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Background Contraception is a key component of sustainable development, empowering women, reducing the risk of maternal and child mortality and promoting economic growth. It is part of the Sustainable Development Goals agenda, where the aim is to achieve
Cauane Blumenberg+3 more
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Long-Acting Reversible Contraception: Specific Issues for Adolescents [PDF]
Long-acting reversible contraceptives are the most effective methods to prevent pregnancy and also offer noncontraceptive benefits such as reducing menstrual blood flow and dysmenorrhea. The safety and efficacy of long-acting reversible contraception are well established for adolescents, but the rate of use remains low for this population.
Seema Menon+7 more
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Contraceptive experience and perception, a survey among Ukrainian women
Background Abortion rate in Ukraine is high and the use of effective contraceptive methods is low. Aiming to explore women’s knowledge and attitudes towards modern contraceptive methods, we performed a survey among women with a recent pregnancy.
Volodymyr Podolskyi+2 more
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Efficacy and Safety of Long-Acting Reversible Contraception [PDF]
Long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) includes intrauterine devices (IUDs) and the subdermal implant. These methods are the most effective reversible methods of contraception, and have the additional advantages of being long-lasting, convenient, well liked by users and cost effective.
Amy Stoddard+2 more
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Background Universal access to contraception is an important strategy adopted by the South African government to reduce the high rate of unintended pregnancies, especially in women living with HIV.
Oladele Vincent Adeniyi+3 more
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Prolonged hormonal contraception: current research and practice: A review [PDF]
This review presents information on demographic processes in Russia and the relevance of highly effective contraception for the prevention of artificial abortion.
Natalia V. Aganezova, Sergey S. Aganezov
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Quality of websites about long-acting reversible contraception: a descriptive cross-sectional study
Background Today, there are various short- and long-acting contraceptive alternatives available for those who wish to prevent unintended pregnancy. Long-acting reversible contraception are considered effective methods with a high user satisfaction.
Catrin Eriksson+3 more
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Ongoing barriers to immediate postpartum long-acting reversible contraception: a physician survey
Background Postpartum women are at risk for unintended pregnancy. Access to immediate long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) may help decrease this risk, but it is unclear how many providers in the United States routinely offer this to their ...
Emily C. Holden+6 more
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Implementing immediate postpartum contraception: a comparative case study at 11 hospitals
Background Immediate postpartum long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) is an evidence-based practice, but hospitals face significant barriers to its adoption.
Michelle H. Moniz+7 more
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Long-acting reversible contraception by effervescent microneedle patch [PDF]
An effervescent microneedle patch has been designed for rapid separation of drug-loaded microneedles and long-term contraception.
Wei Li+9 more
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