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mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox?projector=1 * Bookmarks 1 Keto Diet CLA Purdue OWL: MLA... 22 student portal s canvas PDF Birth Control Case Study.pdf Name Open with Class/Group Date Selecting a Birth Control Method Scenario You are working in a busy obstetrics/gynecology (OB/GYN) office. The last patient of the day is P.B., a 27-year-old who is being married in 2 weeks. She wants to use birth control but is not sure what to choose. Her fiance and she are both in graduate school and have limited health insurance, so she is anxious not to become pregnant right away. She asks you to review the various methods and help her explore what is best for her. 1. What factors influence the choice of the most appropriate method of birth control? 2. What past medical information will you need to obtain from P.B. and why? 3. What lifestyle information will help you aid P.B. in choosing a birth control method? 4. P.B. asks you about the effectiveness rating of available birth control methods. Describe the term efficacy | Page 116 - Q +

Answer 1

1. Factors influencing contraception choices

- Age of women

- education

- health status

- religion & culture

- expense & availability

- Effect of unplanned pregnancy if happens

- Frequency of intercourse

- Degree of comfort with body

- Number of sexual partners desire for future pregnancies

- level of contraception involvement

2. Medical information to be obtained from P.B. are :-

- hx of any clotting disorders

- hx of CVD < age 50 eval by specialist first

- hc of heavy bleeding

- type of menstrual bleeding

All these to avoid complications such as bleeding associated with the usuage of contraceptives and should be tested before starting contraceptive.

3. Lifestyle information like smoking , food habits etc will help in choosing contraceptives because history of smoking or any other chronic health condition would make it less effective to use birth control contains synthetic estrogen .

4. Efficacy means maximum effect a drug can produce .