (23.1 per 1000 admissions). In 357 of these reports (74.8%), the reaction had caused admission to hospital. Only 31 of the 477 potential cards (6.5%) involved black triangle drugs and 10 of these were for minor reactions. 5. Only 30 of the 477 potential yellow cards (6.3%) were known to have been sent. The majority of those reactions not reported were for drug-related admissions, most of which were for well-known reactions to established drugs. 6. We have confirmed and quantified the extent of under-reporting of serious suspected adverse drug reactions to the Committee on Safety of Medicines from our hospital medical unit.
Topics: Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems; Guidelines as Topic; Hospitals; Humans; Retrospective Studies; United Kingdom
PubMed: 8904613
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2125.1996.04376.x -
Calcified Tissue International Feb 1992The contributions of polygenic loci and environmental factors to femoral bone mineral density (BMD) in g/cm2) variability were estimated in modified family sets...
The contributions of polygenic loci and environmental factors to femoral bone mineral density (BMD) in g/cm2) variability were estimated in modified family sets consisting of women of child-bearing age. Femoral BMDs were measured in 535 women who were members of 137 family sets consisting minimally of an index, her sister, and unrelated female control. The family set could also include multiple sisters and first cousins. Women included in these family sets were all between 20 and 40 years of age to minimize the cohort effects of maturation and menopause on measures of BMD. BMDs were measured at three femoral sites using dual photon densitometry. Values were regressed on age and Quetelet Index which explained 13-15% of the variability in BMD (dependent on site). Subsequent variance components analysis on the residuals indicated that unmeasured polygenic loci accounted for substantial additional variability: 67% for femoral neck, 58% for Wards triangle, and 45% for trochanter. These results suggest that polygenic loci account for approximately half of the variability in maximal femoral BMD.
Topics: Adult; Analysis of Variance; Bone Density; Epidemiologic Methods; Female; Femur; Genetic Variation; Humans; Osteoporosis
PubMed: 1571827
DOI: 10.1007/BF00298785