CONTENTS
- Using Oral Contraceptives
- Continuation and Switching
- How Mass Media Can Help
- Pill Counseling
- Keeping Guidelines Up to Date
- Improving Access
HIGHLIGHTS
- Common problems using OCs
- When is missing pills riskiest?
- What to do about missed pills
- Quitting without switching
- Men can help
- Key messages for OC users
- Managing common side effects
- Removing unnecessary barriers
- When can a woman start the pill?
- Unresolved issues
Spring, 2000
Series A, Number 10
Oral Contraceptives
This report was prepared by Vera M. Zlidar. Bryant Robey, Editor. Stephen M. Goldstein, Managing Editor. Vera M. Zlidar, Research Analyst. Design by Linda D. Sadler. Production by John R. Fiege, Merridy Gottlieb, Peter Hammerer, and Deborah Maenner.
The assistance of the following reviewers is appreciated: Marcia Angle, Luis Bahamondes, Debora Bossemeyer, John Guillebaud, Ricky Lu, Emma Ottolenghi, Herbert Peterson, Tsigue Pleah, Linda Potter, Malcolm Potts, Joedo Prihartono, Roberto Rivera, Michael Rosenberg, Lois A. Schaefer, Elizabeth Schoenecker, James Shelton, J. Joseph Speidel, and James Trussell.
Suggested citation: Zlidar, V.M. Helping Women Use the Pill. Population Reports, Series A, No. 10. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, Population Information Program, Summer 2000.
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