Reproductive health and childbirth
Main inclusion criteria
Fertility, contraception, abortion, in vitro fertilisation, pregnancy, mammary gland development, menstruation and menopause, breast feeding, antenatal care, childbirth, postnatal care and complications of newborns.
Advice on health categories
Includes studies of ante and post natal care such as issues affecting newborns.
Includes studies of the effects of exposure to factors while in utero if focussed on the foetus or newborns. If the study is about the long term effects on children or adults, where the foetus is not involved in the investigation, the Reproductive Health and Childbirthcategory should not be used.
Studies of sexual health should be coded 50% Reproductive Health and Childbirth and 50% Infection, unless the study involves a specified pathogenic agent (such studies should be coded as 100% Infection).
May include studies of reproductive hormones.
Excludes basic developmental studies in non-human models.
Official terminology
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Full name of category |
Short name | Unique ID |
| Reproductive health and childbirth | Reproduction |
HRCS_HC_16REP |
Related external links
International Classification of Diseases (ICD 10 v2016) – Chapter XV: Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O99)
International Classification of Diseases (ICD 10 v2016) – Chapter XVI: Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96)