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Why Iranian married women use withdrawal instead of oral contraceptives? A qualitative study from Iran

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2010
Background Withdrawal as a method of birth control is still used in Iran. The aim of this study was to explore married women's perspectives and attitudes on withdrawal use instead of oral contraceptive (OC) in Tehran, Iran. Methods This was a qualitative
Kazemnejad Anoushiravan   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Methods of contraception for men

open access: yesJournal of Education, Health and Sport, 2020
Many pregnancies in the world are unintentional and some of them end in abortion, hence there is a great need and amount of research on contraceptives. There are many methods of pregnancy prevention for women. However, men also want to be responsible for
Anna Małgorzata Łopuszyńska   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

SURMOUNT‐REAL UK: A Pragmatic Randomized Clinical Trial to Assess the Effectiveness of Tirzepatide in Adults With Obesity

open access: yesObesity, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective SURMOUNT‐REAL UK will evaluate the effectiveness of tirzepatide when offered in addition to standard‐of‐care (SoC) in adults with Class I obesity (BMI ≥ 30 and ≤ 34.9 kg/m2) and without diabetes in a UK primary care setting. Methods A 5‐year, phase 4, multicenter, open‐label, pragmatic randomized clinical trial is enabled through ...
Martin K. Rutter   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Women Have Reduced Ability to Discriminate Body Odors During the Withdrawal Period of Oral Contraception [PDF]

open access: yesChemosensory Perception, 2019
Abstract Introduction Women’s olfactory perception varies across the menstrual cycle. The influence of oral contraceptives on this variability remains unclear. Methods To further estimate this, we assessed discrimination performance for both body odors and ordinary odorants in 36 women, 18 naturally ovulating, and 18 using oral contraceptives.
Yaara Endevelt–Shapira   +5 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Catholic Values and Gender Politics in the Colombian Mass Media: Acción Cultural Popular (ACPO) in the 1970s

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The 1970s were a decade of huge change for women in Colombia, from the legalisation of divorce to increased access to education, labour market participation and contraception. This article examines how the Catholic non‐governmental organisation Acción Cultural Popular (Popular Cultural Action, ACPO) responded to women's changing roles and ...
Anna Cant
wiley   +1 more source

Implications of employer coverage of contraception: Cost-effectiveness analysis of contraception coverage under an employer mandate

open access: yes, 2017
Objectives: Mandatory employer-based insurance coverage of contraception in the US has been a controversial component of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Trussell, James   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Contraceptive use among women seeking an early induced abortion in Sweden

open access: yesActa Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 2023
Introduction In spite of societal efforts to strengthen women's sexual and reproductive health in Sweden, many women have unmet contraceptive needs and the abortion rate remains high.
Jenny Niemeyer Hultstrand   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

What Happens After Menopause (WHAM)? A Progress Report of a Prospective Controlled Study of Women After Pre‐Menopausal Risk‐Reducing Bilateral Salpingo‐Oophorectomy

open access: yesBJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Surgical menopause, the removal of both ovaries prior to natural menopause, may impact short‐and long‐term physical and emotional health. An increasingly common cause of surgical menopause is risk‐reducing salpingo‐oophorectomy (RRSO) in those at high inherited risk of ovarian cancer.
Sarah A. L. Price   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pull and pray or extra protection? Contraceptive strategies involving withdrawal among US adult women [PDF]

open access: yesContraception, 2014
Research assessing contraceptive use often focuses on the most effective method used and suggests that very few women rely on withdrawal. We adopted a new measurement strategy in an attempt to measure contraceptive practices and withdrawal in particular.We collected data from a national sample of 4634 US women aged 18-39; the survey was administered ...
Rachel K, Jones   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Changes in Semen Volume Following Vasectomy: A Retrospective Case–Control Analysis

open access: yesAndrology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Vasectomy is the most common non‐diagnostic procedure performed by urologists and the only permanent form of sterilization routinely offered to men. Though vasal fluid has been estimated to represent less than 10% of seminal volume, studies describing the effect of vasectomy on semen volume remain limited.
Bryan D. Naelitz   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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