ReviewFrontiers in medicine2022
Fertility Awareness-Based Methods for Women's Health and Family Planning.
Review in Frontiers in medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07248046 (Comparing Cervical Mucus, PDG, LH, and Basal Body Temperature Combinations for Ovulation and Luteal Phase Identification Using the Premom Smartphone App Versus User-Read Test Results), which is not on this map. Cited by 35 papers.
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Comparing Cervical Mucus, PDG, LH, and Basal Body Temperature Combinations for Ovulation and Luteal Phase Identification Using the Premom Smartphone App Versus User-Read Test Results: A Prospective Observational Study
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35 citing papers in PubMed, 68 citations in OpenAlex.
- A randomized trial of web-based fertility-tracking software and fecundability.Fertility and sterility · 2023Trial
- 'The Right to Have a Family Should Not Be Determined by Your Postcode': Rural Community Experiences With Fertility Care.The Australian journal of rural health · 2026Article
- Mapping the evidence on factors influencing postpartum contraception among sub-Saharan African immigrant and refugee women in the United States: a scoping review.Reproductive health · 2026Article
- Use effectiveness of the symptothermal method to ameliorate unmet need for family planning in Kisumu County, Kenya.International health · 2026Article
- Potential increase of the U.S. total fertility rate resulting from restorative treatment of unresolved subfertility: a simulation study.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2026Article
- Abortion patients' perspectives on enhancing a telemedicine model of post-abortion contraception: a qualitative study.BMJ sexual & reproductive health · 2025Article
- The menstrual cycle is a vital sign across the lifespan.The Lancet. Obstetrics, gynaecology, & women's health · 2025Article
- "Do You Know What Birth Control Actually Does to Your Body?": Assessing Contraceptive Information on TikTok.Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health · 2025Article
- Fertility awareness in 97,414 women trying to conceive: gaps, misconceptions, and implications for reproductive education.Reproductive health · 2025Article
- A Novel Machine Learning Model for Predicting Natural Conception Using Non-Laboratory-Based Data.Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) · 2025Article
- The Menstrual Cycle as a Vital Sign: a comprehensive review.F&S reviews · 2025Article
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- Training in the symptothermal method to ameliorate unmet need for family planning: knowledge, attitudes and satisfaction.International health · 2025Article
- Individual and community-level factors associated with ovulatory cycle knowledge among women in Ghana: a multilevel analysis of recent demographic and health survey data.Contraception and reproductive medicine · 2025Article
- Conception and fertility: A survey examining the practices, attitudes, and knowledge of reproductive-age Greek women.European journal of midwifery · 2025Article
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- What midwives should know about fertility awareness and its impact on reproductive behavior.European journal of midwifery · 2025Article
- Variables Associated with Knowledge of the Fertile Window in Women and Men in Colombia and Ecuador.Women's health reports (New Rochelle, N.Y.) · 2025Article
- An Evaluation of Controversial Statements in Etica Teologica Della Vita.The Linacre quarterly · 2024Article
- Evaluating Pregnancy Rates in Fertility Awareness-Based Methods for Family Planning: Simulated Comparison of Correct Use to Avoid, Method-Related, and Total Pregnancy Rates.The Linacre quarterly · 2024Article
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Abstract
Background: Fertility awareness-based methods (FABMs) educate about reproductive health and enable tracking and interpretation of physical signs, such as cervical fluid secretions and basal body temperature, which reflect the hormonal changes women experience on a cyclical basis during the years of ovarian activity. Some methods measure relevant hormone levels directly. Most FABMs allow women to identify ovulation and track this "vital sign" of the menstrual or female reproductive cycle, through daily observations recorded on cycle charts (paper or electronic). Applications: Physicians can use the information from FABM charts to guide the diagnosis and management of medical conditions and to support or restore healthy function of the reproductive and endocrine systems, using a restorative reproductive medical (RRM) approach. FABMs can also be used by couples to achieve or avoid pregnancy and may be most effective when taught by a trained instructor. Challenges: Information about individual FABMs is rarely provided in medical education. Outdated information is widespread both in training programs and in the public sphere. Obtaining accurate information about FABMs is further complicated by the numerous period tracking or fertility apps available, because very few of these apps have evidence to support their effectiveness for identifying the fertile window, for achieving or preventing pregnancy. Conclusions: This article provides an overview of different types of FABMs with a published evidence base, apps and resources for learning and using FABMs, the role FABMs can play in medical evaluation and management, and the effectiveness of FABMs for family planning, both to achieve or to avoid pregnancy.
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