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Volume 6, Issue 1

• Are Menstrual Knowledge Outcome Scores Similar Among Rural & Urban Girls?

  p. 1-7
  Shaili Vyas, Deepshikha, Syed Esam Mahmood, Parul Sharma, Kajal Srivastava, Shrotriya VP

  Background: Adolescent girls constitute a vulnerable group particularly in India where menstruation is still regarded as something dirty and messy. The cultural and social influences appear to be hurd...

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• Cervical Length Versus Modified Bishop’s Score for Prediction of Successful Labor

  p. 8-13
  El-Mekkawi SF, Hanafi S, Khalaf-Allah AE, Ibrahim A Abdelazim, Ahmed M Awadalla and Mohammed EK.

  Background: Bishop’s score is a subjective scoring system, investigators tried to find another way to objectively predict the success of labor induction. Aim: The aim of this study is to compare the cervical len...

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• Determinants of Pre-service Knowledge and Use of Emergency Contraception by Female Nursing and Midwifery Students in Northern Nigeria

  p. 14-20
  Adewale O Ashimi, Taiwo G Amole, Hauwa M. Abdullahi, Manubiya A Jibril and Zubairu Iliyasu.

  Background: Emergency contraception (EC) offers the last opportunity of preventing an unintended pregnancy. Aim: This study determined factors associated with knowledge and use of EC by female nursing and midwifery st...

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• Choice of Specialization among Female Clinical Medical Students of Bayero University Kano, Nigeria

  p. 21-26
  Ayyuba Rabiu, Idris Sulaiman Abubakar, Garba Ibrahim, Jamila Ibrahim Mu'uta

  Background: The field of medicine is very wide; female medical students also have their choice of specialization which many develop in medical schools due to different factors. Methodo...

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• Understanding of Emergency Contraception among Nursing Staff in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India

  p. 27-30
  Charu Sharma

  Context: Emergency contraception (EC) offers women a last chance to prevent pregnancy after unprotected intercourse. Nursing personnel are both service providers and health educators to the community ...

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• Impact of Health Education Intervention on Knowledge and Utilization of Postnatal Care Services among Women in Edu Local Government of Kwara State, Nigeria

  p. 31-36
  Umar N Jibril, Garba N Saleh, Joel LAfolayan, Rejuaro Morisola, Aliyu Umar, Durojaiye Abiola

  Background: This study examined the impact of health education intervention (HEI) on the knowledge and utilization of postnatal care services among women in Edu, Nigeria. Methods: ...

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• Cord Blood Angiogenic Profile in Normotensive Pregnancies

  p. 37-40
  Kharb Simmi, Tiwari R, Nanda S

  Human placenta undergoes both angiogenesis and vasculogenesis during fetal development. An imbalance in proangiogenic [placental growth factor (PlGF) and vascular endothelial growth factor] and antiangiogenic factors ...

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• Hypertension in Pregnancy among Rural Women in Katsina State, Nigeria

  p. 41-47
  Samuel Azubuike, Ibrahim Danjuma

  Hypertension in pregnancy (HIP) is defined as a systolic blood pressure ≥140 or diastolic blood pressure ≥90 mmHg or both. It could be described as chronic, gestational, preeclampsia or eclampsia depending on th...

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• Episiotomy Scar Endometriosis Diagnosed on Cytology - A Case Report

  p. 48-50
  Dnyanada Kokode, Anne Wilkinson, Sadhana Mahore, Trupti Dongre

  Perineal endometriosis is a rare disease characterized by the presence of ectopic endometrial stroma and glands in the perineum. Most commonly observed in the episiotomy scar after normal vaginal deliveries, perineal ...

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