Approaches and Interventions to Increase Voluntary Intrauterine Contraceptive Devices (IUCD) Utilization (Research Note) (Report‪)‬

Introduction The Intrauterine Contraceptive Device (IUCD) is the family planning method of choice for approximately 150 million women worldwide and is the most commonly used form of reversible contraception (Hubacher, Vilchez et al. (2006). The global popularity of the method is driven by China, where approximately 36% of married women of reproductive age use the IUCD. Prevalence of IUCD use, however, varies tremendously around the world. For example, only 1.9% of married women in the United States use an IUCD, whereas 15% of women in Europe mad 14% in Mexico use this method (Hubacher et al. 2006).