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YEAR: 1991

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Adolescent contraceptive use: cues to behavior.

AUTHORS

Malkin KB

SOURCE

Ann Arbor, Michigan, University Microfilms International, 1991. 70 p. Order No.

ABSTRACT

This study investigated the cues to behavior that influence adolescent contraceptive participated in this descriptive

study. The Contraceptive Cue Questionnaire was completed by the participants, who attended a county family

planning clinic. Using descriptive statistics, the cues of having a steady boyfriend, having accurate knowledge of

reproduction and contraception, and having been previously pregnant were found to be important in cuing adolescent

females to use contraceptives. Having future plans and goals was not found to be an important factor in cuing

adolescent females to use contraceptives. The importance of the cue of the level of cognitive development could

not be determined due to the limited age range of the group. The information gained can be used to work with those

teens who are sexually active and who are at risk of becoming pregnant; i.e.; those who are not involved in a steady

relationship or do not feel a great deal of love for their boyfriends, those who have little or inaccurate knowledge of

reproduction and contraception, and those who have not yet been pregnant. (author's) (PubHealth.info Document ID:

CONT3T 2091-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Adolescent contraceptive use: cues to behavior.", is(are)

Malkin KB. The source of this article is "Ann Arbor, Michigan, University Microfilms International, 1991. 70 p. Order

No. 1344020". This article was published in 1991 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT3T

2091-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 12091

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