Understanding contraceptive failure
Trussell, J.
Best Practice and Research. Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology 23(2): 199-209
2009
ISSN/ISBN: 1521-6934 PMID: 19223239 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2008.11.008Document Number: 205826
Contraceptive failure is a major source of unintended pregnancy. This chapter will review sources of data and measurement of contraceptive failure, summarize results from the literature on the risks of contraceptive failure during typical and perfect use for available methods of contraception, provide a tool for communicating risks of contraceptive failure to clients, examine determinants of contraceptive failure, and identify methodological pitfalls in the published literature.
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