Contraception: Choices, Culture and Consequences with Jerusalem Makonnen

Key Takeaways

the rates of unintended pregnancy in the united states are staggering half of all pregnancies are unintended and can result in negative health consequences for both women and their children meanwhile in many parts of the world the unmet contraceptive need has been directly linked to maternal deaths a recent study concluded that meeting that demand would reduce global maternal deaths by one-third my name is jerusalem maconan i'm a family nurse practitioner and an associate clinical professor in the department of family healthcare nursing here at ucsf school of nursing in this course we're going to take a look at why some of these scenarios are occurring while we've made advances in the technology of contraceptive methods and have made them far more effective and easier to use so what are some of these factors that are influencing contraception use we'll discuss the latest evidence-based information on each method we'll take a look at how each method works how effective that method is and we'll also take a look at some of the safety issues we'll look at true risk versus benefit of each method as a student in this class you'll learn about most of the birth control methods that are currently available and you'll be able to make an informed decision on either how to use that method yourself or how to counsel a friend or a colleague and then as a healthcare professional you'll be able to be in a position where you can effectively counsel patients on how to use their methods i really hope that you'll enjoy this course