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Title Contraceptives : predictors of use, role of cultural attitudes & practices & levels of effectiveness / edited by Louis Bourgois, Samuel Cauchois.

Publication Info. New York : Nova Science Publishers, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource.
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computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Series Obstetrics and gynecology advances
Obstetrics and gynecology advances.
Note Print version record.
Summary In this book, the authors present current research in the study of contraceptives and their predictors of use, role of cultural attitudes and practices and levels of effectiveness. Topics discussed in this compilation include the history of contraception from the ancient Egyptians to the ""morning after"" pill; the implicit social cognition of attitudes toward contraceptives and the implications for sexual behavior; improving contraceptive choices and use; qualities of romantic relationships and consistent condom use among dating young adults; and contraceptive use and non-use among the Black.
Contents ""CONTRACEPTIVES: PREDICTORS OF USE, ROLE OF CULTURAL ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES AND LEVELS OF EFFECTIVENESS""; ""CONTRACEPTIVES: PREDICTORS OF USE, ROLE OF CULTURAL ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES AND LEVELS OF EFFECTIVENESS""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1 THE HISTORY OF CONTRACEPTION: FROM ANCIENT EGYPTIANS TOTHE “MORNING AFTER�""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""OVERVIEW""; ""NATURAL METHODS""; ""BARRIER METHODS""; ""INTRAUTERINE DEVICES""; ""HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION""; ""IMMUNOLOGICAL AND GENETICAL DEVELOPMENTS""
""POST-COITAL CONTRACEPTION""""STERILIZATION""; ""MALE CONTRACEPTION""; ""ANTHROPOLOGICAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 2 THE IMPLICIT SOCIAL COGNITION OF ATTITUDES TOWARD CONTRACEPTIVES AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR SEXUAL BEHAVIOR""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""THEORIES OF EXPLICIT ATTITUDES TOWARD CONTRACEPTIVES AND THEIR LIMITATIONS""; ""IMPLICIT SOCIAL COGNITION AND ATITTUDES TOWARD CONTRACEPTIVES""; ""MOTIVATIONAL SOURCES UNDERLYING IMPLICITATTITUDES TOWARD CONTRACEPTIVES""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENT""; ""REFERENCES""
""Chapter 3 THE CONTRACEPTIVE CYCLE: IMPROVING CONTRACEPTIVE CHOICES AND USE""""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""THE CONTRACEPTIVE CYCLE""; ""CONTRACEPTION AND UNWANTED PREGNANCY IN THE US AND THE NETHERLANDS""; ""CONTRACEPTION OR NO CONTRACEPTION, THAT�S THE QUESTION""; ""� BUT WHICH METHOD?""; ""CORRECT AND CONSISTENT USE""; ""WHAT IF ANYTHING GOES WRONG?""; ""METHOD RE-EVALUATION""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 4 QUALITIES OF ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS AND CONSISTENT CONDOM USE AMONG DATING YOUNG ADULTS""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""BACKGROUND""
""CURRENT INVESTIGATION""""METHODS""; ""MEASURES""; ""ANALYTIC STRATEGY""; ""RESULTS""; ""DISCUSSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 5 CONTRACEPTIVE USE ANDNON-USE AMONG YOUNG BLACK ANDHISPANIC WOMEN: AN INTEGRATIVE REVIEW""; ""CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS AND RATES OF USE""; ""METHODS OF CHOICE""; ""FACTORS INFLUENCING METHOD CHOICE AND USAGE""; ""CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""INDEX""
Subject Contraceptives.
Contraception -- Social aspects.
Contraceptive Agents
Contraceptive Devices
Contraceptifs.
Contraception -- Aspect social.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Healthy Living.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference.
MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine.
Contraception -- Social aspects
Contraceptives
Added Author Bourgois, Louis, editor.
Cauchois, Samuel, editor.
Other Form: Print version: Contraceptives 9781629486062 (OCoLC)866584525
ISBN 9781629486079 (electronic bk.)
1629486078 (electronic bk.)
9781629486062
162948606X
Standard No. DEBBG BV042794061
AU@ 000062598163

 
    
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