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LARC use decreases as perceived barriers to use increase Perceived barriers are the strongest predictor of women’s use of long-acting forms of reversible contraception (LARC), with use decreasing as barriers increase. In one Welsh qualitative study barriers included fear and embarrassment. Ironically, increases in “health motivation to reduce pregnancy” and “perceived behavioural control” reduced the odds of a woman using LARC – which might seem counterintuitive until one considers that women who score highly on these parameters probably see themselves as able to manage the use of non-LARC methods.