Infrequent intercourse or prolonged periods without it can result in a narrowing of the vagina that can be countered by the use of lubricated vaginal dilators.
Stated reasons for absence of contraception in undocumented migrants were: infrequent intercourse, 22%; short term contraception interruption (running out of pills, pill side effects, or lack of money to buy pills), 20%; belief of being infertile, 16%; partner had refused to use condoms, 10%; lacking knowledge on contraceptive methods, 6% ; and not knowing where to get contraception, 6%.
The reason can be mindset, for example, perceiving low risk of HIV infection as a result of having infrequent sexual intercourse.
Reasons for low use included fear of side effects, history of side effects, discontinuation of hormonal contraception for treatment of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis, unplanned (including forced) sex, perceived personal, or partner infertility, or infrequent sexual intercourse.
For all models, individuals classified into more problematic classes showed higher proportions of early sexual intercourse, infrequent condom use, receiving money for sexual services, and ever contracting an STD.
1 5 6 This strategy can be antibiotic sparing if sexual intercourse is infrequent and antibiotics are given only postcoitally.
The 1988 Canada Youth and AIDS Study indicated that adolescents may not necessarily continue with their method of contraception if their relationship breaks up or if intercourse is infrequent[ 19].
The consumption of alcohol on the occasion of sexual intercourse was infrequent in our sample, and the impact on inconsistent condom use was relatively similar in men and women.
It was shown that frequent unsafe injection practice (sharing needles and syringes once a day or more) and frequent unsafe sex (intercourses with 'sometimes or never' condom use) with casual partners were significantly associated with HIV infection, while with commercial sexual partners intercourses with 'always or often' rather than infrequent condom use showed significant association.
Because a hormonal method used only at the time of intercourse may be desirable for women who have infrequent sex, we conducted a study to reevaluate the potential of pericoital LNG as a primary means of contraception.
In addition, the fact that ECs can be taken after sexual intercourse has taken place, fits with young people's sex lives, which they described as involving infrequent and often unplanned encounters.
