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Showing 1 to 20 of 90 for “"birth control"”.
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An analysis of how birth control is presented in young adult novels
… of receiving correct and vital information about birth control in novels that contain sexual activity. It is important that birth control in young adult novels is dealt with accurately, honestly, thoroughly, and in an unbiased way. There has been little research done on how birth control is …
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The Birth Control Clinic in America: Life Within; Life Without, 1923--1972
… dissertation, a social and cultural history of birth control, is the first study to examine the Planned Parenthood clinic movement in its entirety---from its early days in the teens through to its modern form in the 1970s---and seeks to explain the rise and proliferation of what has become an …
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An investigation of the effect of an educational program on students' decision to use birth control
… students' knowledge and attitudes on the use of birth control. The students were assigned to an experimental or control group. Students took a pre and post test to measure their knowledge and attitudes on human sexuality issues. The experimental group received eight 1-hour training sessions on …
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The discipline and disciplining of Margaret Sanger: US birth control rhetoric in the early twentieth century
Margaret Sanger's rhetoric in the US birth control movement demonstrates the social forces that act upon rhetors and women's bodies, conforming both to established gender norms even as they attempt to violate those standards. This project studies Sanger's birth control rhetoric to understand how …
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“Quality is everything” : rhetoric of the transatlantic birth control movement in interwar women’s literature of England, Ireland and the United States
… on both sides of the Atlantic who responded to birth control discourse not only by referencing contraceptive techniques, but also by incorporating arguments and dilemmas used by birth control advocates into their writing. The introductory chapter, which frames the later literary analysis …
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“Quality is everything” : rhetoric of the transatlantic birth control movement in interwar women’s literature of England, Ireland and the United States
… on both sides of the Atlantic who responded to birth control discourse not only by referencing contraceptive techniques, but also by incorporating arguments and dilemmas used by birth control advocates into their writing. The introductory chapter, which frames the later literary analysis …
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Factors associated with low utilization of female condoms as a birth control method among women of reproductive age (15 – 49 years) in Nabbanda, Chirundu district, Zambia.
… with low utilization of female condoms as a birth control method among women of reproductive age (15 – 49 years) in Nabbanda, Chirundu district, Zambia.” and what can be done to resolve this. A case study will be used which will involve application of qualitative methods. A sample of 159 …
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Factors associated with low utilization of female condoms as a birth control method among women of reproductive age (15 – 49 years) in Nabbanda, Chirundu district, Zambia.
… with low utilization of female condoms as a birth control method among women of reproductive age (15 – 49 years) in Nabbanda, Chirundu district, Zambia.” and what can be done to resolve this. A case study will be used which will involve application of qualitative methods. A sample of 159 …
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The Social Ecology Of Men's Sexual Self-Efficacy In The Mississippi Delta
… in the Mississippi Delta about their opinions on birth control. Using the social ecological model and self-efficacy framework, this thesis considers the influences on young men that shape their attitudes and behaviors regarding sexual health topics such as birth control. Primary findings include …
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Marriage, the family, and women in the Owenite socialist movement
… the period after 1850. Socialist attitudes to birth control are less clear, but their views upon women, marriage and sex suggest that they were probably sympathetic to its use. Two of the most eminent socialists did in fact make major contributions to the birth control movement, and in so doing …
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Euphemistic rhetoric in advertising during the Comstock Era: the importance of persona and cultural context in the Lysol case
… the Lysol douche was the best-selling form of birth control in the U.S.; it was used by women from all socio-economic backgrounds. This dissertation examines the Lysol douche campaign that ran in Hearst’s Cosmopolitan and McCall’s during the 1920s and 1930s, which advertised Lysol as a …
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Unprotected Intercourse: The Value of Motherhood, Ambivalence, Masculinity, and Femininity
… has remained unchanged, despite the fact that birth control has become more accessible. This research project investigated potential predictors for unintended pregnancies other than the accessibility of birth control. The hypotheses of this study were: greater motherhood value, higher levels of …
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Cleaning Up After Sex: An Environmental History of Contraceptives in the United States, 1873—2010
… caps, intrauterine devices, and hormonal birth control. Production, consumption, and disposal of the birth control methods I study have determined physical experiences with both our bodies and with the non-human natural world, but those three processes have also shaped discourse about …
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Evaluating Provider Knowledge Towards Pain Management During Intrauterine Device Insertion in Nulliparous Women
… reversible contraceptives (LARCs) are birth control 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 …
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CLINICAL SERVICES PROVIDERS' BEHAVIORAL INTENTION TO PROVIDE THE INTRAUTERINE DEVICE (IUD) MEASURED BY THE THEORY OF REASONED ACTION
… 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 providers' (CSP) behavioral intention to provide the IUD. An instrument based on …
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Religion and the economics of fertility in south India
… content of Islam and Hinduism on marriage, birth control, the position of women, and the importance of children within the family. The main finding is that with the exception of provisions on birth control, there is little difference between Hinduism and Islam in their theological positions …
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AIDS anxiety and sexual behavior: a comparative study
… anxiety concerning AIDS were less likely to use birth control than those who reported a low AIDS anxiety. Seventy-one percent of the respondents reported using some form of birth control, with 35.5% reporting the use of condoms.
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Contraceptive switching among American women: A dynamic analysis of event history
… to examine how American women change their birth control practices as they pass through their reproductive life and how their patterns of contraceptive switching vary by social and demographic characteristics.
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