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Intimate Partner Violence among Pregnant women attending Antenatal care in Saint Paul Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
(2018-02-01)Background: The United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women defines violence against women as "any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, ...
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Knowledge and Uptake of Preconception Care Among Reproductive Age Women with Chronic Medical Illness Visiting St. Paul’s Millennium Medical College : A Cross sectional Study
(2020-08-01)Background: Preconception care is the provision of biomedical, behavioral and social health interventions to women before the occurrence of conception to improve their health status. This is particularly the case for women with chronic health conditions. The ...
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KNOWLEDGE AND USE OF PRECONCEPTIONAL FOLIC ACID AMONG ANTENATAL PREGNANT WOMEN IN SPHMMC AA ETHIOPIA, 2020 GC: CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY
(2021-08-01)Background: NTD are second most common congenital malformations in humans affecting the development of the central nervous system. It is recommended that all women of child-bearing age who are capable of becoming pregnant should consume 0.40 mg of folic acid per ...
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Knowledge attitude and practice regarding cervical cancer screening among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic in Saint Paul’s hospital Millennium medical college
(2020-08-01)Background: Globally, cervical cancer continues to be one of the most common cancer among females. The majority of new cases and deaths (approximately 85% and 90%, respectively) occur in low- resource regions or among people from socioeconomically weaker sections ...
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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Emergency Contraception and Associated Factors Among Women Seeking Abortion Care at Saint Paul’s Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2020: a cross-sectional study
(2020-08-01)Background: Unplanned & unwanted pregnancies that ends in abortion still continues to endanger lives of many women. Emergency contraception is a back-up method for unprotected sexual intercourse to prevent unintended pregnancy. Yet, many studies showed that ...
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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Preconceptional care and associated factors among Physicians working at Saint Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
(2021-08-01)Background: Preconceptional care is comprehensive care given before pregnancy with the aim to reduce the incidences of both short term and long term adverse pregnancy outcomes. It is usually neglected but critical component during treatment of reproductive age ...
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Knowledge, attitude, practice and determinant factors of birth preparedness among pregnant women attending antenatal care in Saint Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College: Cross-sectional study
(2020-08-01)Background: Birth-preparedness is a comprehensive strategy aimed at promoting the timely utilization of skilled health care services to prevent maternal/neonatal morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to assess knowledge, attitude, practices and determinant ... -
KNOWLEDGE,ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF HEALTH CARE WORKERS TOWARDS SAFE ABORTION AND ITS ASSOCIATED FACTORS AT TERTIARY HEALTH FACILITY IN ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA, 2021: CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY
(2021-08-01)Background: For many Ethiopian women, unsafe abortion is still a reality, and it will remain so until safe abortion is more widely available. However, there is no similar study done so this study was conducted on knowledge, attitude and practice of heath care ...
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Magnitude and associated factors of unintended pregnancy among pregnant women attending antenatal care at saint Paul hospital millennium medical collage, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
(2020-08-01)Background:-Unintended pregnancy is defined as unwanted or mistimed. It is an important public health issue in both developing and developed countries, because of its serious consequences for women and their families. Unintended pregnancies continue to burden ...
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The Magnitude and causes of maternal Near -miss in St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
(2020-09-01)Background: Because maternal mortality is a rare event, it is important to study maternal near-miss as a complement to evaluate and improve the quality of obstetric care. Maternal near miss is said to have occurred when women presented with life threatening ...
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Magnitude and Determinants of Safe Second Trimester Abortion in Saint Paul Hospital Millennium Medical College: A Cross-Sectional Study
(2020-09-01)Background: As compared to first trimester, second trimester abortions disproportionately contribute for increased medical cost, maternal morbidity and mortality. However, 10–15% of terminations of pregnancies globally are still in the second trimester period. ...
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MAGNITUDE AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH ADHERENCE TO IRON FOLIC ACID SUPPLEMENTATION AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN ATTENDING ANTENATAL CARE AT ST. PAUL’S HO SPITAL MILLENIUM MEDICAL COLLEDGE, ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA
(2021-08-01)Background. Iron deficiency is the leading nutrient deficiency globally affecting the lives of more than two billion people worldwide. Pregnant women are at higher risk of iron and folic acid deficiency due to lack of iron and folic acid or due to poor adherence. ...
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Magnitude and factors associated with utilization of Long Acting Reversible Contraceptive (LARC) methods in the Immediate Postpartum Period among mothers who gave birth in Addis Ababa Public Health Facilities, Ethiopia
(2019-05-01)Background: Maternal and child mortality is prevailing in SSA where Ethiopia is located. While it is revealed that promotion of contraception can avert 32% of all maternal deaths and 10% of childhood deaths; every year in SSA, about 14 million unintended pregnancies ...
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Magnitude and Management Outcomes of Second Trimester Abortion in SPHMMC: Cross Sectional Study
(2020-08-01)Background: Abortion is one of the leading causes of maternal morbidity and mortality, particularly among developing nations of the world. An estimated 40-50 million abortion cases are reported every year. Although safe termination of pregnancy ...
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Magnitude of workplace sexual harassment among female healthcare workers and its associated factors at saint Paul’s hospital millennium medical college: a cross -sectional study
(2020-08-01)Background: Sexual harassment against healthcare workers is a major workplace problem causing adverse effects. This study aimed to assess the magnitude of this problem, and its characteristics and associated factors among female health care workers at Saint ...
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Maternal and perinatal outcome of clinical chorioamnionities patients admitted to labour ward of St. Paul's millennium medical college: A prospective cohort study
(2018-03-01)Background: Overall, 1–4% of all births in the US are complicated by chorioamnionitis. However, the frequency of chorioamnionitis varies markedly by diagnostic criteria (clinical Vs histologic), specific risk factors and gestational ...
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Maternal and Perinatal Outcome of Severe Oligohydramnios Induced at Term in Saint Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College
(2021-08-01)Background: Oligohydramnios has been correlated with increased risk of fetal stillbirth, meconium aspiration syndrome, severe birth asphyxia, low Apgar score scores and congenital abnormalities. It is also associated with maternal ...