Sentences with phrase «of modern contraceptive»

Among adolescent women in developing regions who use modern contraceptives, the most common methods are male condoms (38 %) and the pill (27 %), followed by injectables (19 %), implants (8 %) and IUDs (5 %).10 In Africa, condoms account for half of modern contraceptive use reported by adolescent women, likely because of widespread awareness of HIV and other STIs.

Voluntary family planning programs typically subsidize, advertize, or otherwise promote the use of modern contraceptive technologies by sexually active couples (usually but not always partners in marriage).

And unless the very availability of modern contraceptives by itself stimulates a revolution in attitudes toward family size — as over a quarter of a century of family planning efforts have failed to do in Nepal, and three decades of programs have not done in rural Pakistan — the demographic impact of family planning would be a discrete and self - extinguishing adjustment, as the previously «unmet demand» of motivated users is progressively satisfied.

In Africa alone, the continent with the highest fertility rate and lowest use of modern contraceptives, 26 countries will double their population by 2050, according to the U.N. «Fundamentally if you're looking at World Population Day, it is at heart a women's rights issue,» said Roger - Mark DeSouza director of population, environmental security and resilience at the non-partisan policy Wilson Center, based in Washington, D.C. World Population Day is meant to draw attention to the challenges we face with a human population that is constantly growing.

Not exact matches

Hypothesizing that «a decrease in the cost of syphilis due to penicillin [which, in 1943, was found to treat syphilis effectively] spurred an increase in risky non-traditional sex,» the Emory University economist Andrew Francis discovered evidence that «the era of modern sexuality originated in the mid to late 1950s,» prior to the debut of oral contraceptive pills in 1960.

It is by no means clear that this method measures either the unmet demand for modern contraceptives, or the fraction of the female population exposed to unwanted pregnancy.

A cheap and readily available supply of simple modern contraceptives can allow parents who wish to make use of them to improve their own level of comfort, and may also (by facilitating the spacing of births) improve family health chances — even if their adoption has no ultimate effect on the size of the family.

Modern contraception is, however, a much more pleasant alternative, and, used properly, can be more effective than the traditional methods of birth control (such as coitus interruptus, the rhythm method, or the local contraceptive potion).

Women not using modern contraceptives may be practicing traditional (albeit less pleasant or less effective) means of birth control.

«MSI is also calling for healthcare professionals to provide women with comprehensive contraceptive information and access to the full range of modern methods via dedicated client consultations, and for more investment in training for healthcare professionals in fitting long acting reversible contraceptive methods (LARCs), which are a critical part of the Government's strategy to reduce the number of unintended pregnancies and abortions in the UK.»

For comparison, the daily contraceptive pill contains around 50 micrograms of oestrogen, though the synthetic oestrogens in most modern pills are much more potent than BPA.

However, when we wipe out the beneficial bacteria — and they are extremely vulnerable to broad spectrum antibiotics, to the contraceptive pill, to steroid medications prescribed on a long term basis, in fact to the majority of modern drugs that are used on a repeat prescription basis — we end up with what is called gut dysbiosis (damaged gut flora).

For more information on CAH, see: A Commonly Missed Cause of Infertility, NonClassical CAH by Jeffrey Dach MD (78) Articles with Related Interest PCOS Part Two PCOS Part three Jeffrey Dach MD 7450 Griffin Rd Suite 180/190 Davie, FL 33314 Phone: [phone] Facebook Blog REFERENCES (1) http://www.amazon.com/Clinical-Gynecologic-Endocrinology-Infertility-Editorial/dp/0781747953 The Clinical Gynecologic Endocrinology and Infertility: Leon Speroff MD (2) http://jcem.endojournals.org/cgi/content/full/88/5/1927 A Modern Medical Quandary: Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, Insulin Resistance, and Oral Contraceptive Pills, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism Vol.

For more information on CAH, see my article on this topic: A Commonly Missed Cause of Infertility, NonClassical CAH by Jeffrey Dach MD (78) Jeffrey Dach MD 7450 Griffin Road, Suite 190 Davie, Florida 33314 954-792-4663 http://www.jeffreydachmd.md www.drdach.com www.jeffreydach.com www.drdach.com www.naturalmedicine101.com www.truemedmd.com Link to this article: http://jeffreydach.com/2008/02/13/understanding-pcos-the-hidden-epidemic-by-jeffrey-dach-md.aspx REFERENCES (1) http://www.amazon.com/Clinical-Gynecologic-Endocrinology-Infertility-Editorial/dp/0781747953 The Clinical Gynecologic Endocrinology and Infertility: Leon Speroff MD (2) http://jcem.endojournals.org/cgi/content/full/88/5/1927 A Modern Medical Quandary: Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, Insulin Resistance, and Oral Contraceptive Pills, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism Vol.

The proportion of adolescent women in need who are not using modern contraceptive methods is higher in Asia (69 %) and Africa (68 %) than in Latin America and the Caribbean (36 %).10 In all regions, unmet need is higher among adolescent women wanting to avoid pregnancy who live in rural areas and who live in poorer households.

If all unmet need for modern contraception among adolescent women were satisfied and quality of contraceptive care were improved:

Yet 23 million of these adolescents have an unmet need for modern contraception: they are sexually active and want to avoid having a baby within the next two years but are not using modern contraceptives.

There are more than 60 million women of reproductive age in the United States, and virtually all of them, regardless of religious affiliation, will use a modern contraceptive method in their lives