ArticleArchives of sexual behavior2016
The Complexity of Multiple Contraceptive Method Use and the Anxiety That Informs It: Implications for Theory and Practice.
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- A Qualitative Systematic Review of Women's Experiences Using Contraceptive Vaginal Rings: Implications for New Technologies.Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health · 2019Pooled it
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- Pandemic changes in U.S. contraceptive use: National survey estimates reveal significant differences by demographic subgroups.Contraception · 2025Article
- Understanding contraceptive failure: an analysis of qualitative narratives.Women's reproductive health (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2023Article
- Perceived Barriers of Using Modern Family Planning Methods among Women in Jordan: A Qualitative Study.International journal of community based nursing and midwifery · 2021Article
- Use of concurrent multiple methods of contraception in the United States, 2008 to 2015.Contraception: X · 2021Article
- Predictors of contraceptive method mix in the Cameroon development corporation plantation camps.The Pan African medical journal · 2021Article
- A novel vaginal pH regulator: results from the phase 3 AMPOWER contraception clinical trial.Contraception: X · 2020Article
- Change and stability in contraceptive use patterns among US women over a 12-month period: analysis using the 2013-2015 National Survey of Family Growth life history calendar.Contraception: X · 2020Article
- Health insurance coverage and contraceptive use at the state level: findings from the 2017 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.Contraception: X · 2020Article
- A Qualitative Systematic Review of Women's Experiences Using Contraceptive Vaginal Rings: Implications for New Technologies.International perspectives on sexual and reproductive health · 2019Article
- Women's views about contraception requirements for biomedical research participation.PloS one · 2019Article
- Contraceptive method use in the United States: trends and characteristics between 2008, 2012 and 2014.Contraception · 2018Article
- Mechanisms of action of currently available woman-controlled, vaginally administered, non-hormonal contraceptive products.Therapeutic advances in reproductive healthReview
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Abstract
Despite clinical guidelines and national data describing the use of one contraceptive method as the best and most common way to prevent unintended pregnancy, limited evidence indicates a more complex picture of actual contraceptive practice. Face-to-face in-depth interviews were conducted in November of 2013 with a sample of women from two cities in the United States (n = 52). The interviews explored the ways participants used contraception to protect themselves from unintended pregnancy over the past 12 months. Most respondents reported using multiple methods, many of which are considered to be less-effective, within this timeframe. The practice of combining methods in order to increase one's level of protection from pregnancy was prevalent, and was mainly enacted in two ways: by backing up inconsistent method use with other methods and by "buttressing" methods. These practices were found to be more common, and more complex, than previously described in the literature. These behaviors were mainly informed by a deep anxiety about both the efficacy of contraceptive methods, and about respondents' own perceived ability to prevent pregnancy. These findings challenge prevailing assumptions about women's contraceptive method use and have implications for clinical contraceptive counseling practice.
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