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barrier method

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barrier method
Reproduction medicine An intervention that counters the formula, boy + girl = baby, with mechanical–eg condom, diaphragm—barriers. See Condom, Contraception, Contraceptive sponge, Diaphragm, Pearl index, Spermicide.


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2004) and a study comparing the acceptability of the diaphragm and FemCap, a new vaginal barrier method (Mauck, Callahan, Weiner, Dominik, & FemCap Investigators Group, 1999), only a few studies in other countries have examined the acceptability of the diaphragm (e.
However, even among clients receiving short-acting methods, younger women received slightly less contraceptive coverage: two weeks less of oral and injectable contraceptive coverage and one week less of barrier method supplies.
In Canada, 86% of women aged 15 to 19 who use contraceptives use a pharmaceutical method, primarily the pill, and 14% use a natural or barrier method, mainly the condom, compared with 58% using the pill, and 42% using a barrier in the U.
 
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