ArticleReproductive health2023
Assessing contraceptive use as a continuum: outcomes of a qualitative assessment of the contraceptive journey.
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- Experiences of Contraceptive Use and Contraceptive Counseling Among German Psychology Students: A Cross-Sectional Online Survey.Open access journal of contraception · 2026Article
- "I Just Stopped Taking PrEP Without a Reason": Understanding PrEP Decision-Making Amongst South African Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW).AIDS and behavior · 2025Article
- Between contraception and hormones: a qualitative analysis of the lived experiences of former contraceptive pill users.Sexual and reproductive health matters · 2025Article
- Racial/Ethnic and Socioeconomic Disparities of Contraceptive Preference-Use Match in the United States.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- Relationship between experiencing a challenge or delay accessing contraception and contraceptive self-efficacy: Data from a 2022 nationally representative online survey.Reproductive health · 2025Article
- Bridging the knowledge gap: a feminist lens on the post-birth control syndrome and media narratives.Frontiers in global women's health · 2025Article
- Contraceptive risk events among family planning specialists: a cross sectional study.Reproductive health · 2024Article
- Integrating Sexual and Reproductive Health Equity Into Public Health Goals and Metrics: Comparative Analysis of Healthy People 2030's Approach and a Person-Centered Approach to Contraceptive Access Using Population-Based Data.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2024Article
- "I will find the best method that will work for me": navigating contraceptive journeys amongst South African adolescent girls and young women.Contraception and reproductive medicine · 2024Article
- Estimates of use of preferred contraceptive method in the United States: a population-based study.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2024Article
- YouTube and the implementation and discontinuation of the oral contraceptive pill: A mixed-method content analysis.PloS one · 2024Article
- (Dis)continuation of the oral contraceptive pill: A focus group approach in the Netherlands.Heliyon · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundContraceptive use is often a multi-decade experience for people who can become pregnant, yet few studies have assessed how this ongoing process impacts contraceptive decision-making in the context of the reproductive life course.
methodsWe conducted in-depth interviews assessing the contraceptive journeys of 33 reproductive-aged people who had previously received no-cost contraception through a contraceptive initiative in Utah. We coded these interviews using modified grounded theory.
resultsA person's contraceptive journey occurred in four phases: identification of need, method initiation, method use, and method discontinuation. Within these phases, there were five main areas of decisional influence: physiological factors, values, experiences, circumstances, and relationships. Participant stories demonstrated the ongoing and complex process of navigating contraception across these ever-changing aspects. Individuals stressed the lack of any "right" method of contraception in decision-making and advised healthcare providers to approach contraceptive conversations and provision from positions of method neutrality and whole-person perspectives.
conclusionsContraception is a unique health intervention that requires ongoing decision-making without a particular "right" answer. As such, change over time is normal, more method options are needed, and contraceptive counseling should account for a person's contraceptive journey.
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