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Serving for Five Years: What I Le arned About Reproductive Justice in Mozambique, at the Center of the World
Published in Danielle Laraque-Arena, Lauren J. Germain, Virginia Young, Rivers Laraque-Ho, Leadership at the Intersection of Gender and Race in Healthcare and Science, 2022
In contrast, women regularly sought assistance with fertility concerns if, for example, they hadn’t become pregnant within one year of getting married. I learned that women could be and regularly were rejected by their husbands and/or husbands’ families if they didn’t get pregnant quickly after marriage. In addition, the common injectable form of birth control offered at the clinics may have augmented these concerns and decreased interest in family planning services, because they were associated with a potential loss in fertility for a variable time length after women stopped using them.
Endocrine Therapies
Published in David E. Thurston, Ilona Pysz, Chemistry and Pharmacology of Anticancer Drugs, 2021
Abiraterone acetate is administered orally as a single daily dose in combination with prednisone or prednisolone. It is thought to be converted into the active form (i.e., abiraterone) through esterases rather than CYP enzymes. Administration with food increases absorption and has the potential to cause increased and highly variable exposure, thus abiraterone should be taken on an empty stomach. The most common side effects include cardiovascular disturbances (e.g., angina pectoris, heart failure, arrhythmias, ventricular dysfunction, and hypertension), GI symptoms (e.g., diarrhea, dyspepsia), bone fracture, hematuria, hepatic disorders, hypertriglyceridemia, hypokalemia, osteoporosis, peripheral edema, rash, sepsis, and urinary-tract infection. Despite its anti-androgenic and estrogenic properties, abiraterone acetate does not produce a significant level of gynecomastia. In patients whose partners can become pregnant, birth control is recommended during treatment.
What Destroys Joy
Published in Eve Shapiro, Joy in Medicine?, 2020
My patients are mostly young and healthy. If they have serious medical problems, they’re seeing someone else, like their internist. I do have patients with high blood pressure, diabetes, and other illnesses who also need birth control, so I have to decide on the most appropriate birth control options for them.
Responsiveness of Sex Education to the Needs of LGBTQ + Undergraduate Students and Its Influence on Sexual Violence and Harassment Experiences
Published in American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2022
Brittnie E. Bloom, Talia K. Kieu, Jennifer A. Wagman, Emilio C. Ulloa, Elizabeth Reed
Using questions adapted from Columbia University’s Sexual Health Initiative to Foster Transformation (SHIFT) study (Santelli et al., 2018; The Sexual Health Initiative to Foster Transformation, 2019) and other exploratory items, students were asked when they first received sex education. Response options included at home, elementary school, junior high school, high school, community college, 4-year university, or never received. Students were also asked where they had received instruction on specific educational items related to sex education including (a) how to say no to sex, (b) types of birth control, (c) sexually transmitted infections (STIs), (d) preventing HIV/AIDS, (e) sexual and reproductive health, (f) relationships (e.g., love and commitment), (g) religious and cultural views of sex, (h) masturbation, (i) sexual pleasure, (j) violence in relationships, (k) healthy relationships, and (l) consent. Students indicated whether they had received education on these topics (yes vs. no) and if yes, who provided the education. Students could select from options including formal in-school education, parents/guardians, friends, media (e.g., magazines, books, internet, pornography), or a health professional (e.g., doctor).
Investigating College Women’s Contraceptive Choices and Sexuality
Published in International Journal of Sexual Health, 2021
Vimbayi S. Chinopfukutwa, Elizabeth H. Blodgett Salafia
The results of the current study suggest that providing women with contraception that meets their needs and preferences is essential (Marshall et al., 2018). Most college women in our study preferred dual-method contraception. These results are consistent with prior research highlighting that the prevalence of dual-method contraception among emerging adult women has increased (e.g., Raidoo et al., 2020). Motivating factors cited in previous studies for dual-method contraception include the need to improve effectiveness of pregnancy and STI prevention (often apparent at the beginning of a relationship), in situations in which they did not trust their partners or in non-monogamous relationships (Harvey et al., 2018; Lemoine et al., 2017). High level of educational attainment also plays a role in college women’s decision-making process when selecting the dual-method contraception (Raidoo et al., 2020). It is possible that the college women in our study were aware that it is necessary to use birth control pills or any non-barrier contraception with condoms to prevent STI risks as well as the importance of STI testing. Hence, continuous sexual education promoting safe sexual practices is needed. Specifically, providing education that reinforces the importance of preventing STI transmission by encouraging communication between sexual partners about dual- method contraception.
Contraceptive use in Appalachian women who use drugs and were recruited from rural jails
Published in Social Work in Health Care, 2020
Gretchen E. Ely, Braden K. Linn, Michele Staton, Travis W. Hales, Kafuli Agbemenu, Eugene Maguin
The majority of the sample (96.5%) reported using one or more forms of birth control (Table 1) over the course of their lifetimes and most (70.5%) used multiple methods of contraceptives during their lifetimes, most frequently two or three methods, but as many as six different types of methods. The most frequently used type of birth control method was a male condom, followed by oral contraceptives (birth control pills), contraceptive injections (i.e. Depo-Provera), and intra-uterine devices (IUDs). The most frequently reported method combinations were male condoms and birth control pills (27.8%) and male condoms, birth control pills, and contraceptive injections (20.3%). While a high percentage of women reported lifetime use of some form of contraceptive, less than one-third of the sample used some form of contraceptive in the last six months prior to their incarceration, during the time they were recently using drugs. Of the 125 women using a birth control method within the six months prior to their incarceration, the overwhelming majority, 76% (n = 95), used male condoms and considerably fewer used oral contraceptives (birth control pills) or IUDs (both 14.4%) or contraceptive injections (13.6%). Of the women who used multiple methods in the past year, 20 of the 23 combined male condoms with IUDs, contraceptive injections, and/or oral contraceptive pills.