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Sexual and Contraceptive Behaviors among Adolescents Requesting Emergency Contraception
Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, 2016Unintended pregnancy rates in the United States remain high among adolescents. Emergency contraception (EC) provides the only option for pregnancy prevention after unprotected sex. To better define the population of adolescents who request and use EC pills, we performed a post hoc analysis of an over-the-counter simulation study of EC pills.Teen ...
Carrie Cwiak +4 more
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Contraceptive choices for behaviorally disordered women
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 1993Women with psychologic disturbances of depression, anxiety, or thought disorganization pose a special management problem when providing a safe and effective means of contraception. The difficulty is compounded by the fact that many mentally disturbed women also abuse drugs.
L D, Hankoff, P D, Darney
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Intention to Use Contraceptives and Subsequent Contraceptive Behavior in Morocco
Studies in Family Planning, 1996In this article, the relationship between stated intention to use contraceptives and subsequent use during a three-year period in Morocco is examined. Longitudinal data are drawn from two Demographic and Health Surveys: the 1992 Morocco DHS and the 1995 Morocco Panel Survey.
S L, Curtis, C F, Westoff
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Contraceptive Behaviors in Adolescents
Pediatric Annals, 2005A wide range of factors influence adolescents' contraceptive behaviors, from personal characteristics to family context to social support to knowledge about and access to contraception. Improving knowledge about contraception and counseling about successful contraceptive use can be helpful in decreasing the remarkably high US rates of adolescent ...
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Adolescent contraceptive behavior: A review.
Psychological Bulletin, 1985This review examines the psychologically oriented literature on adolescent contraceptive use. Descriptive studies individual difference studies and theory-based studies from family planning medical and applied journals are covered as well as studies appearing in psychology journals. The findings indicate that many teenagers are startlingly uninformed
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Cognitive Analysis of Contraceptive Behavior
Image: the Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 1988This paper presents a new approach to contraceptive behavior–an approach that draws on research and theory in the areas of memory and information processing. The approach generates a model for predicting both pregnancy risk taking and risk‐avoidance behaviors.
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Effects of Contraceptive Education on Adolescent Male Contraceptive Behavior and Attitudes
Health Education, 1989The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between contraceptive education and adolescent male contraceptive behavior and attitudes. A limitation of the study is that a convenience sample of 6 high schools was used to collect data.
M E, Taylor +3 more
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Contraceptive embarrassment and contraceptive behavior among young single women
Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1981The purpose of this paper was to determine factors predictive of contraceptive embarrassment and to determine the relationship of contraceptive embarrassment to contraceptive use among young unmarried females. Contraceptive embarrassment was measured by an 8 item scale. Data were obtained from 265 nonvirgin high school and university females who were
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[Sex education, sex behavior, contraception].
Padiatrie und Padologie, 1991Sexual behavior has changed during the last decades. Teenage fertility rate, and the number of gonococcal infections are both extremely high; the incidence of HIV-infections is increasing. Preventive measures include sex education. Sex education may help the adolescents to identify their own goals for sexual behavior, to avoid unintended and unwanted ...
M, Borkenstein +3 more
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