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Forgettable contraception.

David A Grimes¹

¹Family Health International, PO Box 13952, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA. dgrimes@fhi.org

|November 17, 2009

Summary

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Forgettable contraception, requiring attention only every 3 years, includes IUDs, implants, and sterilization. These methods offer superior effectiveness by overcoming human error in family planning.

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Area of Science:

Reproductive Health
Family Planning
Contraception Effectiveness

Background:

Long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) receives more attention than "forgettable contraception."
Forgettable contraception is defined as methods needing attention no more than every 3 years.
Examples include sterilization, intrauterine devices (IUDs), and implants.

Purpose of the Study:

To highlight the significance of forgettable contraception in family planning.
To explain the factors influencing contraceptive effectiveness.
To advocate for forgettable methods due to their consistent high effectiveness.

Main Methods:

Defined forgettable contraception based on attention frequency (≤3 years).
Identified key factors determining contraceptive effectiveness: efficacy, compliance, continuation, fecundity, and coital timing.
Analyzed how human factors (compliance, continuation) impact effectiveness.

Main Results:

Compliance and continuation are the dominant factors in contraceptive effectiveness.
Human fallibility negatively impacts methods requiring frequent user attention (e.g., oral contraceptives).
All forgettable contraception methods demonstrate first-tier effectiveness (≤2 pregnancies/100 women/year) in typical use.

Conclusions:

Forgettable contraception overcomes human fallibility by minimizing required user action.
These methods offer exclusively first-tier effectiveness in typical use.
Forgettable contraception represents a highly effective family planning strategy.