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topics under category "Contraception
(Birth Control) and Family Planning".
Contraception (birth control)
is a regimen of one or more actions, devices, or medications followed in
order to deliberately prevent or reduce the likelihood of a woman
becoming pregnant or giving birth. Therefore contraception is the
utilization of various and sundry surgical procedures, devices,
practices, agents, or drugs with the intention of preventing conception
or impregnation (pregnancy). Methods and intentions typically termed
birth control may be considered a pivotal ingredient to family
planning. Birth control is a controversial political and ethical
issue in many cultures and religions, and although it is generally less
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Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning |
| Contraceptive use among women attending college: results from a pilot study. |
| [Unpublished] 1997. Presented at the 125th Annual Meeting of the American |
| Public Health Association [APHA], Indianapolis, Indiana, November 9-13, 1997. [8] |
| Findings are reported from a cross-sectional study of contraceptive practice involving a convenience sample of 219 |
| female college students, 185 of whom reported having sex with a man during the preceding 6 months. The study |
| was conducted between November 1, 1995, and February 1, 1996, with participants who responded to a self- |
| administered questionnaire. 13% of the women reported having had sex with one or more women. 77 used barrier |
| methods, 65 used hormonal methods, and 34 used nothing or some other method. All barrier users and 6% of |
| hormonal users used a barrier method the last time they had intercourse. The following proportions of 176 women |
| used the following methods the last time they had sex: 41.5%, condom; 35%, oral contraceptive pills; 9%, withdrawal; |
| 6%, nothing; 3%, rhythm method; 2%, diaphragm; and 1%, Depo-Provera. 0.6% of women each used spermicide, |
| douche, and Norplant. Barrier users were more likely to want to change their birth control method or think their partner |
| wanted to change his method, and they also had more partners. Hormonal users were more likely to have a steady |
| partner and have sex more often, while women who used other contraceptive approaches or nothing wanted to |
| change their birth control method. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 507-06) |
| PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Contraceptive use among women attending college: results |
| from a pilot study.", is(are) Manges A; Padian N. The source of this article is "[Unpublished] 1997. Presented at the |
| 125th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association [APHA], Indianapolis, Indiana, November 9-13, |
| 1997. [8] p.". This article was published in 1997 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T |
| 507-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 5507 |
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