Especially with hormonal contraception and barrier methods the gap between correct and real use is large. Discontinuation rates per year reach up to 50%. Reasons for Non Compliance are (a) Lack of motivation to prevent a pregnancy due to ambivalence regarding the wish for a child as well as ...
To identify characteristics of individuals and characteristics of sexual encounters that predict whether people using contraception will also use condoms (dual use), and to determine whether dual use is prompted by concerns about unplanned pregnancy and/or sexually transmitted infections (STIs).Design. ...
Discontinuation due to side effects is not explained by most of the women's background characteristics other than the method they used. Discontinuation of contraception is high among Arusha women. Effective contraception programs, especially improved counselling, need to address the reasons for the ...
A side effect of some barrier methods may be anincrease in urinary tract infections. Often it is the minor side effects that influence our choices in contraception. Contraindications are the physical conditions or circumstances that put some people at risk of danger from using a particular medicatio...
"There is a really interesting sort of two-prong type of marketing and conceptualization of IUDs," said Watkins. Because there were concerns that IUDs could negatively impact fertility, they were not often recommended for young women who had never had children. The newest versions of IUDs are ...
Three quarters of the men had used the condom and found it bothersome. The same number had also used the pill and various other methods of contraception without satisfaction. Other studies have shown economic reasons as the main factor leading to vasectomy whereas this one revealed freedom from ...
There is now good evidence that levonorgestrel emergency contraception retains some effectiveness up to 120 hours after unprotected sex and that a single-dose regimen may be preferable to the divided dose previously recommended.Foran, Terri... T Foran - 《Medicine Today》 被引量: 7发表: 2004年 ...
However, this is not sufficient to distinguish between male and female rape because oral and anal penetration do not carry this risk, neither does the rape of sterile or post-menopausal women, or rape in which contraception is used effectively. In addition, although being forced to penetrate a...
and economic changes. The substance of these instrumentalist arguments is expansive and can vary widely. However, instrumentalist arguments for contraception often fall into one of three broad categories: Contraceptive use leads to lower parity/fertility, which in turn (1) promotes maternal health, (...
The plant is shredded and boiled and then lemon juice is added as a tonic for theliver(taken in small amounts four times daily). It is also traditionally used to clear obstructions throughout the various internal organs of the body by promoting the elimination of mucus and stones. ...