Family Planning Perspectives In the early 1990s, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved subdermal contraceptive implants and the injectable contraceptive depot medroxy progesterone acetate (DMPA), adding two long-term methods to the array of contraceptives currently available. A primary concern associated with these highly effective methods is that, as has been documented among women wh...

This paper reports the results of a study conducted in a black residential township in South Africa, Daveyton, to determine the factors associated with perceived side effects among users of oral contraceptives (OCs), injectable contraception, and the IUD. 3 samples of 200 respondents each were drawn for each of these contraceptive methods from the records of a township health clinic; women wer...

BACKGROUND For HIV-1-infected women, hormonal contraception prevents unintended pregnancy, excess maternal morbidity, and vertical HIV-1 transmission. Hormonal contraceptives are widely used but their effects on HIV-1 disease progression are unclear. METHODS In a prospective study among 2269 chronically HIV-1-infected women from seven countries in eastern and southern Africa and with enrollme...

Background—Injectable hormonal contraception may increase women’s risk of HIV acquisition, and can affect biological risk factors in animal models of HIV. We established, for the first time, a model to investigate whether combined oral contraceptives (COC) alter SHIV susceptibility in macaques. Methods—Seven pigtail macaques were administered a monophasic levonorgestrel (LNG)/ ethinyl estradiol...

Understanding preference of source of contraceptive commodities is essential in enhancing the delivery of family planning services. This paper identifies the determinants of preferred source of Depo-Provera among rural women in Uganda. The analysis is based on data sourced from a Save the Children and Family Health International study involving 642 women who were introduced to the contraceptive...

Hormonal contraceptives contain estrogen and progesterone. Prolonged use causes a higher dose of the progesterone hormones that can cause leucorrhoea or vaginal discharge. Analyzing reviewing articles related to relation between hormonal contraceptive methods with occurrence. The literature review method used systematic mapping study design. Literature sources were obtained from Google Scholar,...

Mounting observational evidence suggests that use of certain types of hormonal contraception, specifically the progestin-only injectable depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA), may be associated with an increased risk of HIV acquisition in women [1]. This relationship has been examined in several observational studies and is currently being assessed in a randomized trial, the evidence for con...

OBJECTIVE To analyze trends of use of methods of contraception along with study of impact of various demographic and social factors on contraception in Peshawar, Pakistan. METHODS A cross-sectional descriptive study with random purposive sampling was conducted at Combined Military Hospital Peshawar, from Mar 2015-Nov 2015. Self-designed questionnaire with demographic details and questions per...

BACKGROUND Health service providers can restrict access to contraceptives through their own imposed biases about method appropriateness. In this study, provider biases toward contraceptive service provision among urban Nigerian providers was assessed. METHODS Health providers working in health facilities, as well as pharmacists and patent medical vendors (PMV), in Abuja, Benin City, Ibadan, I...

CONTEXT The extent to which racial and ethnic differences in method choice are associated with financial barriers is unclear. Understanding these associations may provide insight into how to address racial and ethnic disparities in unintended pregnancy. METHODS Claims data from the California Family PACT program, which provides free family planning services to low-income residents, were used ...