Table of Contents:
  • Contraceptive Research, Introduction, and Use
  • Copyright
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Workshop Report
  • EFFICACY AND SAFETY
  • Efficacy
  • Safety
  • Major Health-Related Events
  • Significant Health-Related Problems
  • Silicone Biocompatibility
  • Progestin Effects on Vaginal HIV Transmission
  • WHO USES NORPLANT AND HOW
  • User Populations
  • Method Continuation and Discontinuation
  • Side Effects as Factors
  • User Satisfaction
  • Barriers to Discontinuation
  • Cost and Cost-Effectiveness
  • Effects of Media Coverage and Litigation on Norplant UseINSERTION AND REMOVAL: EXPERIENCE AND IMPLICATIONS
  • Technical Aspects
  • Case Experiences
  • Rates of Complicated Removals
  • Implications
  • CONSUMER PERSPECTIVES
  • Communication and Quality of Care
  • Quality of Care
  • Informed Decision-Making
  • Importance
  • Content
  • Special Challenges
  • Potential for Abuse
  • Consumer Involvement
  • NEW APPROACHES
  • Reproductive Health Technologies Project's Boom and Bust Initiative
  • The WHO Strategic Approach to Contraceptive Introduction
  • A ''Government Standards Defense3 Workshop Summary and Analysis
  • DATA REVIEW
  • Efficacy
  • Safety
  • User Profiles
  • Side Effects
  • Continuation and Discontinuation
  • User Satisfaction
  • Postmarketing Surveillance
  • Cost-Effectiveness
  • LESSONS LEARNED
  • NEXT STEPS: AREAS FOR CONSIDERATION AND ACTION
  • Areas for Strengthening or Expansion
  • 1. Clinical Research
  • 2. Market Research
  • 3. Pre-introduction
  • 4. Informed Decision-Making
  • 5. Postmarketing Surveillance
  • Areas for New Initiative
  • 6. Credentialing
  • 7. Core Guidelines for Long-Acting Contraceptives8. Costs
  • 9. Product Liability
  • FINAL COMMENT
  • ENDNOTES
  • Appendixes
  • A Presentation Summaries
  • Presentation 1
  • Background
  • Methodology
  • Findings
  • Age and Educational Levels
  • Major Health-Related Events
  • Significant Health-Related Problems
  • Continuation and Removals
  • Efficacy
  • Conclusions
  • Presentation 2
  • Background
  • Methodology
  • Findings
  • Pregnancy and Continuation Rates
  • Reasons for Discontinuation
  • Removal Difficulties
  • Mortality and HospitalizationConclusions
  • Presentation 3
  • Background
  • Methodology
  • Findings
  • Conclusions
  • Presentation 4
  • Background
  • Findings
  • Composition
  • Inflammatory Wound Healing Reaction and Blood Protein Absorption
  • Conclusions
  • Presentation 5
  • Background
  • Methodology
  • Findings
  • Conclusions
  • Presentation 6
  • Background and Methodology
  • Findings
  • Conclusions
  • Presentation 7
  • Background
  • Findings
  • Conclusions
  • Presentation 8
  • Background
  • Methodology