Background The Contraceptive CHOICE Project developed a patient-centered model for contraceptive provision including: (1) structured, evidence-based counseling; (2) staff and health care provider education; and (3) removal of barriers such as cost and multiple appointments to initiate contraception. In preparation for conducting a research study of the CHOICE model in three community health set...

In Botswana, unplanned pregnancies, especially among the youth constitutes a growing health and social problem. Research in the field of contraceptive practices, and the causes of sexual practices in Botswana, remains scarce and relatively limited. The objectives of this study was to investigate the awareness and utilization of various contraceptive methods, among university students in Botswan...

BACKGROUND The reproductive health of adolescents and young women is integral to the wellbeing of a society. This study was carried out to determine current sexual practices and contraceptive usage among female undergraduate students in a Southwest Nigerian tertiary institution. METHODS It was a cross-sectional questionnaire based survey of female university undergraduates. Pre-tested questio...

objective: the world population will likely increase by 2.5 billion over the next 43 years, passing from the current 6.7 billion to 9.2 billion in 2050. only limited information about the contraceptive practices especially modern contraceptive use is available. the aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of contraceptive methods and factors associated with modern contraceptive in use m...

This study examines contraceptive counseling received by adult women in their managed care plans and the relationship between counseling and women's contraceptive attitudes and practices. Telephone interviews were conducted with a random sample of 898 women ages 18 to 44 enrolled in a commercial health maintenance organization (HMO) or point-of-service (POS) health plan. Counseling received in ...

Canada in the mid-1980s, we know virtually nothing about contraceptive use among Canadians during the 1990s.2 The 1995 General Social Survey (GSS-95) collected detailed information on contraceptive use, as well as fertility and union histories, from a nationally representative sample of Canadian women and men aged 15 and older. The main objective of this article is to use these data to update o...

CONTEXT Pregnancy ambivalence, or conflicted desire about having a baby, has been associated with decreased contraceptive use and unintended pregnancy. However, prior studies have neither included men nor focused on young adults, even though people in their 20s have the highest rates of unintended pregnancy. METHODS Nationally representative data from 2008-2009 were used to examine pregnancy ...

BACKGROUND Non-marital fertility differs considerably by race, ethnicity, and nativity. These differences arise largely from racial and ethnic disparities in contraceptive practices. Empirical work has not assessed the relative importance of the various mechanisms proposed to account for racial, ethnic, and nativity differences in contraceptive behavior among never married women. OBJECTIVE Our ...