Open AccessContraceptive Technologies: Looking Ahead to New Approaches to Increase Options for Family Planning
Author(s) -
Lisa Haddad,
John Townsend,
Régine Sitruk-Ware
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical obstetrics and gynecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.927
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1532-5520
pISSN - 0009-9201
DOI - 10.1097/grf.0000000000000628
Subject(s) - medicine , discontinuation , unintended pregnancy , family planning , autonomy , risk analysis (engineering) , family medicine , population , environmental health , research methodology , psychiatry , political science , law
With persistently high global rates of unintended pregnancy and contraceptive nonuse, nonadherence and discontinuation, new contraceptive methods must address the needs of women and men who seek alternatives to their current options. Methods under development aim to reduce potential side effects, improve access and ease of use, ensure safety, increase secondary benefits associated with method use and expand options for both women and men. Developmental approaches employed to enhance current methods utilize new delivery systems and novel active pharmaceutical ingredients. This will improve overall user satisfaction with the methods used while expanding the number of options available to provide choice and value user autonomy in the highly diverse contraceptive markets around the world.