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YEAR: 2004

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Ethnic Chinese women's perceptions about condoms, withdrawal and rhythm

methods of birth control.

AUTHORS

Wiebe ER; Janssen PA; Henderson A; Fung I

SOURCE

Contraception. 2004 Jun;69(6):493-496.

ABSTRACT

Objective: To gain a better understanding of ethnic Chinese women's perceptions and experiences of using barrier

and rhythm methods of contraception in order to improve contraceptive counseling at abortion clinics. Design:

Qualitative descriptive study. Setting: Urban abortion clinic. Participants: Forty ethnic Chinese women presenting for

abortion. Data were collected in semi-structured interviews by one interviewer who is fluent in English, Mandarin and

Cantonese. Transcribed interviews were systematically analyzed to identify salient themes. All of the women

interviewed had used condoms (none with spermicide), 20 had used rhythm and 17 withdrawal, usually a

combination of two or three of these methods. Many women noted that these methods are under male control and

talked about the difficulty negotiating their use with partners. The majority of women using rhythm were unable to

correctly identify "safe periods." (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT1T 550-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Ethnic Chinese women's perceptions about condoms,

withdrawal and rhythm methods of birth control.", is(are) Wiebe ER; Janssen PA; Henderson A; Fung I. The

source of this article is "Contraception. 2004 Jun;69(6):493-496.". This article was published in 2004 in English

language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT1T 550-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 550

This article is peer-reviewed.

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