Why Are U.S. Women Not Using Long-Acting Contraceptives?

Abstract

The low prevalence of use and the low level of use intention for the implant and for injectables raise questions about the promise for the future of these methods. Each method seems to appeal to certain subgroups of women, however. Thus, if proper interventions and social marketing are targeted to such groups, they may be disabused of misperceptions regarding these methods and possibly become more willing to try them.

Prevalence and Determinant Factors of Long Acting Contraceptive Utilization among Married Women of Reproductive Age in Adaba Town, West Arsi Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia

“…This community based cross-sectional study attempts to assess the prevalence and determinant factors affecting utilization of LARCM and showed that the overall prevalence of LARCs was 30.3% [21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30]. This finding is nearly in line with the evidence from a study conducted in Adigrat town (37%) however; the finding of this study was higher as compared with the study in Mekelle (12%) report of EDHS 2011 and Kenya (8.4%) [31][32][33].…”

The ‘natural’ body, God and contraceptive use in the southeastern United States

“…However, contraceptive products currently available continue to be fraught with user-error and discontinuation issues, and resultant continued high rates of unintended and sub-intended pregnancies (Tanfer et al 2000, Ranjit et al 2001. They also have tended to maintain or increase women's dependence on medical practitioners to dispense the methods (Tone 2001).…”

A Process Model of Depo-Provera Use in Canadian Women

“…The majority of our interview participants are university students, so this finding may also be a result of sampling. However, previous research also has found that women who are choosing Depo-Provera appear to be young women who are postponing childbearing in favor of careers with the goal of combining career and family at a later age (Tanfer et al, 2000).…”

“…There is general consensus in the literature that Depo-Provera is an extremely effective and convenient contraceptive method, but it is not as popular a method as either oral contraceptives (OCPs) or condoms (Fisher, Boroditsky, & Bridges, 1999;Tanfer, Wierzbicki, & Payne, 2000). Research evidence suggests that few women choose Depo-Provera and fewer of these continue using it past the one-year mark.…”