Appropriate animal modeling is vital for the successful development of novel contraceptive devices. Advances in reproductive biology have identified novel pathways for contraceptive intervention. Here we review species-specific anatomic and physiologic considerations impacting preclinical contraceptive testing, including efficacy testing, mechanistic studies, device design, and modeling off-tar...

Canada in the mid-1980s, we know virtually nothing about contraceptive use among Canadians during the 1990s.2 The 1995 General Social Survey (GSS-95) collected detailed information on contraceptive use, as well as fertility and union histories, from a nationally representative sample of Canadian women and men aged 15 and older. The main objective of this article is to use these data to update o...

PURPOSE We explored the contraceptive experiences of female teens with epilepsy, including their knowledge and perceptions of interactions between antiepileptic drugs and hormonal contraception and contraceptive decision-making processes. METHOD From November 2012 to May 2013, we conducted one online survey (n=114) and 12 online focus group discussions (n=26) with female teens with epilepsy a...

BACKGROUND The choice of available contraceptive methods has increased in recent years; however, recent data on women's awareness of methods and reasons for their method choice, or reasons for changing methods, is limited. The aim of this study was to examine the use and awareness of contraceptive methods in the USA, UK, Germany, Italy and Spain. METHODS Quantitative survey of heterosexual wo...

the effectiveness of contraceptive methods, such as i.u.d. can be considered with different points of view, such as: the period of protection from pregnancy for such married couple. the demographic effect of the program, on the basis of the number of births, averted in a given population. the objective of the, present study was to calculate the probability of pregnancy, expulsion, removal and t...

background : sexual relationship is a basis for mental health and continuity of the healthy generation. enjoying the healthy body and mind will cause the sexual relationships to run their normal course in life. one of the problems that couples are faced within their sexual relationships is the issue of employing family planning methods. studies have revealed that contraceptive methods are in co...

This new transdermal contraceptive system (contraceptive patch), Evra (Janssen-Cilag), received a UK product licence in 2003. In clinical trials: Consistent doses of norelgestromin and ethinyl oestradiol are released into the systemic circulation daily. Pharmacokinetic data suggest that levels are sufficient to inhibit ovulation for at least 7 days. The overall Pearl index for the contraceptive...

abstract ba ckground: quality of services, making communications with target groups, and educating them are among the most important success factors in implementation of family planning programs. provision of public access to contraception and related methods, counseling services, and paying attention to social specification and cultures are important in promotion of service quality. with regar...

BACKGROUND In India, a large proportion of women with an unmet need for contraception are within their first year after childbirth. Therefore, concentrating efforts to educate postpartum women on the importance of attending contraceptive clinics could have a proportionally bigger impact on increasing postpartum contraception usage. METHODS Hundred and seventy-eight (178) women were followed u...

background: this study aimed to define and compare the efficiency and complication between hd and levonorgestrel tablets as an emergency contraceptive method. methods: in this double blind clinical trial, the subjects included 68 women aged 15-45 years with regular menstruation cycles referred to isfahan health centers within the first 72 hours after their unprotected coitus between may to sep ...