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Regulating pharmacists as contraception providers: A qualitative study from Coastal Kenya on injectable contraception provision to youth. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2019
IntroductionYoung people worldwide are often reticent to access family planning services from public health facilities: instead, they choose to get contraception from private, retail pharmacies.
Lianne Gonsalves, Kaspar Wyss, Peter Gichangi, Lale Say, Adriane Martin Hilber   +4 more
doaj   +5 more sources

Enhancing the Introduction and Scale Up of Self-Administered Injectable Contraception (DMPA-SC) in Health Systems (the EASIER Project): Protocol for Embedded Implementation Research [PDF]

JMIR Research Protocols, 2023
BackgroundThe introduction of self-administered injectable contraception presents an opportunity to address the unmet need for family planning.
Colin Baynes, Petrus S Steyn, Kenneth Sherr, James Kiarie   +3 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Injectable Vaginal Hydrogels as a Multi-Drug Carrier for Contraception [PDF]

Applied Sciences, 2019
Injectable intravaginal hydrogels could deliver drugs systemically without hepatic first pass effect. This paper focuses on the contraceptive function of an injectable temperature-sensitive four-arm star-shaped poly(D,L-lactic-co-glycolic acid)-b-methoxy
Lei Nie, Peng Zou, Jing Dong, Meng Sun, Peng Ding, Yanting Han, Chingching Ji, Qiuju Zhou, Hongyu Yuan, Jinping Suo   +9 more
doaj   +4 more sources

Self-administration of injectable contraception: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

BMJ Global Health, 2019
Introduction Depot medroxyprogesterone acetate subcutaneous injectable contraception (DMPA-SC) may facilitate self-administration and expand contraceptive access.
Ping Teresa Yeh, Caitlin E Kennedy, Manjulaa Narasimhan, Mary Lyn Gaffield, Martha Brady   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Perspectives of stakeholders on enhancing access to self-injectable contraception in rural South Sudan [PDF]

Discover Public Health
Background Although self-injectable subcutaneous depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA-SC) has demonstrated promise, there are significant barriers in promoting initiation and continued use in low-resource settings.
Grace W. Kimemia, Mamothena Carol Mothupi, Lual Agok Luka, Teresia Macharia, Sidonia Akon, Alom Atak Ayom, Lual James Baak, Amijong Deng, Kadra Noor, Taban John Mark, Naoko Kozuki   +10 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Effects of the copper intrauterine device versus injectable progestin contraception on pregnancy rates and method discontinuation among women attending termination of pregnancy services in South Africa: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial [PDF]

, 2016
Background: The copper intrauterine device (IUD) is under-utilised in South Africa, where injectable progestin contraception (IPC) dominates contraception usage.
Bergel, Eduardo, Hofmeyr, G. Justus, Lawrie, Theresa A., Singata-Madliki, Mandisa, Temmerman, Marleen   +4 more
core   +5 more sources

Practice as the dominant factor influencing injectable contraception use: a KAP study among women in Palembang, Indonesia [PDF]

Discover Public Health
Background The rapid growth of the world’s population presents significant socio-economic and health challenges. Family planning programs, including the promotion of injectable contraception, are critical to address this issue in Indonesia.
Vito Ananta, Debby Handayati Harahap, Theodorus   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Validation of a measure of contraceptive self-injection self-efficacy in Uganda [PDF]

BMC Women's Health
Background Sexual and reproductive health self-care interventions, including self-administered injectable contraception, can promote individual agency and health.
Brooke W. Bullington, Sneha Challa, Ronald Wasswa, Dinah Amongin, Catherine Birabwa, Sylvia Nanono, Peter Waiswa, Jane Cover, Kelsey Holt   +8 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Development of a community-based peer-support intervention to improve contraceptive agency and diffuse self-injectable contraception in Uganda: Application of the human-centered design approach [PDF]

BMC Women's Health
Background The low use of self-injectable contraception, coupled with the recognition that many individuals need support beyond training to use self-care technologies successfully, suggests the need for innovative programming.
C Birabwa, B Phillips, D Amongin, L Atuyambe, A Turinayo, J Etap, B Kaudha, S Alum, K Agnes, J Kramer, E Sedlander, J Liu, K Holt, P Waiswa   +13 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Contraceptive Continuation and Experiences Obtaining Implant and IUD Removal Among Women Randomized to Use Injectable Contraception, Levonorgestrel Implant, and Copper IUD in South Africa and Zambia. [PDF]

Stud Fam Plann, 2023
Cartwright AF, Callahan RL, Beksinska M, Kasaro MP, Tang JH, Milford C, Wong C, Velarde M, Maphumulo V, Fawzy M, Chinyama M, Chabu E, Mudenda M, Smit J.   +13 more
europepmc   +3 more sources