Family Planning Flashcards
Are among the effects of poor family planning
*maternal mortality
*unplanned pregnancies
*unsafe abortions
Aims to ensure every Filipino has a universal access to correct information, medically safe, legal, non-abortifacient, effective, and culturally acceptable FP methods
National Family Planning Program
Types of Family Planning:
- Natural Family Planning
- Artificial Family Planning
- Surgical Methods
Does not include any chemical or foregin body introduction into the human body
Natural Family Planning
What are the natural family planning
- Abstinence
- Calendar method
- Basal body temperature
- Cervical Mucus Method
- Symptothermal Method
- Ovulation Detection
- Lactation Amenorrhea Method
- Coitus Interruptus
Most effective natural birth control method with ideally 0% fail rate.
Abstinence
Most effective way to avoid STIs.
Abstinence
For calendar method, subtract _ from the shortest cycle and the difference is the first fertile day
18
For the calendar method, subtract _ from the longest cycle, and this becomes the last fertileday
11
Has an ideal fail rate of 5%, but when used it has a typical fail rate of 25%
Calendar Method
Takes her temperature early every morning before any activity.
Basal Body Temperature
Has an ideal fail rate of 9% and has a typical use fail rate of 25%
Basal Body Temperature
In the cervical mucus method, the woman is ovulating if the cervical mucus is
Copious, thin, and watery
Cervical mucus must exhibit the property of
Spinnbarkeit
When using this family planning method, it has a fail rate of 25%
Cervical Mucus Method
Is simply a combination ofthe BBT method and the Cervical Mucus Method
Symptothermal Method
Has an ideal fail rate of 2%
Symptothermal Method
Women are able to suppress ovulation through exclusive breastfeeding of the infant
Lactation amenorrhea method
After 3 months of exclusive breastfeeding in lactation amenorrhea method
She must make plans of choosing another method of contraception
Any product, procedure or practice that uses artificial or unnatural means to prevent pregnancy
Artificial Family Planning
Artificial Family includes
*hormonal methods
*hormonal barriers
*non-hormonal barriers
What are the hormonal methods of the artificial family planning
*oral pill contraceptice
*Depo-Provera injection
What are the hormonal barriers of the artificial family planinng
*IUD
*vaginal ring
What are the non-hormonal barriers of the artificial family planning
*condoms
*cup
What are the artificial family planning methods:
- Oral contraceptives
- Transdermal patch
- Vaginal ring
- Subdermal Implants
- Hormonal Injections
- Intrauterine Device
- Chemical Barriers
- Diaphragm
- Cervical Cap
- Male and female Condom
True or false. In oral contraceptives, the couple must use another contraceptive method on the initial 7 days as the method would still not have an effect.
True
True or false. In oral contraceptive, if the woman has missed taking the pill for more than one day, she and her partner must consider an alternative contraception
True
The transdermal patch has a combination of
Both estrogen and progesterone in a form of a patch
How many weeks should the woman apply one patch for the transdermal patch
Three weeks
Transdermal patch areas
Upper outer arm, upper torso, abdomen, or buttocks
At what week is transdermal patch not applied
At the fourth week of continuous use
Releases a combination of estrogen and progesterone and surrounds the cervix
Vaginal ring
How many weeks the vaginal ring remains in the vagina
Three weeks
True or false. Vaginal ring is removed on the fourth week as menstural flow would occur.
True
True or false. Vaginal ring has the same effectivity rate as the oral contraceptives
True
Hormonal injection consist of
Medroxyprogesterone
When are hormonal injections given
Given once every 12 week intramuscularly.
Inhibits ovulation and causes changes in the endometrium and the cervical mucus
Hormonal Injection
True or false. After administration of hormonal injection, the site should not be massaged so it could be absorbed slowly
True
Is a small, T-shaped object that is inserted into the uterus via the vagina
Intrauterine Device
Are used to cause the death of sperms before they can enter the cervix and also lower the pH level of the vagina so it will not become conducive for the sperm
Chemical barriers such as spermicides, vaginal gels, creams, and glycerin films
Works by inhibiting the entrance of the sperm into the vagina.
Diaphragm
It is a circular, rubber disk that fits the cervix and should be placed before coitus
Diaphragm
Made of soft rubber and fitted on the rim of the cervix
Cervical Cap
It is shaped like a thimble with a thin rim
Cervical cap
Cervical Cap could stay in place for not more than
48 hours
Often called as sterilization
Surgical Methods
Sperm could remain in the vas deferens for
6 months
There is 99.5% accuracy rate for
Vasectomy
After ligation, woman may return to her sexual activities after
After 2 to 3 days of the operation