Fertility Awareness Methods and Apps course for Allied Health

This session explores the mechanism of action of different fertility awareness methods, their advantages and disadvantages, and how to use these methods to prevent pregnancy.

Learning objectives

By the end of this session you will be able to:

• 3.9.1 Describe the mechanisms of action of fertility awareness  methods (FAM) for fertility control 
• 3.9.2 List the advantages and disadvantages of fertility awareness methods including use of monitoring devices and apps

Fertility awareness methods (FAM) rely on predicting the fertile time/fertile window in the menstrual cycle using a variety of different physiological indicators and/or fertility tests.