scholarly journals Long-acting Reversible Contraceptives - IUDS/IUS and Implants: A Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohit a ◽  
Md Sadique Hussain ◽  
Chandan Mohapatra ◽  
Shakshi Sharma ◽  
Rakesh Kumar Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Unintended Pregnancy ◽  
Young Women ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Intrauterine Devices ◽  
Search Terms ◽  
Qualified Individual ◽  
Long Acting ◽  
Harmful Effects ◽  
Long Acting Reversible Contraceptives

Unexpected or unintended pregnancy is a global health concern. Young women who are pregnant are refused contraception care in many nations. For women, reversible methods of contraception with long-acting methods such as intrauterine devices (IUDs) proved more productive than short-acting methods including tablets and condoms. We systematically searched on Google scholar, PubMed, LitCovid, and MedRxiv using the search terms unintended pregnancy, contraception, implants, and IUD/IUS for published articles. The available IUDs now provide nearly complete childbirth protection although have few complications. Implantable contraceptives are commonly practiced all around the globe. Implants are among the most effective and reliable contraceptive strategies available. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the United States in 1990, approved the Norplant contraceptive. The IUDs and implants apart from being successful contraceptives have a variety of harmful effects, which led the development in the field. The insertion and removal involving a qualified individual and the aseptic setting were correlated with other small hazards for IUDs and implants. This review focuses on the complications with IUDs and implants, and also focuses on the developments in the field of novel IUDs approaches.

Access and Use of Contraception and Its Effects on Women’s Outcomes in the United States

2017 ◽  
pp. 218-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martha J. Bailey ◽  
Jason M. Lindo
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Birth Control ◽  
The United States ◽  
Human Existence ◽  
Economic Outcomes ◽  
Birth Control Pill ◽  
American Women ◽  
Long Acting ◽  
Long Acting Reversible Contraceptives

Changes in childbearing affect almost every aspect of human existence. Over the last fifty years, American women have experienced dramatic changes in the ease and convenience of timing and limiting childbearing, ranging from the introduction of the birth control pill and the legalization of abortion to more recent availability of long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs). This chapter chronicles these changes, provides descriptive evidence regarding trends in the use of contraception and abortion, and reviews the literature linking them to changes in childbearing and women’s economic outcomes. It concludes by discussing the recent surge in LARC use, which seems to be one of the most pressing areas in need of further research.

Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) and Teen Pregnancy

2021 ◽  
pp. 159-163
Author(s):  
Jaclyn Grentzer
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Teen Pregnancy ◽  
Induced Abortion ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Intrauterine Devices ◽  
The Us ◽  
Economic Barriers ◽  
Contraceptive Choice ◽  
Contraceptive Implants ◽  
Long Acting

Long-acting, reversible contraception (LARC), including intrauterine devices (IUDs) and contraceptive implants, are associated with higher contraceptive efficacy and continuation rates. Teen pregnancy rates have declined over the past 2 decades but continue to be a public health concern. Only 10% of teen girls elect to use LARC, likely due to educational, logistical, and economic barriers. The Contraceptive CHOICE Project enrolled 1404 girls aged 14 to 19. Of these teens, more than 70% chose LARC when given standardized contraceptive counseling and barriers to receiving LARC were removed. Pregnancy, live birth, and induced abortion rates in this cohort were lower than rates for the US population of sexually active teen girls. Failure rates were lower for LARC users, as compared to users of other reversible contraceptive methods.

Soft Sterilization: Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives in the Carceral State

Affilia ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 218-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Della J. Winters ◽  
Adria Ryan McLaughlin
Keyword(s):  
The United States ◽  
State Agencies ◽  
Reproductive Justice ◽  
Reproductive Autonomy ◽  
Carceral State ◽  
Marginalized Communities ◽  
Reproductive Control ◽  
Laws And Policies ◽  
Long Acting ◽  
Long Acting Reversible Contraceptives

In the United States, between 1907 and 1978, the proliferation of eugenic state practices routinely targeted institutionalized women with legalized involuntary sterilization. Sterilization laws and policies were a form of reproductive control, which predominantly impacted women from marginalized communities. After the implementation of federal regulations prohibiting involuntary sterilization practices, state agencies continued to engage in coercive sterilization under the guise of “voluntariness.” Using a reproductive justice framework, we introduce a concept of reproductive control embedded within the carceral state. Tracing historical sterilization practices and examining the use of long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARC), we argue that LARC represents a different form of involuntary sterilization. The emergence of LARC as a highly effective, nonagentive, and mediated form of contraception for vulnerable populations demands interrogation. We identify the use of LARC as soft sterilization, which is both related to and distinct from other forms of reproductive control. As such, reproductive autonomy is not possible without the destruction of the carceral state.

scholarly journals Burden of unintended pregnancy in the United States: potential savings with increased use of long-acting reversible contraception

Contraception ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 87 (2) ◽  
pp. 154-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Trussell ◽  
Nathaniel Henry ◽  
Fareen Hassan ◽  
Alexander Prezioso ◽  
Amy Law ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Unintended Pregnancy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Long Acting

scholarly journals Women's Use of Long-Acting Reversible Contraception for Birth Timing and Birth Stopping

Demography ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mieke C. W. Eeckhaut ◽  
Michael S. Rendall ◽  
Polina Zvavitch
Keyword(s):  
The United States ◽  
Intrauterine Devices ◽  
Combine Data ◽  
Unintended Pregnancies ◽  
Current Prevalence ◽  
Reproductive Life ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Long Acting ◽  
Reproductive Events ◽  
Long Acting Reversible Contraceptive

Abstract The use of long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) methods—intrauterine devices (IUDs) and implants—has recently expanded rapidly in the United States, and these methods together approach the contraceptive pill in current prevalence. Research on LARCs has analyzed their use to reduce unintended pregnancies but not their use to enable intended pregnancies. Knowledge of both is necessary to understand LARCs’ potential impacts on the reproductive life courses of U.S. women. We combine data from two nationally representative surveys to estimate women's likelihood and timing of subsequent reproductive events, including births resulting from an intended pregnancy up to nine years after discontinuing LARC use. We estimate that 62% of women will give birth, and 45% will give birth from an intended pregnancy. Additionally, 18% will have a new LARC inserted, and 13% will transition to sterilization. Most of these reproductive events occur within two years after discontinuing LARC use. Births from an intended pregnancy are especially common when no intervening switch to another contraceptive method occurs. We infer that women's motives for using LARC are varied but include the desire to postpone a birth, to postpone a decision about whether to have a(nother) birth, and to transition definitively to the completion of childbearing.

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