Interview investigation using questionnaires was conducted on 300 people who are householders or their partners in Lai Chau and Cao Bang provinces (155 Hmong people and 145 Dao people). The results showed some positive changes. Several families have good income (Dao 91.03%, Hmong 78.06%). the children could go school (Dao 64.83%, Hmông 72.26%) and monogamous marriage (Dao 59.33%, Hmong 55.67%). Roles of women had improved clearly. The women were respected and behaved on equal terms with men. They could decide themselves or with their husband for the problems related to family economic (Dao 82.76%, Hmông 81.94%); education of their children (Dao 61.38%, Hmong 64.52%), health care for children (Dao and Hmong 93.35%) and family planning
Ethnic Groups ; Women ; Delivery of Health Care ; Family Planning Services

The research evaluated safety water pattern of 178 households in 3 provinces Lai Chau, Son La, Hoa Binh. 73.7% of them knew about safety water program in their local, 24% did not know about it (12.6% in Lai Chau, 1.1% in Son La). Main pattern investments were building common water containers (68.3%) and water pipe (15%). 6.7% of investments were reserved fro drilled wells and they mainly concentrated in Hoa Bình province. Safety water program was used by 80% of surveyed households. 42% subjects thought that water supply was sufficiency and 24.3% thought sometime it was insufficiency. Reasons that water of the program was not used included unavailable (46.4%), unnecessary (25%), and unaffordable. 93.2% of subjects thought that it was necessary to invest on safety water program
Water ; Public Health ; Family Characteristics

A study on 3472 subjects including service provider, state officials, militants and women in border communes of An Giang and Ha Tien provinces showed that: 81.5% subjects believe that there is a combination between Army medical service and Civil medical service on Reproductive health-care, and some combinations achieved good results are Information-Education and Communication, providing services and organizing management. The combination is appreciated good in many forms: providing reproductive healthcare/family planning services (46.5%), Information-Education and Communication, (63.9%), training and retraining, … The combination between Army and Civil medical service is necessary to solve difficulties in these areas such as lack of equipment (69.7%) and public health infrastructure insufficient (51.4%)
Delivery of Health Care ; Reproductive Health Services

Subjects: 295 adolescents, youths, women at reproductive age who were study subject 1, and 104 health care staffs, specialists and population collaborators of the commune called as study subject 2. Results: for the topics of reproductive health/family planning (RH/FP): the knowledge of RH/FP was at 76.7% to 87.8%. However, there was still considerable number of women infected with RTIs (23.7%). The rate of women having more than three children was 21%. Drug addiction (13.2%) and other social evils (12.2%) among study participant 1 was rather high. The need of information, education on population/RH/FP defined by study participants 1 and 2 was high (84.4% and 87.5%, respectively). There was a great attention to antenatal care by study subject 1, particularly to antenatal checks (97.6%), antitetanus vaccination (95.6%), and iron pill intake (94.2%). In addition, 66% of participants were aware of risks to pregnancy and 93.6% prefer public health deliveries for care.
Reproductive Medicine ; Family Planning Services

Studying the influence of temperature to the content of flavonoids in Flos Sophorae showed that the dried temperature make the significant changes the content of rutin and quercetin in Flos Sophorae. The rutin content increased when drying over a fire at 80oC-120oC, quercetin did not be changed much; at 140oC-180oC, the contents of rutin decreased slightly, quercetin increased slightly. At 200oC-220oC, the contents of rutin decreased clearly, quercetin increased clearly. These results can be applied for the standardization of Flos Sophorae using roasting methods for traditional medicines
Flavonoids ; Temperature

Healthy human serum IgA, purified lectin-sepharose 4B column affinity chromatography was assessed by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide electrophresis. The lectin from wild Jackfruit reacted specifically to IgA1 from human serum. This lectin used as antigen in the technique of ELISA-Lectin to determine the concentration of IgA1 from healthy and pathological human sera. Using protein A from Staphylococcus aureus isolated from Vietnamese infectious patients to capture IgG average concentration of IgA1 from healthy human serum as 14.37 mg/ml. No change of IgG concentration from patients sera (hepatoma and leukemia) was obtained in comparison with healthy subjects
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular ; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay ; Leukemia ;

Since 2002, the Vietnam Commission for Population, Family and Children (VCPFC) has implemented a number of models on improvement of population quality. In 2005, the SIPFC has conducted assessment of these models. The assessment aims to evaluate the implementation and effectiveness of the models as to make recommendations and solutions. Quantity and quality methods are used on 295 adolescents, youth and women of reproductive ages (target audience 1) and 104 health and population workers (target audience 2). The study finds that 93.9% of target audience 1 and 94.2% of target audience 2 said the these models were necessary. Local implementation follows the plans. people’s awareness on RH/FP care is much improved. This helps reducing incidence of RTIs, STDs and social evils, ect... However, there remain constrain in the implementation. 74.6% of target audience 1 and 91.3% of target audience 2 suggested to expand these models. At the same time, IEC activities and RH/RH services should be further improved; health staff training and investments in equipment should be strengthened.
Quality of Life ; Population

Remarks about laparoscopy during 1996-1999 periods in Institute of Protection of Mother and Newborn (IPMN). Laparoscopy for infertility had the highest rate (44.5%) with some technique: ovariotubal plastic surgery, polycystic ovary surgery…. Laparoscopy for ovarian cysts accounted for 24% with removed follicular cyst or ovariotomy procedure. The rate of laparoscopy for ectopic pregnancy was 22.8% mainly by gestational ovariotubal procedure. The rate of preserving ovary in ectopic pregnancy was very low, only 20% of total cases. The complications of laparoscopy were very low
Laparoscopy ; Epidemiology

A retrospective study was performed in 1,142 cases experienced laparoscopy in Institute of Protection of Mother and Newborn during January 1996 to December 1999. The results: applications of laparoscopy are rapidly increasing, both numbers and types. The diseases applied laparoscopy mainly were infertility (44.5%), ovarian cysts (24.0%), and ectopic pregnancy (22.8%). The complications of laparoscopy were very low
Laparoscopy ; Epidemiology

The investigation was performed with 871 users of DMPA. Among them 516 had been use and 355 defaults. DMPA was accepted because of the convenience for use (62%), the high effectiveness (56%), no side effect, no adverse reation for sexual activity. The rate of defaults was from 10-70%, depending on the province, the time.. 80.2% by the cause of side effects, in which amenorrhia 33.2% and menstrual disorder 43.4%.
Women ; Aniline Compounds/adverse effects