THE EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTIVE
PILL
PRESENTED BY KESHINI RABINTHRAN
DEFINE
CONTRACEPTION
• The deliberate prevention of conception
or impregnation by any kind of various drugs, techniques or birth control devices. • The word originated because ‘contra’ in
latin means against, and the word
‘conception’ means conceiving a child.
Hence contraception means against conceiving, meaning prevention of contraception. ‘ W H O ’ S H O U L D B E TA K I N G R E S P O N S I B I L I T Y F O R
CONTRACEPTION
• Teenagers who are sexually active
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• Adults
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• Both people in a relationship (not just the male, or female)
EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ‘SAFE SEX’
PRACTICES AND CONTRACEPTION
• SAFE SEX
• Safe sex is when you are
protecting yourself from harmful infections or STD’s
• CONTRACEPTION
• Contraception is when you
are protecting yourself from conceiving a child, and or becoming pregnant.
IDENTIFY 12 DIFFERENCE METHODS OF
C O N T R A C E P T I O N T H AT C A N B E U S E D
CONDOM
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IUD
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CONTRACEPTIVE PILL
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IMPLANT
INJECTION
EMERGENCY
CONTRACEPTIVE PILL
IDENTIFY 12 DIFFERENCE METHODS OF
C O N T R A C E P T I O N T H AT C A N B E U S E D
• FERTILITY
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AWARENESS
BASED METHODS
PATCH
CONTRACEPTIVE
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RING
CONTRACEPTION
WITHDRAWL
IDENTIFY YOUR CONTRACEPTIVE METHOD AND
EXPLAIN HOW THIS METHOD/DEVICE IS USED
• THE EMERGENCY
CONTRACEPTIVE PILL
• The emergency contraceptive pill is a contraceptive
method which is used to prevent pregnancy after unprotected sex.
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• It does not affect ovulation, but it can prevent sperm
from fertilising an egg. It may also prevent implantation of a fertilised egg. Emergency contraceptive pills will not cause an abortion.
EXPLAIN HOW THIS METHOD WORKS AS A CONTRACEPTIVE
•The emergency contraceptive pill, if taken before ovulation, inhibits or delays an egg being released from the ovary.
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• The emergency contraceptive pill does not interfere with an established pregnancy, they just stop the sperm and egg from uniting.
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•In some cases, the emergency contraceptive pill is also able to prevent a fertilised egg from attaching to the uterus.
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•This method, however, only works within 5 days of having unprotected sex.
DISCUSS HOW SAFE AND OR
SUCCESSFUL THIS METHOD/DEVICE IS
• Less than 85% of people use the
emergency contraceptive pill
• The emergency contraceptive pill
doesn't protect against STD’s.
• Emergency contraception is very
effective when used early, with only
3% of women becoming pregnant if used within 24 hours of unprotected sexual intercourse.
• It has a limited time frame of 5 days
following unprotected intercourse which it work.
• 95-97% effective if taken within 24 hours
of unprotected sex.
• 85% effective if taken within 25-48 hours
of unprotected sex.
•58% effective if taken within 49-72 hours of unprotected vaginal sex.
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I D E N T I F Y A N D D I S C U S S T H E A D V A N TA G E S
• You can use it after intercourse.
• You can use it with regular birth control
pills.
• You can get the emergency
contraceptive pill ahead of time in case you ever need to use it.
• The emergency contraceptive pill is easy
to use.
• You can get the emergency
contraceptive pill at the pharmacy without a prescription if over 18.
• Doesn’t affect your ability to have
