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CONTRACEPTION

General

Family Health International. Contraceptive Technology Expert (slide sets). Cover topics such as injectables, lactational amenorrhea, postpartum contraception, and intrauterine devices. The sets include teaching modules with narrative, slides, audience handouts, references and reprints of scientific articles. Available from Family Health International: (919) 544-7040.

Grimes D, Wallach M (eds). Modern Contraception: Updates from the Contraception Report. Totowa NJ: Emron, 1997.

Hatcher R, Trussell J, et al. Contraceptive Technology, 17th Edition. New York: Irvington Publishers, 1998. This book is the "bible" of reproductive health.

Sperloff L and Darney P. A Clinical Guide for Contraception, 2nd Edition. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins, 1996.

Trussell J, Leveque JA, Koenig JD, et al. "The Economic Value of Contraception: A Comparison of 15 Methods." American Journal of Public Health 85 (1995): 494-503.

Condom Use

Grady WR, Tanfer K. "Condom Breakage and Slippage among Men in the United States." Family Planning Perspectives 26 (1994): 107-112.

Santelli JS, Warren CW, Lowry R, et al. "The Use of Condoms with Other Contraceptive Methods among Young Men and Women." Family Planning Perspectives 29 (1997): 261-267.

Soskolne V, Aral SO, Magder LS, et al. "Condom Use with Regular and Casual Partners among Women Attending Family Planning Clinics." Family Planning Perspectives 23 (1991): 222-225.

St. Lawrence JS, Eldridge GD, Reitman D, et al. "Factors Influencing Condom Use among African American Women: Implications for Risk Reduction Interventions." American Journal Of Community Psychology 26, no. 1 (1998): 7-28.

Diaphragm and Cervical Cap

Richwald GA, Greenland S, Gerber MM, et al. "Effectiveness of the Cavity-Rim Cervical Cap: Results of a Large Clinical Study." Obstetrics and Gynecology 74 (1989): 1143-1148.

Smith C, Farr G, Feldblum PJ, et al. "Effectiveness of the Non-Spermicidal Fit-Free Diaphragm." Contraception 51 (1995): 289-291.

Trussell J, Strickler J, Vaughn B. "Contraceptive Efficacy of the Diaphragm, Sponge and Cervical Cap." Family Planning Perspectives 25 (1993): 101-105,135.

Emergency Contraception

Grossman RA, Grossman BD. "How Frequently is Emergency Contraception Prescribed?" Family Planning Perspectives 26 (1996): 270-271.

Hatcher R, et al. Emergency Contraception: The Nation's Best Kept Secret. This book provides practical information about emergency contraceptives -- how they work, when to take them, and how to obtain them. Available through Bridging the Gap Foundation, Inc.: (404) 373-0530.

Shochet T, Terrill NB. Emergency Contraception: A Review of the Literature. New York: Planned Parenthood of New York City, Inc., 1997.

von Hertzen H, Van Look PFA. "Research on New Methods of Emergency Contraception." Family Planning Perspectives 28 (1996): 52-57.

Webb A, "Emergency Contraception." Fertility Control Reviews 4, no. 2 (1995): 3-7.

Female Condom

Farr G, Gabelnick H, Sturgen K, et al. "Contraceptive Efficacy and Acceptability of the Female Condom." American Journal of Public Health 84 (1994): 1960-1964.

Sly DF, Quadagno D, Harrison DF, et al. "Factors Associated with Use of the Female Condom." Family Planning Perspectives 29 (1997): 181-184.

Trussell J, Sturgen K, Strickler J, et al. "Contraceptive Efficacy of the Reality Female Condom: Comparison with Other Barrier Methods." Family Planning Perspectives 26 (1994): 66-72.

Implants

Berenson AB, Wiemann CM. "Patient Satisfaction and Side Effects with Levonorgestrel Implant (Norplant) Use in Adolescents 18 Years of Age or Younger." Pediatrics 92, no. 2 (1993): 257-260.

Cushman LF, Davidson AR, Kalmuss D, et al. "Beliefs about Norplant Implants among Low Income Urban Women." Contraception 53, no. 5 (1996): 285-291.

Sarma SP, Hatcher RA. "The Emory Method for Rapid Removal of Norplant Implants." Contraception 49 (1994): 551-556.

Sivin I, Viegas O, Campodonico I, et al. "Clinical Performance of a New Two-Rod Levonorgestrel Contraceptive Implant: A Three-year Randomized Study with Norplant Implants as Controls." Contraception 55, no. 2 (1997): 73-80.

Injectables

Archer B, Irwin D, Jensen K, et al. "Depot Medroxyprogesterone Management of Side Effects Commonly Associated with its Contraceptive Use." Journal of Nurse Midwifery 42, no. 2 (1997): 104-111.

Isart F, Weber FT, Merrick CL, et al. "Use of Injectable Progestin (Medroxyprogesterone Acetate) in Adolescent Health Care." Contraception 46, no. 1 (1992): 41-48.

Kaunitz AM. "Long-Acting Injectable Contraception with Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate." American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 170, no. 5 part 2 (1994): 1543-1549.

Polaneczky M, Guarnaccia M, Alon J, et al. "Early Experience with the Contraceptive Use of Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate in an Inner-City Clinic Population." Family Planning Perspectives 28 (1996): 174-178.

Westfall JM, Main DS, Barnard L. "Continuation Rates among Injectable Contraceptive Users." Family Planning Perspectives 28 (1996): 275-277.

IUDs in America

Burkman RT. "Intrauterine Devices." Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology 3, no. 4 (1991): 482-485.

Chi I. "What We Have Learned from Recent IUD Studies: A Researcher's Perspective." Contraception 48, no. 2 (1993): 81-108.

Gruber A, Rabinerson D, Kaplan B, et al. "The Missing Forgotten Intrauterine Contraceptive Device." Contraception 54, no. 2 (1996): 117-119.

Westhoff C. "The IUD in Evolution." Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey 51, supplement 12 (1996): S20-S24.

Male Hormonal Contraceptives

Aribarg A, Sukcharoen N, Chanprasit Y, et al. "Suppression of Spermatogenesis by Testosterone Enanthate in Thai Men." Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand 79, no. 10 (1996): 624-629.

Ringheim K. "Evidence for the Acceptability of an Injectable Hormonal Method for Men." Family Planning Perspectives 27 (1995): 123-128.

Oral Contraceptives

Guillebaud J. The Pill and Other Hormones for Contraception, 5th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997.

McGuffey EC. "Contraceptive Options for the 1990s." Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association NS37, no. 2 (1997): 149-153.

Peipert JF, Gutman J. "Oral Contraceptive Risk Assessment: A Survey of 247 Educated Women." Obstetrics and Gynecology 82 (1993): 112-117.

Spermicides

Faundes A, Elias C, Coggins C. "Spermicides and Barrier Contraception." Current Opinions in Obstetrics and Gynecology 6 (1994): 552-558.

Sterilization

Chi IC, Petta CA, McPheeters M. "A Review of Safety, Efficacy, Pros and Cons, and Issues of Puerperal Tubal Sterilization -- An Update." Advances in Contraception 11, no. 3 (1995): 187-206.

Farley TM, Meirik O, Mehta S, et al. "The Safety of Vasectomy: Recent Concerns." Bulletin of the World Health Organization 71, nos. 3-4 (1993): 413-419.

Haws JM, Butta PG, Girvin S. "A Comprehensive and Efficient Process for Counseling Patients Desiring Sterilization." Nurse Practitioner 22, no. 6 (1997): 52, 55-56.

Peterson HB, Xia Z, Hughes JM, et al. "The Risk of Pregnancy after Tubal Sterilization: Findings from the U.S. Collaborative Review of Sterilization." American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 174 (1996): 1161-1170.

Reynolds RD. "Vas Deferens Occlusion during No-Scalpel Vasectomy." Journal of Family Practice 39, no. 6 (1994): 577-582.

Use in the United States

Abma JC, Chandra A, Mosher WD, et al. "Fertility, Family Planning, and Women's Health: New Data from the 1995 National Survey of Family Growth." Vital Health Statistics 12, no. 19 (1997).

Readings on Men. Compendium of articles on men's reproductive health and behavior from Family Planning Perspectives 1987-1995. Available from The Alan Guttmacher Institute: (212) 248-1111.

Last updated July 19, 2000.