Determinants of unintended pregnancy and its impact on the health of women in some governorates of Upper Egypt

المؤلفون المشاركون

Mutawalli, Amal M.
Salih, Rayhan M.
Abd al-Hamid, Amirah M.
Salamah, Sumayyah I.
Moresa, Carine W.
Shaban, Fatimah A.
Azmi, Usamah M.

المصدر

Journal of the Arab Society for Medical Research

العدد

المجلد 10، العدد 1 (30 يونيو/حزيران 2015)، ص ص. 1-8، 8ص.

الناشر

الجمعية العربية للبحوث الطبية

تاريخ النشر

2015-06-30

دولة النشر

مصر

عدد الصفحات

8

التخصصات الرئيسية

الطب البشري

الموضوعات

الملخص EN

-Background/aim Worldwide, more than half of all unintended pregnancies end in abortion, indicating the preference for increasingly smaller families.

The present work aimed to assess the determinants of unintended pregnancy and its impact on women’s health in El Fayoum and Benisuef governorates.

Participants and methods A community-based cross-sectional household survey was conducted among 827 married women of reproductive age.

The study was conducted in two governorates, El Fayoum and Benisuef, for a period of 6 months.

Results The current study revealed that 15.9% of women who participated in the study had an unmet need for family planning, with subsequent unintended pregnancy.

Higher age of women and her age at the time of marriage, illiteracy, short interpregnancy spacing, exceeding the desired number of children, negative attitude of husbands toward the use of family planning methods, and absence of discussion between partners on the use of means to postpone pregnancy increased the number of unintended pregnancies.

Also, women with unintended pregnancy were at a higher risk of experiencing health problems during her pregnancy.

Conclusion Despite the efforts taken by family planners, the problem of unintended pregnancy continues to increase in Egypt, with its adverse effect on pregnancy and maternal outcomes.

Therefore, the strategy for maternal mortality reduction in Egypt should focus on addressing the unmet needs of high-parity, uneducated, nonworking women.

نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)

Mutawalli, Amal M.& Salih, Rayhan M.& Abd al-Hamid, Amirah M.& Salamah, Sumayyah I.& Moresa, Carine W.& Shaban, Fatimah A.…[et al.]. 2015. Determinants of unintended pregnancy and its impact on the health of women in some governorates of Upper Egypt. Journal of the Arab Society for Medical Research،Vol. 10, no. 1, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-608236

نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)

Mutawalli, Amal M.…[et al.]. Determinants of unintended pregnancy and its impact on the health of women in some governorates of Upper Egypt. Journal of the Arab Society for Medical Research Vol. 10, no. 1 (Jun. 2015), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-608236

نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)

Mutawalli, Amal M.& Salih, Rayhan M.& Abd al-Hamid, Amirah M.& Salamah, Sumayyah I.& Moresa, Carine W.& Shaban, Fatimah A.…[et al.]. Determinants of unintended pregnancy and its impact on the health of women in some governorates of Upper Egypt. Journal of the Arab Society for Medical Research. 2015. Vol. 10, no. 1, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-608236

نوع البيانات

مقالات

لغة النص

الإنجليزية

الملاحظات

Includes bibliographical references : p. 7-8

رقم السجل

BIM-608236