Chapters
- Background
- IUD Performance
- Insertion
- Removal
- Infection
- Worldwide Use
- IUDs in Family Planning Programs
HIGHLIGHTS
Published by the Population Information Program,
Center for Communication Programs, The Johns Hopkins School of Public Health,
111 Market Place, Suite 310, Baltimore, Maryland 21202-4012, USA
Volume XXIII, Number 5
December 1995 |
IUDs in Family
Planning Programs
The safety, effectiveness, and acceptability of the
currently available IUDs depend partly on the IUD itself but even
more on the quality of IUD services. For the best outcome, family
planning programs must assure:
- Careful screening of potential IUD users,
- Informative and empathetic counseling,
- Practical clinical training for health care providers, and
- Regular follow-up care and back-up medical care in case of complications.
Family planning programs should offer IUDs along with other
methods of contraception and help clients choose the methods that
best suit them. Because serious misperceptions about IUDs persist
in many places (589), programs need to make every effort to reach
the public and providers with accurate information about IUDs. |
