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Retrospective Efficacy Of The Marquette Model Of Natural Family Planning, Richard Fehring, Mary Schneider, Mary Barron
Retrospective Efficacy Of The Marquette Model Of Natural Family Planning, Richard Fehring, Mary Schneider, Mary Barron
Richard J Fehring
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Variability In The Hormonally Estimated Fertile Phase Of The Menstrual Cycle, Richard Fehring, Mary Schneider
Variability In The Hormonally Estimated Fertile Phase Of The Menstrual Cycle, Richard Fehring, Mary Schneider
Richard J Fehring
The purpose of this study was to determine the variability in length of the fertile phase of the menstrual cycle with 140 participants who produced 1,060 cycles with an electronic hormonal fertility monitor. The length of the fertile phase, as defined by the first day with a threshold level of urinary E3G and ending with a second day above a threshold of LH, varied from <1 to >7 days, with the most frequent length being 3 days.
Developmental Disabilities: Improving Competence In Care Using Virtual Patients, Ida Slusher
Developmental Disabilities: Improving Competence In Care Using Virtual Patients, Ida Slusher
Ida Slusher
Nurse practitioners (NPs) have an increasingly important role in health care provision in the United States. However, most nurses report that they receive little or no clinical training in the area of developmental disabilities. A core development team consisting of NP faculty members from three universities, one physician assistant faculty member, the parents of children with developmental disabilities, and educational specialists developed two multimedia interactive pediatric instructional modules in CD-ROM format: one involving a child with Down syndrome and the other, an infant born at 26 weeks gestation. Participants were required to make decisions about proper clinical interaction throughout the …
The Influence Of Religiosity On Contraceptive Use And Abortion In The United States, Richard Fehring, Jennifer Ohlendorf
The Influence Of Religiosity On Contraceptive Use And Abortion In The United States, Richard Fehring, Jennifer Ohlendorf
Richard J Fehring
The CDC has conducted the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) every three to seven years between 1973 and 2002 to describe contraceptive use among women in the U.S. The data from these surveys are available to researchers to examine trends in contraceptive use and sexual behaviors. The purpose of this study was to examine data from the 2002 NSFG in order to determine the influence of religiosity on abortion and abortifacient contraceptive use, i.e., the use of the oral contraceptive pill (OC), the injected hormone Depoprovera (IC), the IUD, and hormonal emergency contraception (EC), among American women between the …
The Influence Of Religiosity, Gender, And Language Preference Acculturation On Sexual Activity Among Latino/A Adolescents, Lisa Edwards, Richard Fehring, Keyona Jarrett, Kristin Haglund
The Influence Of Religiosity, Gender, And Language Preference Acculturation On Sexual Activity Among Latino/A Adolescents, Lisa Edwards, Richard Fehring, Keyona Jarrett, Kristin Haglund
Richard J Fehring
The purpose of this study was to determine the main and interactive effects of religiosity, gender, and language preference acculturation on sexual activity among 570 Latino/a adolescents from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth. Results indicated that adolescents who viewed religion as very important, had frequent church attendance, and had more traditional attitudes on sexuality were less likely ever to have sex compared with adolescents who were less religious. Those with frequent church attendance and high traditional attitudes had fewer lifetime and recent sex partners. Unassimilated religious youth were less likely ever to have sex, had fewer lifetime and …