Browsing Family Medicine by Subject "Women"

Browsing Family Medicine by Subject "Women"

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  • Cervical cancer screening in a population of black South African women with high HIV prevalence : a cross-sectional study 
    Musonda, Joyce Sikwese; Sodo, Pumla Pamella; Ayo-Yusuf, Olalekan Abdulwahab; Reji, Elizabeth; Musonda, John; Mabuza, Langalibalele Honey; Ndimande, John Velaphi; Akii, Jimmy; Omole, Olufemi Babatunde (Public Library of Science, 2022-11-15)
    Cervical cancer is largely preventable through early detection, but screening uptake remains low among black women in South Africa. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and factors associated with ...
  • The determinants of contraception use amongst female patients attending Odi District Hospital, Gauteng province, South Africa 
    Olowa, Shango N.; Govender, Indiran; Saidiya, Christian (Medpharm Publications, NISC (Pty) Ltd and Cogent, Taylor and Francis Group, 2020-08-25)
    BACKGROUND : Empowering women to have a full control over the size of their family is not only an issue of human rights but also a sustainable development goal. This study sought to determine the factors influencing the ...
  • Impact of contraception use among women seeking tubal ligation in the rural Democratic Republic of the Congo 
    Chabikuli, Nzapfurundi O.; Lukanu, Phillipe Ngwala (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2007-03)
    INTRODUCTION: Investing in health is recommended for economic growth and the reduction of inequity in developing countries. Family planning is one such investment that benefits women and children. But resource-constrained ...
  • Incorporating oral PrEP into standard prevention services for South African women : a nested interrupted time-series study 
    Donnell, Deborah; Beesham, Ivana; Welch, Julia D.; Heffron, Renee; Pleaner, Melanie; Kidoguchi, Lara; Palanee-Phillips, Thesla; Ahmed, Khatija; Baron, Deborah; Bukusi, Elizabeth A.; Louw, Cheryl; Mastro, Timothy D.; Smit, Jennifer; Batting, Joanne R.; Malahleha, Mookho; Bailey, Veronique C.; Beksinska, Mags; Rees, Helen; Baeten, Jared M. (Elsevier, 2021-08)
    BACKGROUND : As oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) becomes the standard of prevention globally, its potential effect on HIV incidence in clinical trials of new prevention interventions is unknown, particularly for trials ...
  • Integrating oral PrEP delivery among African women in a large HIV endpoint-driven clinical trial 
    Beesham, Ivana; Welch, Julia D.; Heffron, Renee; Pleaner, Melanie; Kidoguchi, Lara; Palanee-Phillips, Thesla; Ahmed, Khatija; Baron, Deborah; Bukusi, Elizabeth A.; Louw, Cheryl; Mastro, Timothy D.; Smit, Jennifer; Batting, Joanne R.; Malahleha, Mookho; Bailey, Veronique C.; Beksinska, Mags; Donnell, Deborah; Baeten, Jared M. (Wiley Open Access, 2020-05)
    INTRODUCTION : Global guidelines emphasize the ethical obligation of investigators to help participants in HIV-endpoint trials reduce HIV risk by offering an optimal HIV prevention package. Oral pre-exposure prophylaxis ...
  • Safety and efficacy of a dapivirine vaginal ring for HIV prevention in women 
    Nel, A.; Van Niekerk, N.; Kapiga, S.; Bekker, S.-G.; Gama, C.; Kamali, A.; Kotze, P.; Louw, Cheryl; MAbude, Z.; Miti, N.; Kusemererwa, S.; Tempelman, H.; Carstens, H.; Devlin, B.; Isaacs, M.; Malherbe, M.; Mans, W.; Nuttall, J.; Russell, M.; Ntshele, S.; Smit, M.; Solai, L.; Spence, P.; Steyler, J.; Windle, K.; Borremans, M.; Resseler, S.; Van Roey, J.; Parys, W.; Vangeneugden, T.; Van Baelen, B.; Rosenberg, Z. (Massachusetts Medical Society, 2016-12-01)
    BACKGROUND The incidence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection remains high among women in sub-Saharan Africa. We evaluated the safety and efficacy of extended use of a vaginal ring containing dapivirine ...
  • Tobacco use among a population of women attending cervical cancer screening programs in primary health care clinics in South Africa : a cross-sectional study 
    Njuguna, Christine; Francis, Joel Msafiri; Ayo-Yusuf, Olalekan Abdulwahab; Reji, Elizabeth; Akii, Agetta Jimmy; Ubabukoh, Samuel; Musonda, John Mukuka; Sikwese-Musonda, Joyce; Ndimande, John; Mabuza, Langalibalele Honey; Omole, Olufemi (African Field Epidemiology Network, 2022-09-08)
    INTRODUCTION : we determined the prevalence, patterns and factors associated with tobacco use among women presenting for cervical cancer screening in primary health care clinics in Gauteng province, South Africa. METHODS ...