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BIRTH CONTROL 

 

DEFINITION: (Contraception) a process or technique for the prevention of pregnancy by means of medication, device, or method, that blocks, or alters, one or more of the processes of reproduction in such a way that sexual union can occur without impregnation. (Mosby's Medical Nursing & Allied Health Dictionary)

 

NARROW THE TOPIC:

·         What are some of the current birth control options?

·         What health risks are associated with contraceptive devices?

·         Should birth control be made readily available to underage teenagers?

·         Should schools distribute birth control?

·         What are some of the religious/ethical issues arising from the usage of birth control?

·         Should teenagers seeking birth control methods be required to have parental consent?

 

LINCC SUBJECT HEADINGS: Contraception; Family Planning Methods; Conception Control; Planned Parenthood; Fertility Control; Sexual abstinence; Sex instruction

 

SPECIALIZED SOURCES SHELVED IN THE REFERENCE AREA:

Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties REF KF 4747.5 .E53 2006
Encyclopedia of Environment and Society REF HM 856 .E53 2007
Poverty in the United States: An Encyclopedia of History, Politics and Policy REF HC 110 .P6 P598 2004 v.1
Women and the Law     "Contraceptives" REF KF 478 .K84 2003
West’s Encyclopedia of American Law REF KF 154 .W47

 

AVAILABLE AT THE REFERENCE DESK:

CQ Researcher  "Birth-Control Debate"  6/24/2005

Issues & Controversies "Teen Pregnancy" 9/01/00; "Sex Education" 1/05/01; "Abstinence-Only Education" 5/24/2002; "Teen Sex" 9/16/2005; "Pharmacists and the 'Right of Conscience' Laws" 3/10/06; "Birth Control Policy Update" 12/17/06

Opposing Viewpoints: Teenage Sexuality; Students' Rights; Teens At Risk; Reproductive Technologies; America's Youth

 

STATISTICS:

National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/usecontr.htm

Information Plus: Women’s Changing Role  "Contraceptive Use"  (also in the Opposing Viewpoints Database)

National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nsfg.htm

Child Trends Databank   http://www.childtrendsdatabank.org/

Global Health Facts http://www.globalhealthfacts.org/topic.jsp?i=72

 

ELECTRONIC INDEXES:

Academic Search Complete Expanded Academic ASAP OmniFile Full Text Mega
Health and Wellness Resource Center

 

FULL-TEXT NEWSPAPERS: America's Newspapers

 

INTERNET SITES:

American Life League    http://www.all.org/issues/brthcnt.htm
Emergency Contraception Website http://ec.princeton.edu/
Family Planning http://www.familyplanning.org
Planned Parenthood Federation of America http://www.plannedparenthood.org
Women's Health Issues  http://www.feminist.com/resources/links/links_health.html
Great to Wait.com    

http://www.greattowait.com

 

CITING YOUR SOURCES:

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