Pub Date : 1974-06-01DOI: 10.21608/mskas.1974.305323
W. Kamel, N. Rizk, M. Toppozada, M. Wahdan
A survey was carried out in the rural Egyptian village of Kome El-Berkah to determine the role that biological factors play in pregnancy outcome. Accurate information on abortion was sought in particular. To detect early pregnancy, an immunologic test was given to everyone who had missed a period for at least 13 days and was repeated monthly for lactating mothers whose periods had not yet resumed. The study started in June 1969 and lasted 2 years. 132 pregnancies resulted in the 302 women who were regarded as being potentially exposed to pregnancy. More than 2/3 were 4th pregnancies or more, and 18.9% were 8th or more. There was an increasing abortion ratio in women younger than 20 and in those with inter-pregnancy intervals of less than 12 months. There was an increasing fetal death rate in increasing orders of pregnancy and in older women. All 3 stillbirths were in pregnancies of the 6th order or more. Family planning could brighten the outcome of many pregnancies by lengthening the interval between pregnancies and preventing unwanted pregnancies in older women.
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{"title":"Population problems in the agricultural sector of the Arab Republic of Egypt.","authors":"A M El-feel","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":85687,"journal":{"name":"The Egyptian population and family planning review","volume":"7 1","pages":"39-51"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1974-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22002472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Employment of women and fertility: a field study in El-Waily district, Cairo.","authors":"W Morcors","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":85687,"journal":{"name":"The Egyptian population and family planning review","volume":"7 1","pages":"21-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1974-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22002470","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Endometrial reaction with long use of intrauterine contraceptive devices (7-9 years).","authors":"F Hefnawi, A H Askalani, F Hasseeb, A Issa","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":85687,"journal":{"name":"The Egyptian population and family planning review","volume":"7 1","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1974-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22002468","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Pub Date : 1974-06-01DOI: 10.21608/mskas.1974.305321
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{"title":"An approach to family planning through MCH/FP activities in A.R.E.","authors":"M Abouleuon","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":85687,"journal":{"name":"The Egyptian population and family planning review","volume":"6 2","pages":"111-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1973-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22010731","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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{"title":"Determinants of family planning acceptance in a low socioeconomic group of women.","authors":"M El-rafie","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":85687,"journal":{"name":"The Egyptian population and family planning review","volume":"3 1","pages":"15-24"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1973-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22002572","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}