BPK 140 Chapter 12: Fertility Management
22 Dec 2018
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Theoretical effectiveness: effectiveness of the method in a test group, under controlled conditions. Actual effectiveness: method used by the general population regularly. Lower than theoretical effectiveness, individuals fail to use the method correctly or consistently. Some methods not recommended for specific high-risk groups (oral contraceptives for older women who smoke = circulatory problems) Teen pregnancy in canada is highest in the north and in rural areas because of less access to services. Barrier methods (condoms and diaphragm) most effective methods of disease prevention. Periodic abstinence: for sexually active women, familiar with their. Periodic abstinence: for sexually active women, familiar with their fertility patterns and abstain. Continuous abstinence: not having sexual activities with another. Pulling penis out of vagina before they ejaculate; they leak fluid before ejaculation and can contains sperm. Women have good chance or pregnancy about 7 days of each monthly cycle: five days before ovulation, the day of ovulation, and day after ovulation.
