Fertility regulation
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Reviews and related commentaries in this section evaluate contraceptive methods (including emergency contraception) and clinical methods of induced abortion.
Induced abortion
- Medical methods for first trimester abortion
- Medical versus surgical methods for first trimester termination of pregnancy
- Pain control in first trimester surgical abortion
- Perioperative antibiotics to prevent infection after first-trimester abortion
- Surgical methods for first trimester termination of pregnancy
- Surgical versus medical methods for second-trimester induced abortion
Contraception
- Advance provision of emergency contraception for pregnancy prevention
- Antibiotic prophylaxis for intrauterine contraceptive device insertion
- Combination injectable contraceptives for contraception
- Combined hormonal versus nonhormonal versus progestin-only contraception in lactation
- Copper-containing, framed intrauterine devices for contraception
- Depot-medroxyprogesterone versus norethisterone enantate for long-acting progestogenic contraception
- Immediate postabortion insertion of intrauterine devices
- Immediate postpartum insertion for intrauterine devices
- Immediate start of hormonal contraceptives for contraception
- Interventions for emergency contraception
- Minilaparotomy and endoscopic techniques for tubal sterilization
- Monophasic versus multiphasic oral contraceptives
- Non-latex versus latex male condoms for contraception
- Progestin-only contraceptives: effects on weight
- Progestogens in combined oral contraceptives for contraception
- Repeated use of pre- and postcoital hormonal contraception for prevention of pregnancy
- Scalpel versus no-scalpel incision for vasectomy
- Strategies to improve adherence and acceptability of hormonal methods for contraception
- Subdermal implantable contraceptives versus other forms of reversible contraceptives or other implants as effective methods of preventing pregnancy
- Techniques for the interruption of tubal patency for female sterilization
- Theory-based interventions for contraception
- Treatment of vaginal bleeding irregularities induced by progestin-only contraceptives
- Vasectomy occlusion techniques for male sterilization
Useful links
- Promoting Family Planning
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Alan Guttmacher Institute
Sexual and reproductive health resources -
Cochrane Fertility Regulation Review Group
Producing systematic reviews on contraception and abortion -
International Planned Parenthood Federation
Global service provider