Series B, Number 7
Intrauterine Devices

CONTENTS

Home (Key Points)

The IUD: An Important Method with Potential
Table 1. Overview of IUDs
Figure 1. Most IUD Users Are in China
Web Table 1. Current Use of Contraceptive Methods Reported by Married Women 15-49, 1976-2005
Table 2. Estimated Worldwide Use of IUDs Among Married Women Ages 15–49, 2005

Providing High-Quality IUD Services

Spotlight: Kenya Commits To Renewing Interest in the IUD

Feature: Good Counseling Increases Client Satisfaction

Very Low Overall Risk of Infection with IUDs
Figure 2. Risk of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) Greatest in First Few Weeks After IUD Insertion

Box: Evidence Shows Many Women with HIV Can Use IUDs

Minimizing the Risk of Infection

Clinical Characteristics of IUDs
Web Box 1. Managing Problems with IUD Use

Bibliography

Credits

Go to the IUD Toolkit at http://www.iudtoolkit.org for full-text resources, including tools and best practices, on IUDs.

• Checklist: Program Plan for Providing High-Quality IUD Services
• Checklist for Screening Clients Who Want to Initiate Use of the Copper IUD, from Family Health International
• Counseling Aid for Communicating IUD Effectiveness

• IUD Use, STIs, and HIV-Related Conditions: 2004 WHO Medical Eligibility Criteria
• Do IUDs Increase the Risk of PID in Women with STIs?

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This report was prepared by Ruwaida M. Salem, MPH. Research assistance by Catherine Richey. Ward Rinehart, Editor; Richard Blackburn, Editorial Supervisor. Design by Mark Beisser, Fran Mueller, and Linda Sadler. Production by John Fiege, Mónica Jiménez, and Rafael Avila.

Population Reports appreciates the assistance of the following reviewers, who commented on the entire report or parts of it: István Batár, Bruno Benavides, Gloria Coe, Kathryn M. Curtis, Lindsay Edouard, Ilana Gareen, John Guillebaud, David Hubacher, Douglas Huber, Roy Jacobstein, Barbara Janowitz, Monica Jasis, Enriquito R. Lu, Tapani Luukkainen, Ronald Magarick, Erin McGinn, Herbert Peterson, John Pile, Malcolm Potts, Michelle Prosser, Rushna Ravji, James D. Shelton, Irving Sivin, John Stanback, David B. Thomas, John Townsend, Mary Beth Weinberger, Michael Welsh, Jennifer Wesson, and Irina Yacobson.

Suggested citation: Salem, R. "New Attention to the IUD:Expanding Women's Contraceptive Options To Meet Their Needs." Population Reports, Series B, No. 7. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, The INFO Project, February 2006.

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