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A family planning service in rural Puerto Rico

1961; Elsevier BV; Volume: 81; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s0002-9378(16)36321-9

1097-6868

Christopher Tietze, Dattatraya N. Pai, Carl E. Taylor, Clarence J. Gamble,

Global Maternal and Child Health

In a rural Puerto Rican area the Trujillo Alto contraception program offered condoms diaphragm and jelly foam tablets jelly and syringe and suppositories; between 1951-1958 1097 couples participated. The mean age of the women was 26.2 years. Prior to admission to the contraception service and after their first pregnancy the pregnancy rate of the participating couples was 83/100 years of exposure. After an average period of 17.1 months of participation 330 couples underwent surgical sterilization while 74 couples chose to abandon protection altogether. For participating couples there was a pregnancy rate of 31.6/100 years of exposure during the entire period of residence in the study area. Acceptance measured by low rates of change to other methods was higher for the condom and diaphragm than for suppositories foam tablets and jelly and syringe. Pregnancy rates for all 5 prescribed contraceptive methods ranged from 28.3 to 42.3 per 100 years of exposure with the condoms offering significantly greater protection than the other methods combined.(AUTHORS MODIFIED)