Association between contraceptive discontinuation and pregnancy intentions in Guatemala

Datos Bibliográficos

ID14968451
AutoresJanine L Barden-O Fallon, Janine Barden-O’Fallon (0000-0001-6410-7200, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, autor de correspondencia), Janine L Barden-O’Fallon, Ilene S Speizer (0000-0001-6204-1316, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), John S White (0000-0002-3388-9569, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Justin S White
Año2008
Volumen23
Número6
Páginas410-7
Fecha de publicación2008-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaRevista Panamericana de Salud Pública (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1020-4989 • E-ISSN: 1680-5348
EditorialFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/s1020-49892008000600006
PMID18644209
OpenAlexW2125990187
SCIELO_PIDS1020-49892008000600006
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas4

There is a need to increase contraceptive continuation. Any program should include an increased effort to reduce contraceptive failure and better address the side effects and the health concerns that women have that can lead to discontinuation. Non-users who want to delay or limit births should also be identified and targeted for outreach in order to reduce unintended pregnancies

Discontinuation · Environmental health · Family planning · Fertility · Gynecology · Obstetrics · Population · Pregnancy · Psychiatry · Research methodology · Unintended pregnancy · Global Health Care Issues · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Reproductive Health and Contraception