Menopause: A Reproductive Health Issue

Recurrent Pregnancy Loss (RPL) is defined as two or more consecutive failed clinical pregnancies verified by ultrasound or histopathology. It is an important reproductive health issue, affecting 2%–5% of women. Up to one half of all cases of RPL have no identifiable cause. Etiology of the RPL is linked to several genetic, environmental, endocrinal, and anatomic factors which all will be discussed in this article. Treatment of RPL depends on the underlying cause behind it, and thus diagnosis and identifying of such factors plays major role into treating it. Lifestyle changes also is encouraged. Stress, smoking, drinking cessation, and weight loss can be all helpful. In this article we’ll be looking at RPL causes, and management.

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Review of Policy-Oriented Research on Maternal Mortality

Jurnal Perempuan ◽

10.34309/jp.v24i3.351 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 24 (3) ◽

pp. 247

Author(s):

Dewi Komalasari ◽

Jane Daniels

Keyword(s):

Reproductive Health ◽

Maternal Mortality ◽

Unmet Need ◽

Critical Issue ◽

Maternal Health Services ◽

Cultural Barriers ◽

Medical Factors ◽

Reproductive Health Issue ◽

Underlying Causes ◽

Health Rights

<p>Maternal mortality remains an unresolved critical issue. This condition indicates that women’s reproductive health rights has not yet been fulfilled. Maternal mortality occurs due to medical and non-medical factors. Even though a small amount of those deaths still happens due to unpreventable causes, however, most of those deaths could have been prevented and avoided. Government efforts to address the problem of maternal mortality are carried out through various policies that focus on medical factors and through programs aimed at increasing the coverage and quality of maternal health services. On the other hand, other factors such as social economic and cultural are being neglected. A review of researches on the theme of maternal mortality found various factors that contributed to the causes of maternal mortality such as socio-cultural barriers that limit women’s access to health, ranging from poverty, geography and local culture. Unmet need for contraception in family planning program, adolescence reproductive health issue that still hasn’t been addressed in a serious and comprehensive manner, as well as unsafe abortion are the key underlying causes of maternal mortality.</p>

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The Phenomenon of Sexual Intercourse in Women Premenopausal In Makassar City

Window of Health Jurnal Kesehatan ◽

10.33368/woh.v1i3.61 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 217-225

Author(s):

Fitrah Ramadani ◽

Andi Nurlinda ◽

Haeruddin Haeruddin

Keyword(s):

Sexual Dysfunction ◽

Reproductive Health ◽

Sexual Intercourse ◽

Transfer Factor ◽

Research Method ◽

Premenopausal Women ◽

Reproductive Function ◽

Marital Relationships ◽

Health Officer ◽

Reproductive Health Issue

Sexual dysfunction in women is an important reproductive health issue as it relates to the survival of a woman's reproductive function and has a major impact on the harmony of marital relationships. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of Belle Vie Transfer Factor on Sexual Dysfunction in Premenopausal Women in Makassar City. The research method is qualitative with phenomenology approach. Based on the research, there were 6 people who consisted of 4 people The results showed that the sexual dysfunction experienced by the informant did not make the mother to stop consuming TF belle vie because according to the informant although in the use of TF belle vie sometimes make the passion decrease did not dampen his desire to use TF belle vie consumption TF belle vie used informant is in accordance with their wishes -something. There are also informants who say that TF belle vie is good for use especially premenopausal women, but basically, all informants using TF belle vie receive well despite complaints such as sexual dysfunction. It is expected that the health officer in charge to improve the performance and attention in giving counseling especially about the use of TF belle vie

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Kebijakan pelayanan kesehatan reproduksi bagi perempuan penyandang disabilitas dalam rangka pencegahan kekerasan seksual

Masyarakat Kebudayaan dan Politik ◽

10.20473/mkp.v28i22015.80-93 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 28 (2) ◽

pp. 80

Author(s):

Tri Joko Sri Haryono ◽

Toetik Koesbardiati ◽

Siti Mas'udah

Keyword(s):

Reproductive Health ◽

Local Governments ◽

Boarding School ◽

Reproductive Organs ◽

Reproductive Health Services ◽

Women With Disabilities ◽

Persons With Disabilities ◽

Unwanted Pregnancies ◽

Reproductive Health Issue ◽

The Government

The issue of women with disabilities is still rarely studied and published in the community, especially the issues of sexual violences for women with disabilities. This study provides a recommendation for both central and local governments (especially in East Java) to accomodate reproductive health services for women with disabilities. Since The Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities through the Law no.19 in 2011, the government have not taken any significant action. Therefore, it is necessary to establish a more implementative model policy for the community. The purpose of this research acts as a reference to make an effective, efficient, and right-on-target reproductive health policy. The recommendation made in this study is expected to be a reference for various parties, including the government, in order to design a more concrete and proactive steps to overcome reproductive health issue for women with disabilities in Indonesia, and also to build strategies which unite communities with different backgrounds. In order to obtain empirical data and information, this study used descriptive research with qualitative approach. Several steps taken are (1) determining the location of the study purposively in 33 sub-districts of Malang regency: in clinic, health, education, and social department, boarding school, Bhakti Luhur, P2TP2A, and local NGOs. Malang regency is chosen because (a) it is the only city which starts concerning sexuality and reproductive health of women with disabilities issues; (b) The sex ratio in 2010 was around 98,78%, which means that the number of females is significantly larger than males. As seen from the population density of 33 sub-districts of Malang, the majority of women has high density above 2000/km². It implies that poverty is mostly suffered by women; (c) the number of reproductive health issues for women with disabilities is quite a lot, because it is regarded as a taboo. (2) Data Collection: (1) observation and (2) indepth interview, (3) informants, (4) data analysis. The result of this study indicates that there are still a lot of women with disabilities who do not understand about taking care of their reproductive organs, and thus impacting their health. The control over their reproductive organs is still low, which makes many of them suffered from sexual violences that lead to unwanted pregnancies. Some cases found during the study show that women with disabilities who become sexual violence victims did not get proper justice, because their statements are not legally accepted, and it is also reinforced by the communities’ stigma which calls person with mental disabilities as a psycho.

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