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What are the individual, societal, and global reasons for contraceptive use? What contributions to the availability of contraception were made by Margaret Sanger and what obstacles did she face? |
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What are combination birth control pills, how do they work, how effective are they, what side effects do they have, and what are their advantages, disadvantages and reversibility? |
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When discussing contraceptive methods, what is meant by failure rate, effectiveness, failure rate for perfect users, and failure rate for typical users? What drug interactions do birth control pills have with other prescription drugs? |
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How do the varying brands of combination pills differ from each other and how do they differ from the triphasic pill and progestin-only or mini-pills? What is emergency contraception, how is it used, what are its side effects, and how effective is it? |
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What are Norplant and Depo-Provera (DMPA), how do they work, how effective are they, and what are their side effects, advantages and disadvantages, and reversibility? |
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What is the intrauterine device or IUD, what is the history of its development, and what IUDs are currently available? How do IUDs work and how effective are they? |
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What are the side effects of IUDs and what is pelvic inflammatory disease or PID? What are the advantages, disadvantages, and reversibility of IUD use? |
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What are the diaphragm and cervical cap, how do they work, how effective are they, what side effects do they have, and what are their advantages, disadvantages, and reversibility? |
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What is the male condom, what is the history of its use, how does it work, how effective is it, what side effects does it have, what are its advantages and disadvantages, and reversibility? What are some recent innovations in condoms? |
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What is the female condom, how does it work, how effective is it, what side effects does it have, and what are its advantages, disadvantages, and reversibility? |
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What are spermicides, how do they work, how effective are they, what side effects do they have, and what are their advantages and disadvantages? |
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What is douching and how effective is it as a contraceptive? |
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What is withdrawal, how effective is it, and what are its side effects, advantages, and disadvantages? |
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On what principle are the rhythm methods of contraception based? How do the calendar method, the basal body temperature (BBT) method, the cervical mucus method, the sympto-thermal method, and home ovulation tests work? How effective are the fertility awareness methods and what are their advantages and disadvantages? |
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What are some of the emotion-laden issues associated with sterilization or voluntary surgical contraception and how popular is it as a method of birth control? How is a vasectomy performed, how does it work, how effective is it, what side effects does it have, and what is its reversibility, advantages, and disadvantages? |
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How do a minilaparotomy and a laparoscopy differ, how do they work, how effective are they, what side effects do they have, and what are their reversibility, advantages, and disadvantages? |
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How prevalent are unwanted and teenage pregnancies in the United States and why do they occur? What reasons do adolescents give for not using contraceptives? What three categories of theories do social scientists use to understand the use and nonuse of contraceptives by teenagers? What suggestions are made for addressing the national problem of teenage pregnancy? |
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What is the difference between erotophobia and erotophilia and how are these styles related to contraception use? What role do attitudes and emotions, information, expectations, and fantasy play in use of contraception? |
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What is abortion, what is its legal status, and how prevalent is it in the United States and other parts of the world? |
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How are the following abortion procedures performed, when are they used, how effective are they, and what are their risks: vacuum aspiration, dilation and evacuation, saline-induced abortion, prostaglandin abortion, hysterotomy, RU-486, and methotrexate with misoprostol? |
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What did Carol Gilligan’s study on the decision-making process of women considering abortion find? What conclusions are drawn from the scientific evidence on the psychological effects of abortion on women and on the later adjustment of children born to mothers who were denied abortion? |
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How is abortion handled by the Ekiti Yoruba and in Greece? What patterns emerge from the study of abortion across cultures? |
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What are the limitations of currently available methods of birth control and why has the pace of innovative research progressed so slowly? What innovations in contraceptives are currently under development? |
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