Walmsley, Jan; Earle, Sarah; Tilley, Elizabeth; Ledger, Susan; Chapman, Rohss and Townson, Lou
(2016).
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier) Link: | https://doi.org/10.7748/phc.2016.e1139 |
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Abstract
A team from the Open University interviewed women with learning disabilities on their experiences of making decisions about contraception. The research revealed that many women used contraception to manage menstruation, some did not know the medication they were using to manage menstruation was a contraceptive and most lacked sufficient information to make informed choices about contraception. Women were often persuaded by others to start using a particular contraceptive. Health professionals need to be proactive in providing education, information and advice, and in ensuring that contraceptive use is reviewed regularly.
| Item Type: | Journal Item | ||||||
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| ISSN: | 0264-5033 | ||||||
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| Keywords: | contraception; learning disabilities; making choices; sexual health; women; women’s health | ||||||
| Academic Unit/School: | Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS) > Health, Wellbeing and Social Care Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS) Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS) > Health, Wellbeing and Social Care > Health and Social Care |
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| Research Group: | Health and Wellbeing PRA (Priority Research Area) | ||||||
| Item ID: | 49253 | ||||||
| Depositing User: | Sarah Earle | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 25 Apr 2017 09:01 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 07 Dec 2018 10:50 | ||||||
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/49253 | ||||||
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