This original reasearch, from Rebecca French and colleages, explores how women and their partners navigate planning a pregnancy, and what role Natural Cycles° fertility awareness technology plays in this process. Find the open access article here: ow.ly/6fFn50CUGqV

'The point is, we’re not looking at the activity itself, we’re looking at the higher level – WHY the activity works.'

Helen Burchett on her new CEDIL, using innovative methods in #SRH .

Rebecca French Dylan Kneale

Read the interview⬇️

bit.ly/332a5nt

Great video by Pippa Grenfell summarising findings from theFreyjaStudy

Pippa Grenfell , Nerissa Tilouche, Jill Shawe, Rebecca French
have published #openaccess 'Fertility and digital technology: narratives of using smartphone app ‘Natural Cycles’ while trying to conceive'. theFreyjaStudy London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @ PlymUni onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Excellent article by Maria Lewandowska on abortion situation in Poland.

New research Sociology of Health and Illness Journal from the Freyja Study London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine & University of Plymouth on the role of fertility awareness technology in planning a #pregnancy

Interviews explored experiences of users and partners using Natural Cycles when trying to conceive

Free to access➡️bit.ly/2I72a0m

Thanks to co-authors: Lizzie Cecil Alex Bottle Rebecca French Prof. Sonia Saxena 💙

And Caroline (past salaried GP). She is role-playing a patient here. 🙏😀

PS: The chart is an illustration of what I *thought* I would find ...🤔
2/11

Thanks BBC Woman's Hour and listeners for the opportunity to discuss both benefits and side effects associated with contraceptive pill use, including the possible advantages for women of continuous use without the hormone-free interval.

The dismantling of Public Health England risks loss of continuity of SRH interventions.

We urge Department of Health and Social Care to include orgs such as FSRH in the Stakeholder Advisory Group to provide advice around the future of PHE’s remaining functions. ow.ly/oNp550B3vPP Matt Hancock