What reproductive health means and why the growth of a population matters. Then the methods of birth control one by one: the natural and the barrier methods, the devices placed in the uterus, the pills, the injections and implants, and the surgical methods.
3 lessons, about 1 h 30 min3 simulations10 problems3 practice questionsPython in every lesson
Created by StemPy LabReproductive health means well-being in every part of reproduction: body, feelings, behaviour and society. This lesson explains what a country does to protect it, why the numbers of people grew so fast, and how a growth rate is turned into a doubling time.
Natural methods use no device, but they fail often. Barrier methods keep the sperm and the ovum apart, and a condom also protects against infection. An intrauterine device is placed in the uterus by a trained person, and it stops fertilisation for years.
Pills, injections and implants give the body hormones that stop ovulation and change the womb and the cervix. Emergency methods work soon after unprotected coitus. Surgical methods cut the tube that carries the gametes and are meant to be permanent.
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