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YEAR: 1991

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Family planning: a necessity in primary care. [Planificacion familiar: una

necesidad en atencion primaria.]

AUTHORS

Rodriguez Gonzalez A; Garcia Soldevila M; Santiveri Villuendas A; Saus Arus M;

Cortes Torres J; Lopez Amoros M

SOURCE

ATENCION PRIMARIA. 1991 May;8(5):387-91.

ABSTRACT

A sample of 182 women aged 14-52 who attended a primary care center in Sabadell, Spain, for any reason between

October 1-December 31, 1989, were interviewed about their contraceptive knowledge and practices. The study was

intended to provide information on potential users of family planning services within the primary care center as an aid

in planning of future programs. The average age of the women was 30.8 years and the average age at 1st

intercourse was 18.8 years. 22 of the women had never been sexually active. 28% had ever used condoms, 1% each

had used diaphragms and spermicides, 38% coitus interruptus, 53.8% oral contraceptives (OCs), and 8.2% IUDs.

17% were currently using condoms, 18% coitus interruptus, 20.3% OCs, 8.8% IUDs, 2.2% vasectomy, 12.6% tubal

ligation, and .5% rhythm. 12.1% were not sexually active and 7.6% who were sexually active did not currently use a

method, including 1 woman who was pregnant. 18 unwanted pregnancies had occurred in users of coitus

interruptus, 3 each in condom and OC users, and 1 each in users of IUDs, rhythm, and rhythm with spermicide. 9 of

the 27 contraceptive failures occurred in women over 40 years old. 1 of the 82 women who had used condoms, 10 of

the 31 who had used IUDs, and 33 of the 135 who had used OCs reported some problem with the method. 24.7% of

the women obtained family planning services in a primary care center, 19.7% from a private gynecologist, 16.5% in

the municipal family planning program, and 2.7% in a hospital. 49.4% of the women had regular contraceptive follow-

up, 20.3% had irregular follow-up, and 32.2% had no follow-up. 88.6% of OC and IUD users had regular follow-up and

the others had at least irregular follow-up. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT3T 2504-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Family planning: a necessity in primary care.

[Planificacion familiar: una necesidad en atencion primaria.]", is(are) Rodriguez Gonzalez A; Garcia Soldevila M;

Santiveri Villuendas A; Saus Arus M; Cortes Torres J; Lopez Amoros M. The source of this article is "ATENCION

PRIMARIA. 1991 May;8(5):387-91.". This article was published in 1991 in Spanish language(s). (PubHealth.info®

Document ID: CONT3T 2504-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 12504

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