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A STUDY TO “to asses attitudes towards contraception” found that a third of Irish women aged 18-45 are not using contraception.
Another 9 per cent say they use natural methods, including the rhythm method, withdrawal, and other traditional forms of contraception.
The study carried out by Behaviour & Attitudes on behalf of Bayer Healthcare found that more than a quarter of women in Ireland (27 per cent) use condoms, with the same number using short-acting hormonal contraception, such as the pill.
Dr Shirley McQuade, Medical Director of the Dublin Well Woman Centre, said:
I’m surprised such a high number of women in Ireland are not using any contraception. Even when you remove those women who are planning on having a child this year (13 per cent), that still leaves one woman in five (20 per cent) who are neither using contraception nor planning on getting pregnant within the year.
In the last two years, one in six Irish women have used emergency contraception, with five per cent using it more than once. However a third of women said that accessing emergency contraception did not prompt them to look at their contraception needs in a long-term way.
Relationships
One in ten women start using hormonal contraception within weeks of beginning a new relationship, rising to 16 per cent within a month.
Seventy-eight per cent say they discuss contraception with their partner, and forty-six per cent claim to share joint responsibility for it.
So what are the most well recognised forms of contraception in Ireland?
McQuade said:
There are long-acting options that a significant number of Irish women of every age could consider – like intrauterine contraception, hormonal implants, and injections, all of which are reversible. These options will guard against pregnancy from between three months and over five years. They cost more up front, but work out cheaper in the long run.
For more information about contraception options, you can download a free copy of ‘A Smart Woman’s Guide to Contraception’.
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€12 million for a cycle bridge and more homeless people than ever. Something is seriously wrong with the people in charge!
Funny that the Chief Constable decides to stand with SF now making such a statement. Maybe he can have a word with the fools we call politicians down here. Joan Burton thinks the PIRA have rearmed and have thousands of volunteers ready to restart the armed struggle going on her ridiculous statement yesterday. The dissidents in Derry, Belfast and Lurgan are going to love this, they can now say that their point has been proven-that even if SF and the PIRA have given up the armed struggle and renounced violence they would be shafted. I look forward to the bounce in dissident violence and our FF/FG/Labour fools can be partly blamed. They are willing to play dangerous games with the peace process for their own selfish reasons, hoping it will stunt the growth of SF and save a few of their fat backhinds to keep on milking our Dail gravy train!
Are enda and micheal still friendly with Maria Cahill?
Side salad on a fry?!
Agreed Leonie Who in their right minds would put a salad with a fry.. Also the eggs seem to be burnt underneath..
Cycle bridge being funded by road tax and penalty notices for brining in bus lanes.
Driving.
Can thejournal please stop posting pictures of fry ups, I’m bleeding starving now.
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