Articles

LARC methods: entering a new age of contraception and reproductive health

Authors: Donna Shoupe

Medical student simulation training in intrauterine contraception insertion and removal: an intervention to improve comfort, skill, and attitudes

Opportunities for medical students to place intrauterine contraception (IUC) in patients are rare. Our objective was to determine whether participation in an IUC insertion and removal simulation exercise would...

Authors: Deborah Bartz, Amy Paris, Rie Maurer, Roxane Gardner and Natasha Johnson

Trends in contraceptive practices among women in reproductive age at a health facility in Ghana: 2011–2013

There is dearth of information on contraceptive use among women in reproductive age in Ghana over time. This study sought to examine the trends in contraceptive practices among women in reproductive age in a h...

Authors: Hubert Amu and Samuel H. Nyarko

The effect of obesity on intraoperative complication rates with hysteroscopic compared to laparoscopic sterilization: a retrospective cohort study

Surgical sterilization is a common method of contraception. There have been few studies evaluating the effect of obesity on procedural complications with either laparoscopic or hysteroscopic methods of sterili...

Authors: Rachel Shepherd, Christina A. Raker, Gina M. Savella, Nan Du, Kristen A. Matteson and Rebecca H. Allen