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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:

International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences REF H 40 .A2 I5 2008
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
Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World REF D 205 .O94 2008 v.1
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 on File  "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 Select Edition
Health and Wellness Resource Center Education Research Complete  CINAHL Plus Full Text

 

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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