Contraception

Resources in this category:

Contraceptive Guide
http://www.mjbovo.com/contracep.htm

Discusses various birth control methods, including how it works, effectivemness, cost, advantages and disadvantages, instructions for use, and links to other informative places on the Interent. Methods covered include: the pill, implants, injections, IUD, spermicides, diaphragm/cervical cap, the sponge, male and female condoms, emergency contraception, natural family planning, and female and male sterilization.

Family Planning: A Global Handbook for Providers
http://www.fphandbook.org/

Comprehensive family planning handbook with information on methods of contraception, sexually transmitted diseases, and reproductive health issues. Though intended for doctors in developing countries, the information is understandable for laypeople, and available in several languages.

Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs
http://www.jhuccp.org/

Part of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, this site promotes worldwide health communication in the area of reproductive health. Find over 450 reproductive health, population and development organizations; the POPLINE database of citations on population, family planning, and related health information; and full text articles on these topics.

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.
http://www.plannedparenthood.org/index.htm

The Planned Parenthood health site provides information on sexual and reproductive health, resources about the Planned Parenthood organizational activities, and a list of Frequently Asked Questions about health. They also offer a version of their site, including health information, in Spanish.

Reproductive Health Gateway
http://www.infoforhealth.org/RHGateway/index.shtml

"Reproductive Health (RH) Gateway gives you quick access to relevant, accurate information about reproductive health on the World Wide Web. RH Gateway lets you search a group of websites carefully selected for accuracy, authority, and relevance... The ready-to-use search function currently searches through more than 20,000 pages on over 130 websites selected for information on reproductive health. Search results are hot-linked to the specific pages containing your search terms."