CONTRACEPTIVES: PREDICTORS OF USE, ROLE OF CULTURAL ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES AND LEVELS OF EFFECTIVENESS

CONTRACEPTIVES: PREDICTORS OF USE, ROLE OF CULTURAL ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES AND LEVELS OF EFFECTIVENESS

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CONTENTS

PREFACE

Chapter 1 THE HISTORY OF CONTRACEPTION: FROM ANCIENT EGYPTIANS TOTHE “MORNING AFTER”

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

OVERVIEW

NATURAL METHODS

BARRIER METHODS

INTRAUTERINE DEVICES

HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION

IMMUNOLOGICAL AND GENETICAL DEVELOPMENTS

POST-COITAL CONTRACEPTION

STERILIZATION

MALE CONTRACEPTION

ANTHROPOLOGICAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 2 THE IMPLICIT SOCIAL COGNITION OF ATTITUDES TOWARD CONTRACEPTIVES AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR SEXUAL BEHAVIOR

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

THEORIES OF EXPLICIT ATTITUDES TOWARD CONTRACEPTIVES AND THEIR LIMITATIONS

IMPLICIT SOCIAL COGNITION AND ATITTUDES TOWARD CONTRACEPTIVES

MOTIVATIONAL SOURCES UNDERLYING IMPLICITATTITUDES TOWARD CONTRACEPTIVES

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

REFERENCES

Chapter 3 THE CONTRACEPTIVE CYCLE: IMPROVING CONTRACEPTIVE CHOICES AND USE

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

THE CONTRACEPTIVE CYCLE

CONTRACEPTION AND UNWANTED PREGNANCY IN THE US AND THE NETHERLANDS

CONTRACEPTION OR NO CONTRACEPTION, THAT’S THE QUESTION

… BUT WHICH METHOD?

CORRECT AND CONSISTENT USE

WHAT IF ANYTHING GOES WRONG?

METHOD RE-EVALUATION

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 4 QUALITIES OF ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS AND CONSISTENT CONDOM USE AMONG DATING YOUNG ADULTS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND

CURRENT INVESTIGATION

METHODS

MEASURES

ANALYTIC STRATEGY

RESULTS

DISCUSSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 5 CONTRACEPTIVE USE ANDNON-USE AMONG YOUNG BLACK ANDHISPANIC WOMEN: AN INTEGRATIVE REVIEW

CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS AND RATES OF USE

METHODS OF CHOICE

FACTORS INFLUENCING METHOD CHOICE AND USAGE

CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS

REFERENCES

INDEX