Contraception
Alternative labels
Birth control
Description
The deliberate use of devices, medications or other techniques to prevent pregnancy as a consequence of sexual intercourse.
Conference paper
A project-based approach to improving services in reproductive and sexual health in rural areas
In 2001, FPA Health, whose primary goal is to improve access to a range of reproductive and sexual health services for regional, rural and remote areas in New South Wales, conducted a reproductive and sexual health needs assessment of the Macquarie area. Community consultations were conducted with students, adolescent mothers, men, middle aged women in...
Report
Population, gender and reproductive choice: the motherhood questions directions for policy
This paper by Lois Bryson and Alison Mackinnon provides a summary of key points to emerge from the research papers presented at the workshop 'Population, gender and reproductive choice: the motherhood questions', held in Adelaide in February 2000.