- Causes, enablers and perceived solutions to teenage pregnancy: a qualitative study in a South-Western State in Nigeria. [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: among other causes of teenage pregnancy identified in this study, poverty was a recurring theme. Therefore, there is, a need for the government of Nigeria to combat poverty at all levels, as a strategy to curb teenage pregnancy while not neglecting other causes.
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- Unwanted Family Planning: Prevalence Estimates for 56 Countries. [Journal Article]Stud Fam Plann. 2023 Jan 27 [Online ahead of print]SF
- While there is a large literature on the prevalence of unmet need for family planning, there is no matching quantitative evidence on the prevalence of unwanted family planning; all contraceptive use is assumed to represent a "met need." This lack of evidence raises concerns that some observed contraceptive use may be undesired and coercive. We provide estimates of unwanted family planning using D…
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- Informed Contraceptive Decisions: A Qualitative Study of Hispanic Teens in New Mexico. [Case Reports]
- CONCLUSIONS: Among both LARC and non-LARC groups, peer influence was the most frequently cited reason for contraceptive decision making. Relationships with family were cited as barriers for Hispanic teens, where lack of communication and abstinence-only beliefs made it difficult to seek contraception. Findings demonstrate that teens selected LARCs because of the impacts on menstrual cycles and clinician influence. Teens who did not self-select LARC discussed ease of protection and the utilization of birth control as a transition to LARC.
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- Stigma of infidelity associated with condom use explains low rates of condom uptake: qualitative data from Uganda and Tanzania. [Journal Article]
- Despite widespread messaging supporting male (external) condom use to prevent HIV in endemic settings, utilization of condoms is low across sub-Saharan Africa. A thorough understanding of barriers to condom use as a form of HIV prevention is necessary to reduce HIV transmission. Here, we present qualitative data from rural eastern Africa to explain low utilization of condoms among heterosexual ad…
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- Overcome the Fear (Vencer el Miedo): using entertainment education to impact adolescent sexual and reproductive health and parent-child communication in Mexico. [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests that viewership of a high-quality entertainment-education telenovela informed by extensive formative research is related to adolescent health outcomes and to parent-adolescent SRH communication on a country-wide scale in Mexico. Entertainment-education remains an underutilized public health strategy, despite its promise to engage viewers and motivate healthful behaviors.
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- Endotext: Male Contraception [BOOK]Endotext. MDText.com, Inc.: South Dartmouth (MA)BOOK
- Men continue to have a strong interest and commitment to effective family planning. Traditional methods of male contraception have long included periodic abstinence, non-vaginal ejaculation, condoms and vasectomy, the latter two representing physical methods to prevent sperm from reaching the site of fertilization. However, for male contraception the reversible methods are not reliable, and the o…
- [Male contraception: what are the currently available options?] [Journal Article]Rev Med Suisse. 2022 Nov 30; 18(806):2285-2288.RM
- Male contraception plays a small role in global contraception. However, safe and effective means exist and are available with a low failure rate, such as vasectomy or to a lesser extent, condoms. Other so-called natural methods are used despite being less effective, such as periodic abstinence or withdrawal. Finally, new methods are currently being evaluated or developed, such as thermal contrace…
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- "It was protected, except, it wasn't [with] a condom": a mixed-methods study of BBVs/STIs protective practices among International University Students in Sydney, Australia. [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: Based on the results of this study, tailored sexual health interventions for international students; which incorporate strategies for modifying perceived sexual norms in Australia, are advocated. In addition, this study recommends sexual health interventions that promote dual protection of condoms for both contraception and BBVs/STIs.
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- "She is courageous because she does not care what people think about her…": attitudes toward adolescent contraception use among Rwandan family planning providers and adult female modern contraceptive users. [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: To destigmatize premarital sexual activity, government efforts to initiate communication about this topic must occur at national and community levels with the goal of continued conversation within the family. The government should also train family planning providers and all health personnel interacting with youth on adolescent-friendly health services. Dialogue between community members and family planning providers about adolescent access to contraceptive services could also reduce barriers for adolescents due to community members' generally supportive views on adolescent contraceptive use. Efforts to engage adolescent caregivers in how to talk to youth about sex could also contribute to expanded use.
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- Trends in the teaching of sexual and reproductive health topics and skills in required courses in secondary schools, in 38 US states between 2008 and 2018. [Journal Article]Health Educ Res. 2023 Jan 20; 38(1):84-94.HE
- Information about state and local education policies regarding sexually transmitted infections, including human immunodeficiency virus, and unintended pregnancy prevention is available, yet less is known about school-level implementation of such policies. We examine trends in the percentage of US secondary schools teaching sexual and reproductive health (SRH) topics in a required course in Grades…
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- Fertility and contraception: The experience of Spanish women born in the first half of the twentieth century. [Journal Article]Popul Stud (Camb). 2022 Oct 18 [Online ahead of print]PS
- New data based on retrospective interviews with older informants enable us to review the history of contraceptive use among Spanish women over much of the twentieth century. This source is unique because it includes cohorts of women whose reproductive lives took place before, during, and after the baby boom. Traditional contraceptive methods (withdrawal and periodic abstinence) were central to th…
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- Childbearing intentions, fertility awareness knowledge and contraceptive use among female university students in Cameroon. [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: Most of the female students intend to have children in the future, but their fertility awareness knowledge was suboptimal. There was a statistically significant relationship between fertility awareness knowledge, and the use of male condoms and the withdrawal method. The study underscores the need for FUS to be targeted with interventions to help them gain knowledge of their menstrual cycle to better plan or avoid unwanted pregnancy.
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- Gender norms and ideologies about adolescent sexuality: A mixed-method study of adolescents in communities, south-eastern, Nigeria. [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: Adolescents' beliefs about sexuality underline the need to contextualize interventions to address these norms and ideologies.
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- The Need for Earlier Implementation of Comprehensive Sexual Education Within a Formal Classroom Setting and Beyond Based on the Influences of Technology. [Review]
- Abstinence-only education taught predominately via formal classroom instruction has continuously been emphasized throughout history and in classrooms today. Although abstinence-only methods are often stressed, contraceptive education is occasionally but not consistently implemented in school curricula. A variety of other instructional delivery methods include student-peer education, education out…
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- StatPearls: Tubal Sterilization [BOOK]StatPearls. StatPearls Publishing: Treasure Island (FL)BOOK
- Tubal Sterilization is performed at the request of women who have completed childbearing and desire an effective and irreversible form of birth control.[1] It can be performed at any time during a woman's cycle and in the immediate postpartum or postabortal period.[2] It may be performed via laparoscopy, mini-laparotomy, or hysteroscopy.[2] Apart from contraceptive benefits, there are some studie…
- Determinants of female condom use among female tertiary students in the Hohoe Municipality of Ghana using the Health Belief Model. [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: Female students in the current study exhibited poor utilization of the FC. Health promotion interventions should, therefore, focus on increasing their self-efficacy for FC use.
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- Trends and Characteristics of #HIVPrevention Tweets Posted Between 2014 and 2019: Retrospective Infodemiology Study. [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: Twitter may be a useful source for identifying HIV prevention trends. During our evaluation period (2014-2019), the most frequently mentioned prevention topics were PrEP and HIV testing in tweets using #HIVPrevention. Strategic responses to these tweets that provide information about where to get tested or how to obtain PrEP may be potential approaches to reduce HIV incidence.
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- Outcomes in Subsequent Pregnancies of Individuals With Opioid Use Disorder Treated in Multidisciplinary Clinic in Prior Pregnancy. [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: Participation in multidisciplinary obstetric and opioid use disorder program increases rate of MOUD in subsequent pregnancy with decrease in illicit drug use.
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- Emergency contraception in the iPLEDGE program: A cross-sectional survey of pediatric dermatology provider understanding and practice. [Journal Article]Pediatr Dermatol. 2022 Sep; 39(5):727-730.PD
- For patients with acne treated with the teratogen isotretinoin, emergency contraception (EC) is the only recourse when abstinence fails or effective contraception is not properly used. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the current understanding and provision of EC among pediatric dermatology providers. The survey found that 37% (21/57) of providers indicated they were at least somewhat co…
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- Sexual Communication between Adolescent Partners: A Scoping Review and Directions for Future Research. [Review]J Sex Res. 2022 Oct; 59(8):984-999.JS
- Sexual communication between adolescent partners is an important component of sexual health and wellbeing. Over 40 years of research on adolescent sexual communication has yielded rich information, yet there remain gaps in our understanding of the communication process. The purpose of this scoping review was to synthesize the body of research on adolescent sexual communication to identify how com…
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- StatPearls: Vasectomy [BOOK]StatPearls. StatPearls Publishing: Treasure Island (FL)BOOK
- There are many options to prevent pregnancy; abstinence, withdrawal method, condoms, spermicidal solutions, diaphragms, cervical cups, intrauterine devices, oral contraceptive pills, long-acting hormonal implants, depo injections, lactation amenorrhea method, emergency contraception techniques, vasectomy, and tubal ligation. This activity is an overview of vasectomy, its technique and its role in…
- Association between history of abortion and current use of contraceptives among Mongolian Women. [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: Our results demonstrated a significant association between history of abortion and contraceptive use. Public health interventions aiming to improve maternal health outcomes through contraceptive use should target women with a history of abortion to improve their uptake.
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- Effects of gender-transformative relationships and sexuality education to reduce adolescent pregnancy (the JACK trial): a cluster-randomised trial. [Randomized Controlled Trial]
- The need to engage boys in gender-transformative relationships and sexuality education (RSE) to reduce adolescent pregnancy is endorsed by WHO. We aimed to test an intervention which used a gender-transformative approach to engage adolescents in RSE to prevent unprotected sex.
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- Alcohol consumption at age 18-25 and number of children at a 33-year follow-up: Individual and within-pair analyses of Finnish twins. [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: Compared to moderate levels of drinking, both abstinence and heavier drinking in late adolescence/early adulthood predicted a greater likelihood of lifetime childlessness and eventual number of children. Familial confounds do not fully explain these associations.
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- Ziritaxestat Drug-Drug Interaction with Oral Contraceptives: Role of SULT1E1 Inhibition. [Journal Article]
- In vitro signals indicate that ziritaxestat is a weak cytochrome P450 (CYP) 3A4 inhibitor and inducer. Therefore, potential drug-drug interactions (DDIs) with oral contraceptives were examined at a time when ziritaxestat was under development for treatment of fibrotic diseases. This open-label, crossover (fixed sequence) DDI study enrolled healthy, nonpregnant women aged 18-65 years (n = 15) who …
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- Pattern of contraceptive use among reproductive-aged women with diabetes and/or hypertension: findings from Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey. [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: In Bangladesh, women with both diabetes and hypertension were more likely to use traditional contraception methods. These women are likely to experience increased risks of unwanted pregnancies and associated adverse maternal and child health outcomes. Targeted policies and programs should be undertaken to promote modern contraceptive use among women living with both chronic conditions.
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- Sexual behaviors at home and abroad: an online survey of Canadian young adult travelers. [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: Although many young Canadian respondents practiced abstinence in their 2016 travel, for sexually-active travelers, new partner-type was related to high risk sexual behaviors. Young Canadians exhibited sexual risk behaviors both at-home and while travelling; suggesting the need for both domestic and pre-travel sexual health interventions.
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- Averting neonatal abstinence syndrome and treating addiction among rural, opioid-using young women. [Journal Article]Am J Addict. 2022 09; 31(5):441-446.AJ
- CONCLUSIONS: Study findings indicate the potential efficacy of a single-session, peer-delivered counseling intervention for linking women with OUD and at high risk of unintended pregnancy to MOUD and to services that provide women with highly reliable contraceptives.
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- ‘The chances are zero’: a qualitative study on perceived susceptibility to pregnancy among women experiencing homelessness. [Journal Article]Sex Health. 2022 06; 19(3):164-171.SH
- CONCLUSIONS: Given the need to have higher susceptibility to pregnancy without contraceptive use for consistent contraception uptake, findings may explain the lack of contraceptive behaviours and contraception preferences related to pregnancy desire.
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- An Unstructured Supplementary Service Data-Based mHealth App Providing On-Demand Sexual Reproductive Health Information for Adolescents in Kibra, Kenya: Randomized Controlled Trial. [Randomized Controlled Trial]
- CONCLUSIONS: Adolescents require accurate and up-to-date SRH information to guide their decision-making and improve health outcomes. As adolescents already use mobile phones in their day-to-day lives, apps provide an ideal platform for this information. A USSD-based app could be an appropriate tool for increasing SRH knowledge among adolescents in low-resource settings. Adolescents in the study valued the information provided because it helped them identify SRH topics on which they needed more information.
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