Promotion of family planning in countries with high birth rates has the potential to reduce
poverty and hunger and avert 32% of all maternal deaths and nearly 10% of childhood …

In the midst of the global epidemics of both unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted
infection, contraceptive options that provide dual protection are ideal. However, those …

Data on unintended pregnancy are scarce in Japan. The purpose of this study is to examine
the association of sociodemographic, reproductive, and other health behavioral factors with …

An increasing body of evidence now suggests that menstrual disorders may influence the
development of Low Back Pain (LBP) among women of reproductive age. To investigate this …

Abstract Objectives High proportion of Japanese uses condoms; lower proportion uses oral
contraceptive pills (OCPs). We examined the longitudinal patterns for contraceptive usage in …

Japan has been experiencing a continuing decline in fertility and an increase in premarital
conceptions and abortions among young people. Child rearing is often viewed as a burden …

A recent study concludes Japan has extremely low confidence in vaccines. We examine the
history of vaccination in Japan over the past 150 years to assess this study's claim of vaccine …

The book is about new dynamic forces that are driving change in Japan. It is developed
around two key concepts of civil society and social capital. The focus is on pathways to …

OBJECTIVE:: The objective of the study was to characterize beliefs about contraception
among obstetrician-gynecologists. STUDY DESIGN:: National mailed survey of 1800 US …

This large-scale population-based cohort study in Japan was conducted to clarify the effects
of menstrual and reproductive factors on the risk of later-life vertebral fractures in women …