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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
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