How increasing the use of effective contraception could reduce unintended pregnancy and public health care costs
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Reframing unintended pregnancy prevention: a public health model.
The goal of reducing unintended pregnancy was identified in Healthy People 2000 [1], but the measures and objectives created to reach this goal have often focused solely on increasing access to contraception. While increasing access to contraception is a vitally important tool, it does not sufficiently address the problem of unintended pregnancy. Clarifying the roles and responsibilities of pri...
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تاریخ انتشار 2017