Covert Contraception

Uses

Risks & contraindications

Highlighted claims

• Girls and young women used contraception covertly mainly because they feared violent retaliation from partners or parents if use was discovered. — Intersections of menstruation, gender-based violence and contraceptive use: qualitative insights from girls and young women’s experiences in western Kenyan family planning clinics
• Participants concealed contraceptive use by disguising clinic visits, hiding pills, covering implant sites, and choosing injectable methods. — Intersections of menstruation, gender-based violence and contraceptive use: qualitative insights from girls and young women’s experiences in western Kenyan family planning clinics
• Providers sometimes helped adolescents conceal contraceptive use through clinic practices such as storing appointment cards and writing false prescriptions. — Intersections of menstruation, gender-based violence and contraceptive use: qualitative insights from girls and young women’s experiences in western Kenyan family planning clinics
• Hormonal contraceptive side effects such as heavy or irregular bleeding could expose covert use by raising partners' suspicions. — Intersections of menstruation, gender-based violence and contraceptive use: qualitative insights from girls and young women’s experiences in western Kenyan family planning clinics