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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Intrauterine Device (IUD)"”.
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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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Negotiating Acceptability of the IUD: Contraceptive Technology, Women's Bodies, and Reproductive Politics
… the commonly 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 …
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Contraceptive use in Nepal
… contraceptive use in 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 …
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Fertility Desires and Fertility Control: Young Women's Contraceptive decision-making in Khayelitsha, South Africa
… and LARC methods; specifically, 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 …
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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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Sexual and Reproductive Decisions and Experiences of Women Living With HIV/AIDS in Abuja, Nigeria
… contraceptives, condoms, 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 …
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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
… inconsistent contraceptive 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 …
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Impact of long-acting contraceptives on female genital tract cytokine profiles in a randomised controlled trial
… medroxyprogesterone 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, …
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The Effect of Progesterone Only Contraception on the Accuracy of Cervical Cytologic interpretation
… medroxyprogesterone acetate or a progesterone intrauterine device. Previous study results have been inconsistent regarding the effect of progesterone on relationship between cytology and histology interpretation. The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine the accuracy of cervical …
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Improving Women’s Health Services by Adding Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptive Methods into Primary Care-Focused Student Health
… Long-acting reversible contraceptives, including intrauterine contraceptives and the subdermal contraceptive implant, are safe, effective, long-acting, easily reversible, and non-user dependent contraceptive methods, yet currently are greatly underutilized. Most of the contraceptive methods are …