Calendar Rhythm Method - Family Planning
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- Introduction
- Welcome to FPHandbook.org!
- Foreword From the World Health Organization
- Foreword From the United States Agency for International Development
- Acknowledgements
- WHO’s Family Planning Guidance
- Human Rights: Family Planning Providers’ Contribution
- Gender Equality and Gender Inclusiveness
- Gender Equality and Gender Inclusiveness - Introduction
- Gender Inclusiveness
- Considerations for Transgender and Gender-Diverse Clients
- References for the Section on Gender Equality and Gender Inclusiveness
- Collaborating and Supporting Organizations
- Chapters
- Combined Oral Contraceptives
- Combined Oral Contraceptives - Introduction
- Side Effects, Health Benefits, and Health Risks
- Correcting Misunderstandings
- Facts About Combined Oral Contraceptives and Cancer
- Who Can and Cannot Use Combined Oral Contraceptives
- Medical Eligibility Criteria for Combined Oral Contraceptives
- Using Clinical Judgment in Special Cases
- Providing Combined Oral Contraceptives
- Giving Advice on Side Effects
- Explaining How to Use
- Supporting New and Continuing Users
- Come Back Any Time: Reasons to Return
- Managing Any Problems
- Extended and Continuous Use of Combined Oral Contraceptives
- Questions and Answers About Combined Oral Contraceptives
- Progestin-Only Pills
- Progestin-Only Pills - Introduction
- Side Effects, Health Benefits, and Health Risks
- Correcting Misunderstandings
- Who Can and Cannot Use Progestin-Only Pills
- Medical Eligibility Criteria for Progestin-Only Pills
- Using Clinical Judgment in Special Cases
- Providing Progestin-Only Pills
- Giving Advice on Side Effects
- Explaining How to Use
- Supporting New and Continuing Users
- “Come Back Any Time”: Reasons to Return
- Managing Any Problems
- Questions and Answers About Progestin-Only Pills
- Emergency Contraceptive Pills
- Emergency Contraceptive Pills - Introduction
- Side Effects, Health Benefits, and Health Risks
- Correcting Misunderstandings
- Who Can Use Emergency Contraceptive Pills
- Providing Emergency Contraceptive Pills
- Pill Formulations and Dosing
- Giving Emergency Contraceptive Pills
- How Can a Partner Help?
- When to Start or Restart Contraception After ECP Use
- Supporting Users
- Questions and Answers About Emergency Contraceptive Pills
- Progestin-Only Injectables
- Progestin-Only Injectables - Introduction
- How Effective?
- Side Effects, Health Benefits, and Health Risks
- Correcting Misunderstandings
- Delivering Injectable Contraception in the Community
- Who Can and Cannot Use Progestin-Only Injectables
- Medical Eligibility Criteria for Progestin-Only Injectables
- Using Clinical Judgment in Special Cases
- Providing Progestin-Only Injectables
- Giving Advice on Side Effects
- Giving Intramuscular Injection with a Conventional Syringe
- Giving the Injection with Subcutaneous DMPA in Uniject (Sayana Press)
- Self-Injection Can Be an Option
- How to Give Yourself an Injection with Sayana Press
- Supporting New and Continuing Users
- Managing Any Problems
- Questions and Answers About Progestin-Only Injectables
- Monthly Injectables
- Monthly Injectables - Introduction
- How Effective?
- Side Effects, Health Benefits, and Health Risks
- Correcting Misunderstandings
- Who Can and Cannot Use Monthly Injectables
- Medical Eligibility Criteria for Monthly Injectables
- Using Clinical Judgment in Special Cases
- Providing Monthly Injectables
- Giving Advice on Side Effects
- Giving the Injection
- Supporting New and Continuing Users
- Managing Any Problems
- Questions and Answers About Monthly Injectables
- Combined Patch: Only the Essentials
- Combined Patch: Only the Essentials - Introduction
- How Effective?
- Side Effects, Health Benefits, and Health Risks
- Providing the Combined Patch
- Supporting New and Continuing Users
- Combined Vaginal Ring: Only the Essentials
- Combined Vaginal Ring: Only the Essentials - Introduction
- How Effective?
- Side Effects, Health Benefits, and Health Risks
- Providing the Combined Vaginal Ring
- Supporting New and Continuing Users
- Progesterone-Releasing Vaginal Ring: Only the Essentials
- Progesterone-Releasing Vaginal Ring: Only the Essentials - Introduction
- How Effective?
- Side Effects, Health Benefits, and Health Risks
- Providing the Progesterone-Releasing Vaginal Ring
- Supporting New and Continuing Users
- Implants
- Implants - Introduction
- How Effective?
- Side Effects, Health Benefits, and Health Risks
- Correcting Misunderstandings
- Who Can and Cannot Use Implants
- Medical Eligibility Criteria for Implants
- Using Clinical Judgment in Special Cases
- Providing Implants
- Giving Advice on Side Effects
- Inserting Implants
- Supporting New and Continuing Users
- Follow-up Visits With Implant Users
- Managing Any Problems
- New Problems That May Require Switching Methods
- Removing Implants
- Questions and Answers About Implants
- Copper-Bearing Intrauterine Device
- Copper-Bearing Intrauterine Device - Introduction
- How Effective?
- Side Effects, Health Benefits, Health Risks, and Complications
- Correcting Misunderstandings
- Who Can and Cannot Use the Copper-Bearing IUD
- Medical Eligibility Criteria for Copper-Bearing IUDs
- Using Clinical Judgment in Special Cases
- Screening Questions for Pelvic Examination Before IUD Insertion
- Assessing Women for Risk of Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Providing the Intrauterine Device
- Preventing Infection at IUD Insertion
- Giving Advice on Side Effects
- Inserting the IUD
- Supporting New and Continuing Users
- "Come Back Any Time": Reasons to Return
- Post-Insertion Follow-Up Visit (3 to 6 Weeks)
- Managing Any Problems
- New Problems That May Require Switching Methods
- Removing the Intrauterine Device
- Switching From an IUD to Another Method
- Questions and Answers About the Intrauterine Device
- Levonorgestrel Intrauterine Device
- Levonorgestrel Intrauterine Device - Introduction
- How Effective?
- Side Effects, Health Benefits, Health Risks, and Complications
- Correcting Misunderstandings
- Who Can and Cannot Use Levonorgestrel IUDs
- Medical Eligibility Criteria for Levonorgestrel IUDs
- Using Clinical Judgment in Special Cases
- Screening Questions for Pelvic Examination Before IUD Insertion
- Assessing Women for Risk of Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Providing the Levonorgestrel Intrauterine Device
- Giving Advice on Side Effects
- Inserting the LNG-IUD
- Supporting New and Continuing Users
- "Come Back Any Time": Reasons to Return
- Post-Insertion Follow-Up Visit (3 to 6 Weeks)
- Managing Any Problems
- New Problems That May Require Switching Methods
- Removing the Intrauterine Device
- Switching From an IUD to Another Method
- Questions and Answers About the LNG-IUD
- Female Sterilization
- Female Sterilization - Introduction
- How Effective?
- Side Effects, Health Benefits, Health Risks, and Complications
- Correcting Misunderstandings
- Who Can Have Female Sterilization
- Medical Eligibility Criteria for Female Sterilization
- Providing Female Sterilization
- Ensuring Informed Choice
- Performing the Sterilization Procedure
- Supporting the User
- "Come Back Any Time": Reasons to Return
- Managing Any Problems
- Managing Ectopic Pregnancy
- Questions and Answers About Female Sterilization
- Vasectomy
- Vasectomy - Introduction
- How Effective?
- Side Effects, Health Benefits, Health Risks, and Complications
- Correcting Misunderstandings
- Who Can Have a Vasectomy
- Medical Eligibility Criteria for Vasectomy
- Providing Vasectomy
- Vasectomy Techniques
- Performing the Vasectomy Procedure
- Supporting the User
- "Come Back Any Time": Reasons to Return
- Managing Any Problems
- Questions and Answers About Vasectomy
- Male Condoms
- Male Condoms - Introduction
- How Effective?
- Side Effects, Health Benefits, and Health Risks
- Bringing Up Condom Use
- Correcting Misunderstandings
- Who Can and Cannot Use Male Condoms
- Providing Male Condoms
- What Condom Users Should Not Do
- Lubricants for Latex Condoms
- Supporting New and Continuing Users
- "Come Back Any Time": Reasons to Return
- Managing Any Problems
- New Problems That May Require Switching Methods
- Questions and Answers About Male Condoms
- Female Condoms
- Female Condoms - Introduction
- How Effective?
- Side Effects, Health Benefits, and Health Risks
- Correcting Misunderstandings
- Who Can Use Female Condoms
- Providing Female Condoms
- Lubricants for Female Condoms
- Supporting New and Continuing Users
- "Come Back Any Time": Reasons to Return
- Managing Any Problems
- Questions and Answers About Female Condoms
- Spermicides and Diaphragms
- Spermicides and Diaphragms - Introduction
- How Effective - Spermicides?
- Side Effects, Health Benefits, and Health Risks - Spermicides
- Correcting Misunderstandings - Spermicides
- Who Can and Cannot Use Spermicides
- Providing Spermicides
- Supporting the Spermicide User
- Diaphragms
- How Effective - Diaphragms?
- Side Effects, Health Benefits, and Health Risks - Diaphragms
- Correcting Misunderstandings - Diaphragms
- Who Can and Cannot Use Diaphragms
- Using Clinical Judgment in Special Cases of Diaphragm Use
- Providing Diaphragms
- Explaining the Fitting Procedure
- Explaining How to Use the Diaphragm
- Supporting the Diaphragm User
- Tips and Follow-up for Users of Spermicides and the Diaphragm
- Managing Any Problems
- Questions and Answers About Spermicides and Diaphragms
- Cervical Caps: Only the Essentials
- Cervical Caps: Only the Essentials - Introduction
- How Effective?
- Side Effects, Health Benefits, and Health Risks
- Providing Cervical Caps
- Fertility Awareness Methods
- Fertility Awareness Methods - Introduction
- How Effective?
- Side Effects, Health Benefits, and Health Risks
- Correcting Misunderstandings
- Who Can Use Calendar-Based Methods
- Providing Calendar-Based Methods
- Explaining How to Use Calendar-Based Methods
- Who Can Use Symptoms-Based Methods
- Providing Symptoms-Based Methods
- Explaining How to Use Symptoms-Based Methods
- Supporting New and Continuing Users
- Managing Any Problems
- Questions and Answers About Fertility Awareness Methods
- Withdrawal: Only the Essentials
- Withdrawal: Only the Essentials - Introduction
- How Effective?
- Who Can and Cannot Use Withdrawal
- Using Withdrawal
- Lactational Amenorrhea Method
- Lactational Amenorrhea Method - Introduction
- How Effective?
- Side Effects, Health Benefits, and Health Risks
- Correcting Misunderstandings
- Who Can Use the Lactational Amenorrhea Method
- The Lactational Amenorrhea Method for Women With HIV
- Providing the Lactational Amenorrhea Method
- When Can a Woman Use LAM?
- Explaining How to Use
- Supporting New and Continuing Users
- Managing Any Problems
- Questions and Answers About the Lactational Amenorrhea Method
- Serving Diverse Groups
- Serving Diverse Groups - Introduction
- Adolescents
- All Contraceptives Are Safe for Young People
- Men
- Many Ways to Help Men
- Women Near Menopause
- When a Woman Can Stop Using Family Planning
- Relieving Symptoms of Menopause
- Clients with Disabilities
- Sexually Transmitted Infections, Including HIV
- Sexually Transmitted Infections, Including HIV - Introduction
- Who Is at Risk for STIs?
- What Causes STIs?
- Symptoms of Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Common Vaginal Infections That May Not Be Sexually Transmitted
- Avoiding STIs
- Contraceptives for Clients with STIs, Including HIV
- Cervical Cancer
- Questions and Answers About STIs, Including HIV
- Family Planning for Adolescents and Women at High Risk for HIV
- Family Planning for Adolescents and Women at High Risk for HIV - Introduction
- Who is at High Risk for Acquiring HIV?
- What Family Planning Methods Can Be Used by Adolescents and Women at High Risk for HIV?
- Providing HIV Testing and Prevention Services
- Who Should Be Offered an HIV Test?
- Talking about HIV Testing
- HIV Testing Options
- Preventing HIV Acquisition
- Male Partner HIV Testing and Prevention Messages
- Questions and Answers about Family Planning for Adolescents and Women at High Risk for HIV
- Maternal and Newborn Health
- Maternal and Newborn Health - Introduction
- Planning Pregnancy
- During Pregnancy
- Planning for Family Planning After Delivery
- Preparing for Childbirth and Complications
- After Childbirth
- Earliest Time That a Woman Can Start a Family Planning Method After Childbirth
- Preventing Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV
- Managing Any Breastfeeding Problems
- Reproductive Health Issues
- Reproductive Health Issues - Introduction
- Family Planning in Postabortion Care
- Help Women Obtain Family Planning
- When to Start Contraceptive Methods
- Violence Against Women
- What Can Providers Do?
- Infertility
- Preventing Involuntary Infertility
- Counseling Clients With Fertility Problems
- Family Planning Provision
- Family Planning Provision - Introduction
- Successful Counseling
- Who Provides Family Planning?
- Infection Prevention in the Clinic
- Make Infection Prevention a Habit
- Managing Contraceptive Supplies
- Providing Family Planning Services During an Epidemic
- Providing Family Planning Services During an Epidemic - Introduction
- Maintaining Family Planning Services in an Epidemic
- Safe Use of Contraceptive Methods in an Epidemic
- Self-Care for Contraception
- Use of Digital Health Technologies
- Combined Oral Contraceptives
- Job Aids
- Comparing Combined Methods
- Comparing Injectables
- Comparing Implants
- Comparing Condoms
- Comparing IUDs
- If You Miss Pills
- Female Anatomy
- External Anatomy
- The Menstrual Cycle
- Male Anatomy
- Identifying Migraine Headaches and Auras
- Can a Woman With Migraines and/or Aura Use a Hormonal Method?
- Considering Progestin-Only Injectables Where HIV Risk Is High: Counseling Tips
- Ruling Out Pregnancy
- How and When to Use the Pregnancy Checklist and Pregnancy Tests
- Pregnancy Checklist
- Comparing Effectiveness of Family Planning Methods
- APPENDIXES
- APPENDIX A - Contraceptive Effectiveness
- APPENDIX B - Signs and Symptoms of Serious Health Conditions
- APPENDIX C - Medical Conditions That Make Pregnancy Especially Risky
- APPENDIX D - Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use
- APPENDIX D - Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use - Introduction
- PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS AND REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY
- CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
- NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS
- REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS AND DISORDERS
- HIV/AIDS
- OTHER INFECTIONS
- ENDOCRINE CONDITIONS
- GASTROINTESTINAL CONDITIONS
- ANEMIAS
- DRUG INTERACTIONS
- ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS
- Glossary, Methodology, and WHO Guidance Document
- Glossary
- Methodology
- WHO Guidance Documents Used in Preparation of This Edition of the Handbook
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