World Contraception Day (WCD) takes place on September 26th every year. The day’s mission is to improve awareness of all contraceptive methods available and enable young people to make informed choices on their sexual and reproductive health.
We are taking the opportunity to support World Contraception Day 2024 by sharing a selection of articles, blogs, and other related contraception research.
Check out @Reprod_Health on September 26th as we highlight our top articles and collections.
Contraception and Reproductive Medicine provides an international platform for promoting academic discussions on contraceptive effectiveness, side-effect profiles, acceptability, and impact on short and long-term reproductive health. The journal welcomes high quality submissions on all areas of female and male contraceptive technology, reviews, meta-analyses, and commentaries from across the globe.
Contraceptive content shared on social media: an analysis of Twitter
Melody Huang, Alba Gutiérrez-Sacristán, Elizabeth Janiak, Katherine Young, Anabel Starosta, Katherine Blanton, Alaleh Azhir, Caroline N. Goldfarb, Felícita Kuperwasser, Kimberly M. Schaefer, Rachel E. Stoddard, Rajet Vatsa, Allison A. Merz-Herrala & Deborah Bartz
Research | Published: 17 January 2023
Factors associated with postpartum family planning use in Rwanda
Muzungu Hirwa Sylvain & Rwema Valens
Research | Published: 02 January 2024
“I have come to remove it because of heavy bleeding”: a mixed-methods study on early contraceptive implant removal and the underlying factors in eastern Uganda
Janet Abiyo, Rose Chalo Nabirye, Brendah Nambozo, David Mukunya, Ritah Nantale, Faith Oguttu, Solomon Wani, Milton W. Musaba, Josephine Tumuhamye & Joshua Epuitai
Research | Published: 16 April 2024
Contraceptive use and method mix dynamics in Sub-saharan Africa: time trends and the influence of the HIV pandemic
Ayaga A. Bawah, Pearl S. Kyei & Charles Agyei-Asabere
Research | Published: 09 April 2024
Intrauterine device (IUD) migration to the fallopian tube: a rare location for a translocated IUD with no visceral injury
Peter Joseph Wangwe, Najma Awadh & Magreth Angelus
Case Report | Published: 25 July 2024
Reversible median nerve neuropathy and local muscle irritation resulting from blind removal attempts of etonogestrel contraceptive implant: a case report
Siraphat Fungtammasan, Natchanika Sinthuchai, Kawee Pataradool, Unnop Jaisamrarn & Somsook Santibenchakul
Case Report | Published: 01 December 2023
Willingness to use novel reversible methods of male birth control: a community-based survey of cisgender men in the United States
Summer L. Martins & Christy M. Boraas
Research | Published: 10 August 2023
Aware of the global challenges surrounding access to adequate reproductive healthcare, Reproductive Health is an internationally celebrated, open access journal dedicated to publishing the most contemporary research which enacts positive change in reproductive health globally, encouraging submissions from researchers based in low- and middle-income countries. Reproductive Health provides a highly-accessed platform for all research related to reproductive health, including social and gender issues, sexual health, country and population specific issues, assessment of service provision, education and training, and a broader range of gynecological and obstetrical topics related to reproductive health.
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Assessing contraceptive use as a continuum: outcomes of a qualitative assessment of the contraceptive journey
Rebecca G Simmons, Jami Baayd, Megan Waters, Zoë Diener, David K. Turok & Jessica N. Sanders
Research | Published: 15 February 2023
The intersection between migration, HIV, and contraceptive use in Uganda: a cross-sectional population-based study
Prossy Namusisi, Ping Teresa Yeh, Robert Ssekubugu, Larry William Chang, Tom Lutalo, Linnea Zimmerman & Mary Kathryn Grabowski
Research | Published: 17 May 2024
Women’s experiences of dealing with fertility and side effects in contraceptive decision making: a qualitative study based on women’s blog posts
Lydia Johansson, Julia Vesström, Siw Alehagen & Helena Kilander
Research | Published: 29 June 2023
The impact of local supply of popular contraceptives on women’s use of family planning: findings from performance-monitoring-for-action in seven sub-Saharan African countries
Devon Kristiansen, Elizabeth Heger Boyle & Joseph Svec
Research | Published: 21 November 2023
All BMC articles are published on the open access model. All articles are free to read, copy, distribute, and use (providing attribution is given).
from BMC Women's Health
Muslim women’s views and experiences of family planning in Saudi Arabia: a qualitative study
from BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Pregnancy planning and neonatal outcome - a retrospective cohort study
from BMC Medicine
Mapping heterogeneity in family planning indicators in Burkina Faso, Kenya, and Nigeria, 2000–2020
from Health & Justice
Judgment, shame, and coercion: the criminal legal system and reproductive autonomy
from Harm Reduction Journal
Contraceptive utilization among new exotic dancers: a cross-sectional study
from Scientific Reports
New approaches for developing biomarkers of hormonal contraceptive use
For a complete list of relevant BMC articles, please see here.
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Edited by:
Dr. Priyanka Garg, MBBS, MD, MNAMS, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India
Submission Status: Open until 28 February 2025
Family planning employs decision-making as a major component of reproductive health services. Decision-making largely depends on awareness of the benefits of various family planning methods, their accessibility and affordability, and their pros and cons. This collection encourages submissions that discuss sexual health education, determinants of contraceptive use, access to contraceptive use in resource-poor countries and the role of men in family planning decisions.
Contraception and Reproductive Medicine, Reproductive Health, Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, and International Journal for Equity in Health welcome papers focusing on contraception in low and middle-income countries. This cross-journal collection aims to curate multidisciplinary papers focusing on LMICs that explore and promote improving access to contraception, particularly amongst adolescents with a particular focus on health policy and systems that can promote contraception uptake.
This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 3.
This thematic series is ongoing and new manuscripts will be added upon acceptance. Learn more.
Discover our collection of Springer Books on Contraception.
Book: Maternal Health and American Cultural Values
Chapter: Cultural Conflicts and Maternal Autonomy
This chapter explores how the historical and cultural value of individualism in the USA has contributed to both expansion and limitation of maternal autonomy that influences individual choice about pregnancy timing, continuation, and birth practices.
Chapter: Instituting and Regulating the Contraceptive Clinic and its Services
This chapter discusses the origins of the North Kensington Women’s Welfare Centre as a pioneering site of medical, scientific and technological research and development, which aimed to develop and export its medical and scientific contraceptive programs, and standards for clinic arrangement, function and prescription.
Book: Abortion and Contraception in Modern Greece, 1830-1967
Chapter: Contraception and Its Methods, II: Appliances and the Pill
This chapter discusses the appliance methods most widely employed in Greece, namely douche, the sponge and other plugs/pessaries and the condom, and how they were repurposed once the need for contraception arose.
Chapter: Contraceptive Standards in the Age of the Pill: Influencing and Exporting Formal Oversight
This chapter charts the Family Planning Association’s pill-era achievements to implement broader influence and receive state legitimisation through collaborations with regulators like the British Standards Institution.