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YEAR: 1998

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Choosing contraception. [Optar por la anticoncepcion.]

AUTHORS

Gonzalez Velez AC

SOURCE

PROFAMILIA: PLANIFICACION, POBLACION Y DESARROLLO. 1998

ABSTRACT

The development of contraception has allowed women to think about and experience motherhood not as their destiny

but as an option. Humans have always been interested in controlling their fertility. Writings unearthed in the 18th

century demonstrated the interest of the ancient Egyptians and Greeks in fertility control. The oral contraceptive (OC)

pill, developed in the 1950s by Pincus and Rock, has allowed millions of women to avoid unwanted pregnancy.

Since 1960, when the oral contraceptive Enovid was first marketed in the US, over 200 million women throughout the

world have used OCs. Modern formulations have low hormone doses, which has minimized side effects. OCs now

have an effectiveness of 98%. The method is controlled by the woman, permitting autonomous decisions about

pregnancy. Currently, in Colombia, 12.9% of women in union use OCs, 25.7% are sterilized, 11.1% each use IUDs

and traditional methods, 4.3% use condoms, 2.5% use injectables, 1.4% use vaginal tablets, 0.7% each use

Norplant and vasectomy, and 1.8% use other methods. 27.8% use no method. OCs can be used as an emergency

method in case of rape, an unexpected sexual encounter, or failure of another method. When used as a postcoital

method, OCs must be taken within 72 hours of unprotected sexual intercourse. (PubHealth.info Document ID:

CONT1T 4592-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Choosing contraception. [Optar por la anticoncepcion.]",

is(are) Gonzalez Velez AC. The source of this article is "PROFAMILIA: PLANIFICACION, POBLACION Y

DESARROLLO. 1998 Jun;16(31):50-2.". This article was published in 1998 in Spanish language(s). (PubHealth.info®

Document ID: CONT1T 4592-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 4592

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