Series J, Number 54
Family Planning Programs

CONTENTS

Home (Key Points)

Bleeding Changes Affect Contraceptive Choice and Use

Counseling and Treatment Can Help

Box: Contraception and Bleeding Changes: What Are the Facts?

Box: Would More Women Use a Family Planning Method That Stops Monthly Bleeding?

What Shapes Women's Attitudes About Bleeding Changes?

Box: Better Understanding Menstruation Helps Girls and Women
Web Table 1. Knowledge of Fertile Time is Poor Among Women and Men of Reproductive Age

Spotlight: Nepal's A GIFT for RH Project Teaches Girls, Changes Attitudes

Bibliography

Coming Soon: Family Planning: A Global Handbook for Providers

Credits

• Provider Guide: Managing Bleeding Changes Caused by Contraceptive Methods
• Counseling Aid: Typical Bleeding Patterns With Selected Contraceptive Methods

• Table: Discontinuation of Contraceptive Methods Due to Bleeding Changes Varies in Clinical Trials
• Box: Hormonal Contraception Relieves Some Reproductive Conditions

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Credits

This report was prepared by Ruwaida M. Salem, MPH and Vidya Setty, MPH. Research assistance by R. Taylor Williamson, MPH and Hilary Schwandt, MHS. Ward Rinehart, Editor; Richard Blackburn, Editorial Supervisor. Design by Mark Beisser, Fran Mueller, and Linda Sadler. Production by Rafael Avila, John Fiege, and Mónica Jiménez.

Population Reports appreciates the assistance of the following reviewers: Dinesh Agarwal, Jean Ahlborg, Ravi Anand, Bruno M. Benavides, Jane T. Bertrand, Gloria Coe, Soledad Díaz, Anna Glasier, John Guillebaud, Ellen Hardy, Robert A. Hatcher, Monica Jasis, Jan Kumar, Enriquito R. Lu, Shawn Malarcher, Diana Mansour, Leslie Miller, Anita L. Nelson, Tonya Nyagiro, Malcolm Potts, Pauline Russell-Brown, Stephen Settimi, Marni Sommer, J. Joseph Speidel,Martin T. Vaessen, Marcel Vekemans, and Mary Beth Weinberger.

Suggested citation: Salem, R. and Setty,V. "When Contraceptives Change Monthly Bleeding: How Family Planning Providers and Programs Can Help Clients Choose and Use Suitable Methods." Population Reports, Series J, No. 54. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, The INFO Project, August 2006. Available online: http://www.populationreports.org/j54/

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