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YEAR: 1997

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Pressures influence contraceptive use.

AUTHORS

Keller S

SOURCE

NETWORK. 1997 Spring;17(3):25-7.

ABSTRACT

Many adolescents are embarrassed or unwilling to take precautions against sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).

In African countries polygamy or sex with older partners can increase for young women the risk of contracting HIV and

other STDs. Their feelings of insecurity and lack of self-confidence prevents them from seeking reproductive health

services and rejecting unwanted sexual advances. The Girls' Power Initiative in Nigeria offers confidence building

meetings to girls 10-18 years old. It also teaches job skills. Through empowerment they realize their capacity to

cope with their own prejudices and those in society. In Bangladesh girls are not allowed to leave their homes, ride a

bicycle, or go to the marketplace alone. A Baltimore, Maryland, a family planning clinic provided contraceptive

counseling, pregnancy testing, and referrals to 2 high schools during school hours for 3 years with the result of

significantly reduced pregnancy rates afterwards. Specific skills to be taught to sexually active adolescents include

the use of condoms and communication about contraceptive use and STD prevention with a partner. These

programs also address the students' specific sexual histories and safe sex behavior. In New Orleans, Louisiana, of

228 pregnant adolescent women 86% said that they knew about contraception at the time they became pregnant, but

only 16% reported using a method, which finding indicates the necessity to address psychological needs of youth.

Pregnant adolescents often face psychological or social barriers, lack of family support, and inadequate pregnancy

counseling. A Family Health International study of 519 adolescents 12-18 years old, who sought prenatal care or

abortion-related emergency services in Fortaleza, Brazil, showed that 1 woman in every 5 would have preferred to

delay the pregnancy. (You may request the complete document by mail, fax, or e-mail. Please provide the SI or

Document Number. Free to users in developing countries) (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 1002-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Pressures influence contraceptive use.", is(are) Keller S.

The source of this article is "NETWORK. 1997 Spring;17(3):25-7.". This article was published in 1997 in English

language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 1002-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 6002

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