title: Introducing the low-dose pill to Bangladesh; issues of continuation and failure.
abstract: In response to government plans to introduce a low-dose pill to the national family planning program of Bangladesh, a comparison of the performance of low-dose and standard-dose pills among a rural Bangladeshi population was conducted. Continuation rates were found to be better among users of the low-dose pill and there was no evidence that failure rates were higher. The relative risk (standard-dose vs. low-dose) over the first 30 months following adoption was 1.25 for first method continuation, and 1.29 for extended use failure. This paper, thus, provides evidence that low-dose pills may be a suitable method of contraception for rural Bangladeshi women.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Population Studies, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Salway
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Fauveau
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chakrabarty
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001459:Bangladesh; D003276:Contraceptives, Oral / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004522:Educational Status; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D010349:Patient Compliance; D012424:Rural Population; D012923:Social Class
chemical_list: D003276:Contraceptives, Oral