Family Planning Perspectives articles

Recent articles from Family Planning Perspectives

In this issue.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Every year, thousands of American women and children suffer various forms of physical and sexual abuse, often perpetrated by family members or intimate partners. While this much is news to no one, the study of how such abuse affects women's sexual and reproductive health and behavior is a...

IUD ifs, ands and buts. (FYI).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2002... Virtually all obstetrician-gynecologists polled in 2000 agreed that the copper IUD is safe and effective, but few provide the method with great frequency. (1) While 80% of the 357 respondents had inserted IUDs in the last year, only 17% had done more than 10 insertions. By contrast, 49% had...

You gotta have HAART. (FYI).(highly active antiretroviral therapy)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Before highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) became available for the treatment of HIV in 1996, women's likelihood of using antiretroviral therapy was influenced mainly by clinical and behavioral factors; use of HAART, however, is affected by additional factors, some of which reflect...

Catholic schools thinking outside the box. (FYI).(health benefits at Catholic Universities)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Although the Church hierarchy and many Catholic employers oppose legislation requiting that employee health benefits include coverage of contraceptives, a sizable proportion of Catholic universities have devised ways to offer such coverage to faculty members "in a manner that they feel does...

Thousands with HIV delay getting care. (FYI).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... An estimated 850,000-950,000 Americans are infected with HIV, including 180,000-280,000 who do not know it, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (1) Of those who know that they have HIV infection, about one-third are not receiving care. Four in 10 of all infected...