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A brief intervention to promote IUD use among women in Cape Town
While the Copper T intrauterine device (IUD) is one of the most used methods of contraception around the world, only 1% of women in sub-Saharan Africa use this method. The IUD is a safe and highly effective form of long-acting contraception that provides protection for up to 10 years and has a …
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Negotiating Acceptability of the IUD: Contraceptive Technology, Women's Bodies, and Reproductive Politics
… held assumption that the intrauterine device (IUD) is an unsafe and/or obsolete contraceptive method that has been used mostly to impose population control on women in developing countries. Simultaneously, I explore the changing meaning of the device over the last 40 years in varying …
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Intra-uteriene anticonceptie: een literatuuroverzicht en klinisch onderzoek naar tubaveranderingen bij iud-gebruik
Contains fulltext : mmubn000001_025268937.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
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Expanding contraceptive options in South Africa : knowledge, attitudes, and practices surrounding the intrauterine device (IUD)
The intrauterine device (IUD) is a safe, effective, convenient, reliable, inexpensive, and cost-effective form of reversible contraception. It rivals female sterilization, injectables, and implants with respect to effectiveness in pregnancy prevention. Once inserted, IUDs are nearly maintenance …
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CLINICAL SERVICES PROVIDERS' BEHAVIORAL INTENTION TO PROVIDE THE INTRAUTERINE DEVICE (IUD) MEASURED BY THE THEORY OF REASONED ACTION
Today, intrauterine devices (IUDs) are used by over 100 million women worldwide, making it the most popular reversible method of birth control. Approximately only 2% of American women, however, choose to use this method of birth control. The purpose of this study was to explore clinical services …
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Contraceptive use in Nepal
… rural Nepal.<br/><br/>The intrauterine device (IUD) is one of the most cost effective methods of reversible contraception available but is not well known or understood and consequently not well used in Nepal. This has not always been the case, when family planning was first introduced in Nepal …
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A survey to assess knowledge and acceptability of intrauterine devices (IUD) among family planning clients and providers in the Family Planning services in Cape Town
[Background]The IUD is a highly effective, reliable, and safe contraceptive method that is under-utilised in many countries due to persistent fears that it causes pelvic infection. Reliable evidence of the safety of this contraceptive method has not been enough to effect a change in use. The aim of …
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Evaluating Provider Knowledge Towards Pain Management During Intrauterine Device Insertion in Nulliparous Women
… methods consisting of intrauterine devices (IUDs) and the birth control implants that are the most effective forms of reversible contraceptives. LARCs are 20 times more effective than other birth control methods; yet only 5.6% of women are choosing LARCs. Despite multiple pharmacological and …
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Ultrasound Evaluation Versus Direct Measurement of Uterine Cavity Length: A Prospective Study
Levonorgestrel intrauterine devices (IUDs) have been successfully used in the adolescent population for menstrual suppression, dysmenorrhea, & contraception.1 Historically, there has been concern regarding the adequacy of the underdeveloped uterine cavity for an IUD.2, 3 Currently, there is no …
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Impact of long-acting contraceptives on female genital tract cytokine profiles in a randomised controlled trial
… acetate (DMPA-IM), copper intrauterine device (IUD) or the levonorgestrel (LNG) implant. However, it remains unknown whether these contraceptives increase HIV risk relative to other forms of contraception or no contraception. This study investigated the impact of DMPA-IM, copper IUD and LNG …
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A randomised controlled trial studying the effects of the copper intrauterine device and the injectable progestogen contraceptive on depression and sexual functioning of women in the Eastern Cape
… a copper Intrauterine Contraceptive Device (Cu-IUD) after childbirth on depression and sexual functioning. After counselling, 242consenting pregnant women were randomised to receive DMP A or a Cu IUD within 48 hours of childbirth, in a ratio of 1:1. Primary outcome measures were depression and …
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A review of intrauterine device placement during caesarean section at level two facilities in the Metro West, Cape Town
… are many intrauterine contraceptive devices (IUDs) inserted during caesarean section (C/S). Little is known about the long-term outcomes in the Metro West area. Objective To assess placement of IUDs at C/S and describe follow-up, with a view to compile best practice guidelines for insertion …
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Contraception and HIV-1 prevention among women in Africa: informing choices amid expanding options
… copper intrauterine device (Cu-IUD) and a potential side effect, bacterial vaginosis (BV), and assess whether the association varies over time; (2.1) determine the association between reporting any receptive anal intercourse and HIV-1 risk and efficacy of a dapivirine …
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A synthetic control model to estimate the effect of Colorado's Family Planning Initiative on abortions.
… the Colorado Family Planning Initiative provided IUDs at no cost for low-income women. The lowering of the price of an IUD could have the possible substitution effect of decreasing the number of abortions. Even though abortions decreased in Colorado after the initiative, we find no evidence of a …
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The Effect of Progesterone Only Contraception on the Accuracy of Cervical Cytologic interpretation
… acetate injection or the progesterone IUD, as compared to women who either used a non-hormonal form of contraception or no contraception. Accuracy, for the purposes of this study, was defined as the association between cytology interpretation and histology interpretation. A secondary …
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National Practices, Attitudes, and Training Surrounding Long-Acting Reversible Contraception Procedures for Adolescents
… limited (12% and 19% of participants reporting IUDs and implants, respectively, administered inpatient at their hospital site). Among those at hospitals not currently placing LARC, many wished this service was available (43% for IUD and 37% for implant) and over half were willing to learn how to …
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Fertility Desires and Fertility Control: Young Women's Contraceptive decision-making in Khayelitsha, South Africa
… the implant and intrauterine device (IUD) contraceptive methods in how they reveal young women's fertility attitudes and how it shapes their contraceptive decision-making. This examination foregrounds the individual, interpersonal relationships and social contexts that shape sexual and …
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Co-occurrence of shedding Herpes Simplex Virus type-2 (HSV-2), Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus 1 (HIV-1) in the female genital tract among HIV-infected women
… double-blinded randomized control study (2-IUD study). The research site was the Gugulethu Community Health Centre, Cape Town, South Africa and samples were collected between 2014 and 2018. Analysis was conducted on genital tract specimens of study participants obtained via the Menstrual Cup …
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Sexual and Reproductive Decisions and Experiences of Women Living With HIV/AIDS in Abuja, Nigeria
… hormone injections, intrauterine device (IUD) and tubal ligation are their methods of choice. The women chose to have babies to secure their marriage, fulfill maternal instinct and to “leave something behind”. Their decisions were informed by the belief that ARV would keep them alive, …
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Meeting the contraceptive needs of HIV positive adolescent females living in urban townships in Western Cape, South Africa: perspectives of clients and primary health care providers
… use, fears about the intrauterine device (IUD) use, positive and negative provider attitudes to contraceptive services for ALHIV, and provider competency and training, among others. Conclusion: Overall, the thesis supports socioecological-based approaches to contraceptive care for female …
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