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Chapter 10 - Barrier Methods: Male and Female

from Section 2 - Methods of Contraception

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2022

By
Johannes Bitzer
Edited by
Johannes Bitzer  and
Tahir A. Mahmood
Johannes Bitzer
Affiliation:
University Women’s Hospital, Basel
Tahir A. Mahmood
Affiliation:
Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy
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Summary

Composition, types, mechanism of action, efficacy, effectiveness, health risks, benefits, usage and follow up of non-hormonal methods are explored

Keywords

Male and female condomdiaphragmcervical capspermicides
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Handbook of Contraception and Sexual Reproductive Healthcare , pp. 69 - 76
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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Wilkinson, D, Ramjee, G, Tholandi, M, Rutherford, G. Nonoxynol-9 for preventing vaginal acquisition of HIV infection by women from men, Cochrane Database SystRev. 2002; 4(CD003936).Google Scholar
World Health Organization. Selected practice recommendations for contraceptive use, 3rd Ed. 2016, www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/family_planning/SPR-3/en/Google Scholar
World Health Organization. Family planning: a global handbook for providers, http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/44028/1/9780978856373_eng.pdfGoogle Scholar
Black, A, Guilbert, E, Costescu, D, Dunn, S, Fisher, W, Kives, S. et al. Canadian Contraception Consensus Part 3, J Obstet Gynaecol Can 2004; 26(4):347–3.pdfGoogle Scholar
Curtis, KM, Jatlaoui, TC, Tepper, NK, et al. U.S. selected practice recommendations for contraceptive use, MMWR Recomm Rep 2016; 65(No. RR-4):1–66. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.rr6504a1CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Barrier methods of birth control, www.acog.org/womens-health/faqs/barrier-methods-of-birth-control-spermicide-condom-sponge-diaphragm-and-cervical-capGoogle Scholar
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Classifications for barrier methods, www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/contraception/mmwr/mec/appendixe.htmlGoogle Scholar
Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare. Clinical Guideline: Barrier methods for contraception and STI prevention (August 2012, amended October 2015), www.fsrh.org/standards-and-guidance/documents/ceuguidancebarriermethodscontraceptionsdi/Google Scholar

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