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Richard J Fehring

2009

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Cohort Comparison Of Two Fertility Awareness Methods Of Family Planning, Richard Fehring, Mary Schneider, Mary Barron, Kathleen Raviele Feb 2009

Cohort Comparison Of Two Fertility Awareness Methods Of Family Planning, Richard Fehring, Mary Schneider, Mary Barron, Kathleen Raviele

Richard J Fehring

OBJECTIVE: To determine if an electronic hormonal fertility monitor aided method (EHFM) of family planning is more effective than a cervical mucus only method (CMM) in helping couples to avoid pregnancy. STUDY DESIGN: Six hundred twenty-eight women were taught how to avoid pregnancy with either the EHFM (n=313) or the CMM (n = 315). Both methods involved standardized group teaching and individual follow-up. All pregnancies were reviewed and classified by health professionals. Correct use and total unintended pregnancy rates over 12 months of use were determined by survival analysis. Comparisons of unintended pregnancies between the 2 methods were made by …


Efficacy And Efficiency In Natural Family Planning Services, Richard Fehring Jan 2009

Efficacy And Efficiency In Natural Family Planning Services, Richard Fehring

Richard J Fehring

Relatively few Catholic couples in the United States use modern methods of natural family planning (NFP). So too, few Catholic physicians and health professionals prescribe the use of NFP methods for their patients. Reasons for low use of NFP methods include their perceived low efficacy; the complexity of learning, using, and teaching these methods; and the prolonged (and often unnecessary) required abstinence. Newer and simplified methods of NFP have been developed by physicians and scientists that are less complex and use modern technologies of detecting fertility and communicating instructions. Catholic physicians and scientists need to continue to answer the call …


The Catholic Physician And Natural Family Planning: Helping To Build The Culture Of Life, Richard Fehring Dec 2008

The Catholic Physician And Natural Family Planning: Helping To Build The Culture Of Life, Richard Fehring

Richard J Fehring

This paper is based on the author's answer to a question from Theresa Notare, director of the Natural Family Planning Program of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, about what Catholic scientists and physicians can do to promote NFP and what the Catholic Church in the United States can do to help physicians and health professionals promote NFP. The paper reviews the Church's historical call for health professionals to study and to teach NFP methods, briefly analyzes the current state of NFP in Catholic health care, and provides an answer to Dr. Notare from the perspectives of research, education, and …