The American Academy of Natural Family Planning

The effect of a video intervention on knowledge, awareness and perception of Natural Procreative Technology (NaProTechnology) among pharmacy undergraduate students in Nigeria

Mosanya AU et al., 2023

Natural Procreative Technology (NaProTechnology) is a system of management of infertility and other reproductive health issues which requires the application of a woman’s observation and record of key events throughout her menstrual cycle. The study assessed the knowledge, awareness, and perception of NaProTechnology as well as the effect of an educational intervention among pharmacy undergraduate students at University of Nigeria, Nsukka. It was a cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study. The ethical approval was obtained from the research ethics committee of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. At baseline, the knowledge, awareness and perception of the students were assessed. Followed by the administration of an educational video on NaProTechnology. Then a post intervention survey was done to assess the effect of the educational intervention. s There were 410 and 350 students in the preand post-intervention surveys respectively with relatively equal number of males and females. Majority were between 18 and 29 years old. Less than 5% were married while the highest proportion of the respondents were from 300 level The knowledge, awareness, and positive perception of NaProTechnology among the pharmacy students prior to intervention were poor but improved markedly post intervention (P < 0.001). A video intervention was effective in improving the short-term knowledge, awareness and positive perception of NaProTechnology among pharmacy students. s What is already known on this topic? Natural Procreative Technology (NaProTechnology) is a system of management of infertility based on the observation and record of fertility biomarkers by a woman. s? The level of knowledge, awareness, and positive perception of NaProTechnology among the pharmacy undergraduates students were poor prior to a video intervention but How this study might affect research, practice or policy? This study would lead to the public health system approach of informing, educating and communicating NaProTechnology to pharmacy students to achieve long-term effects by using well-designed courses and curriculum implementation.

The Medical & Surgical Practice of NaProTechnology

Hilgers TW, 2004

A critical woman-centred review of Is Menstruation Obsolete? By Coutinho and Segal

Hitchcock CL et al., 1999

Is Menstruation Obsolete? argues that regular monthly bleeding is not the “natural” state of women, and that it actually places them at risk of several medical conditions of varying severity. The authors maintain that while menstruation may be culturally significant, it is not medically meaningful. Moreover, they propose that suppressing menstruation has remarkable health advantages. Because of cultural changes, shorter durations of breast feeding, and birth control, the reproductive patterns of modern women no longer resemble that of their Stone age ancestors. Women have moved from the age of incessant reproduction to the age of incessant menstruation. Consequently, they often suffer from clinical disorders anemia, endometriosis, and PMS, just to name a few. The authors encourage readers to recognize what has gone previously unnoticed that this monthly discomfort is simply not obligatory. They present compelling evidence that the suppression of menstruation is a viable option for women today, and that it can be easily attained through the use of birth control pills. In fact, they reveal that contraceptive manufacturers, knowing that many women equate menstruation with femininity and that without monthly bleeding would fear that they were pregnant, engineered pill dosage regimens to ensure the continuation of their cycles. Indeed, throughout history societies have assigned menstruation powerful meaning, and Is Menstruation Obsolete? presents a fascinating history of how menstruation inspired doctors to try therapeutic bleeding for a variety of ailments, and how this therapy remained dominant in Western medicine until the early 20th century. Is Menstruation Obsolete? offers women a fresh view of menstruation, providing them with the information they need to make progressive choices about their health. This is a message whose time has come.

The Mucus Symptoms Length and Subphases During the Fertile Age: A Review of Odeblad E's Findings

Odeblad E, 1986·International Review of Natural Family Planning