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Contraception
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Definition of 'Contraception'Prevention of CONCEPTION by blocking fertility temporarily, or permanently (STERILIZATION, REPRODUCTIVE). Common means of reversible contraception include NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING METHODS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; or CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES. Common names: Contraception; Contraceptive Methods; Contraceptive Method; Inhibition of Fertilization; Fertilization Inhibition; Birth Control; Fertility Control; Female Contraception; Contraception, Female; Contraceptions, Female; Female Contraceptions; Male Contraception; Contraception, Male |
Monday, November 23, 2009
29 Sep 2009 
BACKGROUND AND METHODOLOGY: This study aimed to investigate associations between area-level socioeconomic disadvantage (central heating, car ownership and residents in professional occupations), individual-level socioeconomic position (social class ... Read more...
30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: The unique needs of sero-discordant couples are largely missing from many current family planning efforts, which focus on the prevention of pregnancies in absence of the reduction of the risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and ... Read more...
Fertility decline in Paraguay.
30 Aug 2009 Recent reproductive health surveys show that the fertility rate in Paraguay decreased precipitously from 4.3 lifetime births per woman in 1995-98 to 2.9 births in 2001-04. In this study, we establish data consistency between the 1998 and 2004 ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Contraception'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- The politics of contraception: policies lost and regained.
29 Sep 2009 - The move to integrated contraception and sexual health services: have we forgotten family 'planning'? 29 Sep 2009
- Area disadvantage, socioeconomic position and women's contraception use: a multilevel study in the UK. 29 Sep 2009
- How can we help people to choose a method of contraception? The case for contraceptive decision aids. 29 Sep 2009
- Contraception for women. Evidence based counselling. 20 Sep 2009
- A cure for euthanasia? 16 Sep 2009
- Climate Change. Population: the forgotten priority. 14 Sep 2009
- Knowledge, use, and concerns about contraceptive methods among sero-discordant couples in Rwanda and Zambia. 30 Aug 2009
- Fertility decline in Paraguay. 30 Aug 2009
- Toward replacement fertility in Egypt and Tunisia. 30 Aug 2009
- How contraceptive use affects birth intervals: results of a literature review. 30 Aug 2009
- Reproductive and family planning history, knowledge, and needs: a community survey of low-income women in Beijing, China. 8 Aug 2009
- Contraception for women: an evidence based overview. 5 Aug 2009
- Contraceptive use among postpartum women - 12 states and New York City, 2004-2006. 5 Aug 2009
- Reasons for termination of pregnancy in women aged 35 and over. Aug 2009
- The contraceptive needs of incarcerated women. 30 Jul 2009
- Contraception and pregnancy then and now: examining the experiences of a cohort of mid-age Australian women. 30 Jul 2009
- Contraceptive use among women attending an open access genitourinary medicine department. 30 Jul 2009
- Global lessons on healthy adolescent sexual development. 30 Jul 2009
- Twenty or thirty microgram ethinyloestradiol in an oral contraceptive: does it make a difference in the mind and the daily practise of gynaecologists and general practitioners? 30 Jul 2009
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Technical information about 'Contraception'
Definition: Prevention of CONCEPTION by blocking fertility temporarily, or permanently (STERILIZATION, REPRODUCTIVE). Common means of reversible contraception include NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING METHODS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; or CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES.
Descriptor UI: D003267
Alternative terms: Contraception; Contraceptive Methods; Contraceptive Method; Inhibition of Fertilization; Fertilization Inhibition; Birth Control; Fertility Control; Female Contraception; Contraception, Female; Contraceptions, Female; Female Contraceptions; Male Contraception; Contraception, Male; Contraceptions, Male; Male Contraceptions;
Related Mesh Headings: Family Planning Services; Population Control;
Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; history; instrumentation; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics;
Tree Number: E02.875.194;
History Note: 1963; for BIRTH CONTROL use FAMILY PLANNING 1968-1974, use BIRTH CONTROL 1963-1967