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Multisite Effectiveness Study Of The Marquette Method Of Natural Family Planning Program, Qiyan Mu, Richard J. Fehring, Thomas Bouchard
Multisite Effectiveness Study Of The Marquette Method Of Natural Family Planning Program, Qiyan Mu, Richard J. Fehring, Thomas Bouchard
College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications
Women of reproductive age need reliable and effective family planning methods to manage their fertility. Natural family planning (NFP) methods or fertility awareness-based methods (FABMs) have been increasingly used by women due to their health benefits. Nevertheless, effectiveness of these natural methods remains inconsistent, and these methods are difficult for healthcare providers to implement in their clinical practice. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the Marquette Model NFP system to avoid pregnancy for women at multiple teaching sites using twelve months of retrospectively collected teaching data. Survival analysis (Kaplan–Meier) was used to determine typical unintended …