Checklist for ruling out pregnancy among family-planning clients in primary care.
Where pregnancy tests are unavailable, health providers, fearing possible harm to fetuses, often deny contraception to nonmenstruating clients. In Kenya, a trial of a simple checklist to exclude pregnancy showed a good negative predictive value, which could improve access to service and reduce unwanted pregnancies and their sequelae.
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Qureshi
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D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007630:Kenya; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000652:urine; D011320:Primary Health Care; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires