When Contraceptives Change Monthly Bleeding: How Family Planning Providers Can Help Clients

This brief focuses on the following statements:

Monthly bleeding changes with hormonal contraceptive methods and IUDs are a normal and rarely harmful side effect, but they are a common reason that women discontinue use.
Family planning providers can help women anticipate and deal with bleeding changes through counseling and encouragement.
When women know about bleeding changes in advance, they can choose a suitable method, be more satisfied with their choice, and continue to prevent unintended pregnancy effectively.

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English (51.7k)

French (44.33k)

Spanish (75.68k)

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2 p

Year:

2006

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INFO Project at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs

Languages:

English

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