Family Planning & Contraception

in HiveGhana7 months ago

FAMILY PLANNING

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Family planning is a health service that helps an individual or a couple to decide whether to have children or not and if so, when and how many also it be be referd to as a health service that helps people get pregnant at a desired time.

THE CONTRACEPTIVE CONSULTATION
This involves,

  1. Method to use
  2. Mode of action
  3. Effectiveness
  4. Side effects or risks
  5. Benefits
  6. How to use the method

The effectiveness of a method depends on 2 factors

  1. How it works
  2. How easy it is to use.

CLASSIFICATION OF CONTRACETION

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  1. Combined Hormonal Contraception
    • the piĺl
    • patches
    • vaginal ring
  2. Progestogen only Contraception
    • progestogen only preparations
    • injectables
    • subdermal implants
  3. Intrauterine contraception
    • copper intrauterine device
    • hormone releasing intrauterine system
  4. Emergency hormonal contraception
  5. Sterilization
    • female sterilization
    •vasectomy
  6. Barrier Methods
    • Condoms
    • female barriers like spermicides, diaphragm, cervical cap
    • coitus interruptus
    • natural family plannning

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Source of pictures:

  1. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/you-man-why-interested-family-planning-peter-belden
    2.https://midwivesrevisionuganda.com/family-planning/