{"title":"Translocation of a copper 7 intra-uterine contraceptive device with subsequent penetration of the caecum: case report and review.","authors":"P Sarkar","doi":"10.1783/147118900101194391","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1783/147118900101194391","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A case of translocated Copper 7 intra-uterine contraceptive device with impending caecal penetration is reported and discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":22378,"journal":{"name":"The British journal of family planning","volume":"26 3","pages":"161"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1783/147118900101194391","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21759685","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Experiences of and attitudes to contraceptive services among a sample of attenders at general practices in Dublin.","authors":"M Smith, G Bury","doi":"10.1783/147118900101194409","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1783/147118900101194409","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The aim of this pilot project, using quantitative and qualitative methods, was to gain insights into contraceptive service utilisation by studying the experiences and attitudes of a sample of women using general practice for contraception services in Dublin.</p>","PeriodicalId":22378,"journal":{"name":"The British journal of family planning","volume":"26 3","pages":"163-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1783/147118900101194409","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21759686","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Perforation with GyneFix IUD.","authors":"D Mansour","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":22378,"journal":{"name":"The British journal of family planning","volume":"26 3","pages":"179"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21835277","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A review of bone mineral density scans referred by a community-based menopause clinic in 1997.","authors":"A Miles, K E Weaver, A Glasier","doi":"10.1783/147118900101194553","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1783/147118900101194553","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Osteoporosis is a growing public health issue for the UK's ageing population. Many older women want know if they are at risk of osteoporosis and if preventive treatment, particularly in the form of hormone replacement therapy (HRT), would be advisable. This results in many women being referred for bone mineral density (BMD) scanning, whether or not they have recognised risk factors for osteoporosis. We present the results of a review of 228 referrals for BMD scan from a community-based menopause clinic. The results are categorised by the indications for the scan. The implications for the future of BMD investigations are considered in the light of ongoing discussion about population screening.</p>","PeriodicalId":22378,"journal":{"name":"The British journal of family planning","volume":"26 3","pages":"136-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1783/147118900101194553","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21759678","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Subdermal contraceptive implants","authors":"E. Oloto, L. Mascarenhas","doi":"10.1783/147118900101194454","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1783/147118900101194454","url":null,"abstract":"Subdermal contraceptive implants are an additional approach to meeting the world-wide need for more effective and acceptable birth control. They provide long-acting, highly effective and reversible contraception by achieving low and stable concentrations of synthetic progestogens and require little user compliance, thereby achieving user failure rates that are similar to the method failure rates.1,2","PeriodicalId":22378,"journal":{"name":"The British journal of family planning","volume":"94 1","pages":"171 - 174"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74822962","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Report from the Affiliated Groups Meeting, Southampton, 27–28 January 2000","authors":"Dr Sarah Randall","doi":"10.1783/147118900101194436","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1783/147118900101194436","url":null,"abstract":" Local groups started with the development of the FPA clinics in the 1950s. The introduction of pills and coils generated the need for meetings to discuss issues. Pill companies offered sponsorship. Local groups were informal; some with doctors only and some combined with nurses. In the late 1960s, the FPA arranged for two doctors from each region to meet annually. NAFPD was formed in 1974. The local groups became affiliated and the annual meetings continued. 1974 Saw the introduction of free contraception and the hand-over of clinics to the NHS with doctors overseen by the Public Health Department. In 1993 there were 16 groups across the UK. In 1993 the Faculty of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care was founded and continued to support the local groups, which became affiliated to the Faculty. Now there are 24 groups, covering most of the UK, and representation from the Brook and the Society of Consultants in Reproductive Health Care. The work of the Affiliated Groups is much appreciated locally and nationally.","PeriodicalId":22378,"journal":{"name":"The British journal of family planning","volume":"130 1","pages":"167 - 167"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86532001","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Policy on the management of competing interest by The British Journal of Family Planning (BJFP)","authors":"","doi":"10.1783/147118900101194472","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1783/147118900101194472","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":22378,"journal":{"name":"The British journal of family planning","volume":"16 1","pages":"129 - 129"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87882732","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Answer Sheet","authors":"","doi":"10.1783/147118900101194535","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1783/147118900101194535","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":22378,"journal":{"name":"The British journal of family planning","volume":"51 1","pages":"183 - 183"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79995526","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Clinical performance of the levonorgestrel intra-uterine system in routine use by the UK Family Planning and Reproductive Health Research Network: 12-month report.","authors":"M Cox, S Blacksell","doi":"10.1783/147118900101194571","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1783/147118900101194571","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Doctors working in general practice and at family planning clinics throughout the UK who collaborate in the UK Family Planning and Reproductive Health Research Network were responsible for the fitting of 692 Levonorgestrel Intra-uterine Systems (LNG IUS). This study was undertaken to determine the performance of the LNG IUS in British women in routine clinical use. The 12 months cumulative life-table event rates were: pregnancy 0.6, expulsion 4.5. The continuation rate was 70.6. Removals were also required for side effects, which may be due to absorbed levonorgestrel, the removal rate being 7.4. Positive effects include effective contraception and considerably reduced quantity of bleeding for most participants. A need was identified to counsel women about the early bleeding problems, including the possibility of oligomenorrhoea or amenorrhoea. This is considered to be very important as it will help women to persevere so that they can enjoy the longer-term benefits.</p>","PeriodicalId":22378,"journal":{"name":"The British journal of family planning","volume":"26 3","pages":"143-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1783/147118900101194571","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21759680","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Competing interest.","authors":"F A Reader","doi":"10.1783/147118900101194364","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1783/147118900101194364","url":null,"abstract":"priority topic in many areas of professional and public life. It is also an important source of potential bias in the publication of scientific papers. A competing interest can have an effect at various stages of the decision making process, from the author to the peer reviewer or the editorial staff. According to the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors conflict of interest occurs ‘when a participant in the peer review and publication process—author, reviewer, or editor—has ties to activities that could inappropriately influence his or her judgment, whether or not judgment is in fact affected’.1,2 An important concept in this definition is that someone with a potential competing interest is not best placed to judge whether or not the competing interest has affected his or her judgement. In the production of a scientific journal it is therefore important to make declaring a potential competing interest an open process. This will develop and maintain public trust in the credibility of the outcomes of published papers. Failure to ensure this could ultimately lead to the promotion of clinical management that may not be in the best interest of patients. Discovery of an undisclosed potential competing interest could have a detrimental affect on the reputations of institutions, individual professionals, journal staff and the journal itself. With this in mind the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal made it a priority to establish a policy for the management of competing interest by the Journal. The Editorial Advisory Board (EAB) decided to adopt the term ‘competing interest’ as it avoids any implication of wrongdoing. A small working party was established to prepare a working paper on competing interest. From this","PeriodicalId":22378,"journal":{"name":"The British journal of family planning","volume":"26 3","pages":"127, 129"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1783/147118900101194364","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21760268","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}