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Partner Violence Threatens Women’s Ability to Use Pills Openly in Bolivia |
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According to research by Family Health International, method-related partner violence or fear of violence may help explain the high rate of covert contraceptive use in Bolivia, estimated by the researchers to be nearly 19 percent for women using oral contraceptives. As reproductive health programs continue to encourage male involvement in family planning, they must not overlook the needs of women whose partners may oppose their contraceptive use, the study suggests. Among 300 current and past pill users interviewed, covert users were 11 to 30 times more likely than open users to have been threatened by their partners or been afraid that their partners would hit them for using the pills. Results also showed that women who had experienced method-related partner violence were more likely than other women in the study to discontinue pill use. Read more about this study, published in the Journal of Biosocial Science. Source
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