Contraception Lesson Objective: To know what contraception is To consider different methods of contraception and to understand their effectiveness.

Your Task Using the sheet in front of you fill in the boxes with as much information as you can to help you produce your leaflets all about Contraception.

Birth Control Pill Contraceptive Pill – It is a pill which the girl takes daily. It contains hormones which prevent pregnancy

Condoms Male Condom – The male condom is the only method of contraception boys can use. It's really just a rubber tube. It's closed at one end like the finger of a glove so that when a boy puts it over his penis it stops the sperm going inside a girl's body

Female Condom Female Condom The female condom is a fairly new barrier method. It is not as widely available as the male condom and it is more expensive

IUD or Coil ‘The IUD’ – which stands for ‘intra-uterine device.’ Most IUDs are T-shaped. They’re made of plastic and copper, sometimes with a little silver inside. They prevent your partner’s sperms from getting through your womb and into your tubes

Diaphragm and cap Diaphragms and caps fit inside the vagina and cover the cervix (entrance to the womb). They are barrier methods of contraception and stop sperm meeting an egg.

Spermicide Spermicides come in several different forms: cream, gel and foam. Most spermicides contain nonoxynol-9, a chemical that kills sperm. Spermicides can be used alone but are more effective when used with another method of birth control, such as a condom or diaphragm.

Implant Contraceptive Implant - The contraceptive implant is a small, flexible tube that's inserted under the skin in the upper arm. It slowly releases a hormone called progestogen and works for three years.

Injection Contraceptive Injection The contraceptive injection contains a hormone called progestogen and is a long-term method of contraception. It's injected into a muscle and the hormone is released very slowly into the body.

Contraceptive Patch Contraceptive Patch It's a thin, beige, sticky patch measuring 5cm x 5cm. It contains the same hormones as the combined pill: oestrogen and progestogen.

Natural Planning Withdrawal Method – The withdrawal of the penis from the vagina before the man has ejaculated. This is not very reliable Rhythm Method – When a couple abstain from sexual intercourse on the days when she is most fertile.

Tubal sterilisation is surgery to block a woman's fallopian tubes. Tubal sterilisation is a permanent form of birth control 'male sterilisation'  It works by preventing sperm from reaching the semen that is ejaculated from the man's penis during sex. It is a quick and painless surgical procedure