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Modern Contraception: A 1989 Update [PDF]
Annual Review of Public Health, 1989 In the 1960s oral contraception was 1st introduced and IUDs were reintroduced; for the 1st time women in developed countries were liberated from the earlier traditional role of repeated child bearing. Although significant improvements have been made since the 1960s in hormonal and intrauterine contraception very few new contraceptive breakthroughs ...
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BMC Health Services Research, 2023 Background Advocacy for equity in health service utilization and access, including Family Planning (FP) continues to be a cornerstone in increasing universal health coverage.
Fredrick E Makumbi +13 more
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Frontiers in Reproductive Health, 2022 BackgroundRumours, myths, and misperceptions about contraceptives are a barrier to contraceptive use in general, but more so among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW).
Kim Jonas +7 more
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SAGE Open, 2023 Universal health insurance is widely believed to be a key strategy for improving health services. However, few studies have examined whether it increases the use of modern contraceptives.
Sujarwoto Sujarwoto +5 more
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BMC Women's Health, 2018 Background Contraceptives are used in family planning to space or limit pregnancies and are categorized into modern and traditional methods. The modern methods have been proven to be more scientifically effective at preventing unwanted pregnancies than ...
Philomina Akadity Aviisah +6 more
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Assessing the unmet need for modern contraceptives among reproductive-aged women in rural Nepal [PDF]
Journal of Health Research, 2022 Purpose – The purpose of this research was to determine the extent of the unmet need for modern contraceptives (MC) and its associated factors. Design/methodology/approach – This community-based cross-sectional survey was conducted via interview among ...
Samyukta Chand +3 more
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Population Policy: Abortion and Modern Contraception are Substitutes [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2016 A longstanding debate exists in population policy about the relationship between modern contraception and abortion. Although theory predicts that they should be substitutes, the empirical evidence is difficult to interpret. What is required is a large-scale intervention that alters the supply (or full price) of one or the other and, importantly, that ...
Miller, Grant, Valente, Christine M F
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Contraception: Modern trends and controversies
Srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo, 2009 Ever since ancient civilizations, the possibility of preventing unwanted pregnancies has always been the subject of interest. All available contraception methods have both advantages and disadvantages, and it is up to the doctor and the patient to make a rational choice in each individual case.
Berisavac Milica +2 more
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Factors affecting the preferred use of modern contraceptives in District Dang Nepal
Journal of the College of Community Physicians, 2018 Background: Improving reproductive health is central to achieving sustainable development goals on improving maternal health, reducing child mortality and eradicating extreme poverty.
Suprich Sapkota +3 more
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BMC Public Health, 2019 Background The prevention of unplanned pregnancy among women infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is critical for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV. Of the prevention strategies, deployment of modern contraceptives
Yibeltal Bimrew Kebede +5 more
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