Journal article
Motivators of contraceptive method change and implications for long-acting reversible contraception (non-)use: A qualitative free-text analysis
J Coombe, ML Harris, D Loxton
Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare | ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD | Published : 2019
Abstract
Objective: To develop a greater understanding of the motivators of contraceptive method change over time for young Australian women, with a particular interest in long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) use. Method: Free-text comments from the Contraceptive Use, Pregnancy Intention and Decisions (CUPID) Study were used to explore the reasons for contraceptive method change among women who reported one or more contraceptive changes across the three CUPID surveys. Results: 512 women reported making at least one contraceptive method change, with 740 comments explaining these changes between them. Participants reported a multitude of reasons motivating their contraceptive change. Five key th..
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Awarded by Australian Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
We would like to thank the women who kindly shared their experiences with us. The research on which this paper is based was conducted at the Universities of Queensland and Newcastle. We gratefully acknowledge funding support from the Australian Research Council (Linkage Project Grant LP100200349), and industry partners Family Planning NSW and Bayer Australia Ltd.