To help women choose the most suitable contraception, the agency linked to the Ministry of Health offers a detailed questionnaire available online.
Pill, IUD, condom or implant? There is not a perfect method of contraception that would suit all women, but a multitude of possibilities according to the needs of each one. To help them make this choice, Public Health France provides a online quiz. The answers make it possible to obtain several recommendations according to the profile and the antecedents.
A questionnaire developed by a panel of health professionals
“Public health France seeks to deliver information adapted to the needs of eachexplains Sylvie Quelet, director of the Prevention and health promotion unit at Public Health France, in a communicated. In the field of contraception, this means promoting contraceptive diversity and disseminating reliable and accessible information so that everyone can make an informed choice.” The questionnaire was developed with midwives, gynecologists, pharmacists, general practitioners and association representatives.
It contains about fifteen questions divided into different categories: the “me” with information on age, the methods of contraception already used and the level of satisfaction, the “my preferences” part according to the mode of application or taking, side effects and “my health” where participants provide family medical history, tobacco use, etc. At the end, each participant has access to a ranking of the different contraceptives between the “most suitable”, the “probable contraindicated” and the “possible”. Participants can download the answers to then discuss with their doctor or another health professional.
Conclusive trials
Public Health France carried out a test prior to putting the questionnaire online. More than 2,600 women participated: they wanted to either start contraception or change it. For 95% of them, women feel concerned by the tool and almost all of them found it understandable. The results were interesting for a majority of the respondents: 87% were offered methods of contraception which they had not thought of before.
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