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Key Results
“The goal here was not to be able to generalize, but to obtain insight into the actual current practice of calendar methods. Thus, it is particularly telling that even within the relatively homogeneous groups studied, variation was great in, for example, the knowledge of the fertility cycle, sources of information about calendar methods, and practices during the fertile time” and “not all users of calendar methods have accurate knowledge of the fertility cycle.”
Conclusion
Calendar and periodic abstinence method users do not all know how to make correct calendar calculations of the fertile period, report being sexually active during the fertile period, and desire a more comprehensive approach to sexual behavior during the fertile period. Men’s roles in the methods should be enhanced, and credible resources in the community should be enlisted to improve education, information, and communication.