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Most research on the impact of unplanned pregnancies focuses on mothers. So we turned to Reddit to find out what dads really thought.
Restricting abortion access has negative effects on parents, as well as children and families, including increased poverty, unemployment, pregnancy-related deaths and higher health risks in children.
Mobile health or mHealth is an appealing way to reach adolescents because it offers opportunities to deliver and monitor health interventions at a much lower cost.
Despite the high incidence of adolescent pregnancy and the risks it poses, there isn’t much data on maternal mental health in this age group in sub-Saharan Africa.
Parents have the primary role of educating their children about their sexuality. But cultural beliefs and taboos about sex can work strongly against their efforts.
Adolescents and young adults who reported having experienced sexual violence were more likely to have also had an unintended pregnancy.
COVID-19 is not only disrupting services for people with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) and their families, but may also be linked to an increase in rates due to an uptick in alcohol use.
When does supporting women who use drugs so they can avoid unplanned pregnancies turn into something more coercive?
Students in Nigeria used home remedies to prevent pregnancy after sex and had doubts about the efficacy of medically approved pills.
Women should not be blamed for getting pregnant accidentally, because factors outside their control are frequently at play.
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Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Finkel Professor of Global Health, Monash University
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Senior Research Fellow, Monash University
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Senior Research Fellow, Jean Hailes Research Unit, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University
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Professor of Social Research and Population Health, University of Hull
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Aga Khan University Graduate School of Media and Communications (GSMC)
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Public health physician, Simon Fraser University
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Researcher, University of Nigeria
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Research associate, University of the Western Cape
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Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair in Mental Health and Intersectionality, University of British Columbia
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Professor of Women's Public Health, Institute of Clinical and Applied Health Research, University of Hull
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Policy research officer, African Population and Health Research Center
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Associate Professor in Psychology, Deakin University
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Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Manitoba
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Adjunct Professor, Psychology, Laurentian University