The Benefits Of Birth Control (IUD)

Birth control is to prevent pregnancy for women who are sexually active. The most infamously known birth control is the pill that women takes orally. Another birth control that is not commonly talked about in health clinics and among women is the IUD’s. Though the IUD is proven to be as effective as the pills, not all women and doctors are not being educated about this birth control. IDUs have different forms depending on what the woman need. The IUD is 99 percent effective according to Shefali Luthra (2015) interviewing pediatrician Wendy Swanson. The IUDs are long-acting reversible contraceptives (Luthra, 2015). The article mentioned that the IUD could be the first choice of contraceptives among teens and young women. An article by Jane …show more content…
There are lack of provider knowledge, patient preferences for methods with particular characteristics, and the high payments of IUDs that could costs up to $1,000 (Anderson, Steinauer, Valente, Koblentz, and Dehlendorf, 2014). Another factor of the low use of the IUDs are women using social media as a source of information causing confusion among women. Studies has done research that provided evidence that social media and social communications influence women on what they want for contraception (Anderson, Steinauer, Valente, Koblentz, and Dehlendorf, 2014). Women also have a low knowledge of the IUDs due to the lack of information. Based on a survey statistic, 87% of unmarried women who are 18 to 29-year-olds had heard about the IUD, 39% says they know nothing about the IUD, and 53% says they know very little about the IUD (Manchikanti and Clark, 2014). Women who experience dissatisfaction with their birth control are more likely to stop using them. About 42% of women discontinued using their form of birth control due to having side effects and irregular menstruation (Manchikanti and Clark, …show more content…
Women has considered that social communication networks provides more trustworthy information about the IUDs than medical providers would (Anderson, Steinauer, Valente, Koblentz, and Dehlendorf, 2014). Common negative topics among women are the concerns of the IUD piercing the uterine wall, migration or embedding of the IUD, side effects of cramping or heavy bleeding (Anderson, Steinauer, Valente, Koblentz, and Dehlendorf, 2014). Positive topics included are the long lasting protection and the IUD’s long effectiveness (Anderson, Steinauer, Valente, Koblentz, and Dehlendorf,