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YEAR: 1993

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Unwanted pregnancies: understanding contraceptive use and benefits in

adolescents and older women.

AUTHORS

Sulak PJ; Haney AF

SOURCE

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY. 1993 Jun;168(6 Pt

2):2042-8.

ABSTRACT

The highest percentages of unintended pregnancies and the largest increases in births reported in the US in recent

years were in adolescents and in women more than 35 years of age. Increasing numbers of these women will require

contraception to avoid unintended pregnancy. In adolescents, the combined oral contraceptives (OCs) protect fertility

indirectly and exert favorable actions on menstrual dysfunction and certain hormone-related disorders such as acne

and hirsutism. To avoid sexually transmitted disease (STD), barrier protection should be used along with OCs until

mutually monogamous, stable relationships are established. Healthy older women who are nonsmokers may also

safely use currently available contraceptives. These agents have little impact on metabolic parameters linked to the

development of cardiovascular disease. In addition to providing reliable contraception, OCs offer noncontraceptive

benefits to older reproductive-age women, including control of abnormal bleeding and a reduction in the incidence of

ovarian and endometrial cancers and other gynecologic pathology. IUDs and progestin implants are safe, effective,

and underused in the US. Progestin implants may have an additional role in patients for whom estrogen preparation

are contraindicated. Counseling is very important before insertion because of the high rate of nuisance side effects.

The contraception selection process must consider the efficacy and acceptability of the specific method to avoid

the probability of unintended pregnancy and the risk of STDs. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 4575-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Unwanted pregnancies: understanding contraceptive use

and benefits in adolescents and older women.", is(are) Sulak PJ; Haney AF. The source of this article is

"AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY. 1993 Jun;168(6 Pt 2):2042-8.". This article was

published in 1993 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 4575-06. All rights reserved with

PubHealth.info) PIN: 9575

This article is peer-reviewed.

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