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Information for youth on a variety of birth control methods, including condoms, the pill, emergency contraception, diaphragm and IUD.
Information on a variety of birth control methods including: birth contol pill, Depo-Provera, diaphragm, emergency contraceptive pills (ECP), female condom, intra-uterine device, lactational amenorrhea method, male condom and spermicides.
Source: City of Ottawa
If you're like most people, you got your first bits of information about pregnancy and birth control not from doctors, but from other teenagers. Here are some of the more common myths about conception and contraception - and the facts to dispel them.
Source: The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
Information about specific methods of birth control for males and females. Includes information on pros and cons, effectiveness and average cost.
Source: Thunder Bay District Health Unit
The type of birth control you should use depends on your needs. Some people only need to prevent pregnancy. Other people may also want to protect themselves or their partners from diseases that can be passed by having sex.
Source: The College of Family Physicians of Canada
Facts sheets (in .pdf format) on sixteen of the most common birth control methods with practical tips to help you and your partner make choices.
Source: Calgary Regional Health Authority
Presents a questionnaire to help identify some of the issues in deciding which method of birth control to use on a long-term basis.
Source: Women's Health Matters
There is really only one way to protect yourself from contracting an STI, and that's by practicing safe sex. And I'm not talking sometimes, or most of the time.. I'm talking every time. Protection works.."the good", the "not so good" and "the great"..facts about using condoms
Source: The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
Condoms work! When used as directed, they offer better protection against AIDS and other STIs than any other birth control method.
Source: The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
Get the facts ...how to use a female condom
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada
Get the facts How to use a male condom
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada
Confused about condoms? If you are having sex, or thinking about having sex, you need to know how to avoid sexually transmitted infections (also called sexually transmitted diseases or STD)
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada
The female condom is another safer sex option that protects women and their male partners from STDs/HIV and unplanned pregnancy. This site includes web slide show, a downloadable brochure and poster.
Source: City of Toronto
Tips on buying male condoms with a step-by-step guide to using one.
Source: Teen Health Website, Nova Scotia
Depo Provera is the injection of a hormone called progesterone, which is 99.7% effective in preventing pregnancy. Information on how it works, who should take it and possible side effects.
Source: Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington (KFL&A) Health Unit
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