Advertisement

Browse Subject Areas

?

Click through the PLOS taxonomy to find articles in your field.

For more information about PLOS Subject Areas, click here.

Contraceptives

The role of sex education in withdrawal use: Prevalence and correlates among a nationally representative sample of adolescents and young adults

John L. Ferrand, Arthur H. Owora, Alexandra T. Hughes-Wegner, Eric R. Walsh-Buhi

published 16 Jan 2026

Loading metrics information...

Metrics unavailable. Please check back later.

Association between serum γ-Glutamyltransferase and the risk of cervical cancer: Evidence from the national health and nutrition examination survey

Lu Qiu, Yuanfu Xie, Yimin Li, Jianli Huang, Youjia Wang, Yanhong Zhuo

published 02 Jan 2026

Loading metrics information...

Metrics unavailable. Please check back later.

Does it hold weight? The perceived effects of contraceptive use on weight status in females: A mixed-methods study

Leonie Bass, Tamara Prostináková, Kathelijne Gabrielle Silang, Alyssia Griffiths-Gray, Stephen McQuilliam, Elizabeth Mahon, Amy Whitehead, Kelsie Olivia Johnson

published 29 Dec 2025

Loading metrics information...

Metrics unavailable. Please check back later.

Unlocking insights from complex data: Leveraging heat maps for decision-making in LMIC

Muhammad Ibrahim, Olan Naz, Amal Fatima Mohiuddin, Habib Ur Rehman, Adnan Ahmad Khan

published 26 Sep 2025

Loading metrics information...

Metrics unavailable. Please check back later.

Facilitators and barriers to contraceptive uptake and use: Perspectives of female students in South Africa and lessons for quality provision of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis

Patience Shamu, Nicola J. Christofides, Saiqa Mullick

published 24 Sep 2025

Loading metrics information...

Metrics unavailable. Please check back later.

Improving Contraception Outreach through Human-Centered Design: A Pilot Study of the Ndingathe (“I Can”) Intervention in Rural Malawi

Janelli Vallin, Martha Kamanga, Beth Phillips, Mandayachepa Nyando, Tamanda Jumbe, Innocencia Mtalimanja, Address Malata, Alfred Maluwa, Katherine Greenberg, Jenny X. Liu, Kelsey Holt

published 24 Sep 2025

Loading metrics information...

Metrics unavailable. Please check back later.

Hormonal contraceptives and body composition by use of stable isotope dilution techniques among women of reproductive age in Nyeri County, Kenya

Purity Chepkorir Lang'at, Dorcus Mbithe David-Kigaru, Zipporah W. Ndung'u, Pamela Kimeto

published 12 Sep 2025

Loading metrics information...

Metrics unavailable. Please check back later.

A meta-analysis of the prevalence, genotype distribution and risk factors for human papillomavirus infection in Nepal

Prayash Paudel, Asutosh Sah

published 12 Sep 2025

Loading metrics information...

Metrics unavailable. Please check back later.

Integrated economic and sexual and reproductive health programming among married and unmarried adolescent girls in Nigeria: Results from a quasi-experimental cohort study

Mary Phillips, Roselyn Odeh, Meghan Cutherell, Abednego Musau, Claire W. Rothschild, Albert Tele, Jenna Grzeslo, Alexis Coppola, Yusuf H. Wada, Noel Tonka, Alhaji Alhassan Bulama, Kehinde Atoloye, Olusesan A. Makinde

published 25 Aug 2025

Loading metrics information...

Metrics unavailable. Please check back later.

Estimating the effect of hormonal contraceptive use on anemia: A cross-sectional comparative analysis of 46 Demographic and Health Surveys

Stephanie R. Chung, Martina X. Spain, Emily Hoppes, Amelia Mackenzie

published 16 Jul 2025

Loading metrics information...

Metrics unavailable. Please check back later.

Motivations for sustained use of modern contraceptives in a peri-urban area: An analytical cross-sectional study

Seth Amponsah-Tabi, Hannah Boatemaa Asante, Edward T. Dassah, Eric Sarpong Ansong, Maxwell Kankam, Amponsah Peprah, Charles Senaya, Jude John Annan, Roderick Larsen Reindorff, Henry S. Opare-Addo

published 14 Jul 2025

Loading metrics information...

Metrics unavailable. Please check back later.

Mapping the effective coverage of modern contraceptive services in Ethiopia

Samrawit Birhanu Alemu, Molla Yigzaw Birhanu, Mekdes Tamiru Yizengaw, Melaku Birhanu Alemu

published 07 Jul 2025

Loading metrics information...

Metrics unavailable. Please check back later.

Prevalence and correlates of contraceptive use among adolescent mothers: Results from a cross-sectional survey in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, and Blantyre, Malawi

Emmanuel Oloche Otukpa, Alister Munthali, Nathalie Sawadogo, Boniface Ayanbekongshie Ushie, Anthony Idowu Ajayi

published 18 Jun 2025

Loading metrics information...

Metrics unavailable. Please check back later.

Advertisement

Create a weekly email alert for: Contraceptives

You can change these options by clicking profile then "Alerts and Notifications"