Medical Journals Publish Peer Reviewed Articles from HSE Sexual Health & Crisis Pregnancy Programme Funded Research

Two peer reviewed journal articles, outlining findings from a recent analysis of a patient information dataset of over 42,000 women attending the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital, have been published in international medical journals.

The first article, titled ‘A Longitudinal Study of Unplanned Pregnancy in a Maternity Hospital Setting’ explores women’s use of contraception following an unplanned pregnancy. It was published in the International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics in November 2014. http://www.ijgo.org/article/S0020-7292(14)00481-0/abstract

The second article titled ‘The Clinical Outcomes of Unplanned Pregnancy in Severely Obese Women’ explores unplanned pregnancy and prenatal complications among severely obese women. It was published in the Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine in March 2015 http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.3109/14767058.2015.1015414

The research was funded by the HSE Sexual Health & Crisis Pregnancy Programme in 2012 and 2013. The study was led by Dr. Aoife McKeating, Research Fellow of the UCD Centre for Human Reproduction, Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital.

For further information please contact Dr. McKeating at aoifemckeating@gmail.com.