The United States has one of the highest unintended pregnancy rates of all industrialized nations in the world, with 13 % of those occurring among the adolescent population. In 2005, the adolescent birthrate in the United States was 40.5 per 1,000 women and increased 3 % in 2006 (Martin et al., 2009). Unintended pregnancy and motherhood can have a tremendous impact and lifelong implications for adolescents and their children as well as financial and societal costs. Helping make contraception accessible to adolescents is one area where school nurses are able to have an impact. Various contraceptive methods are described. Advantages and disadvantages are summarized along with considerations relative to adolescents. General strategies for coun...
Globally, unintentional pregnancy and sexual transmittable diseases are noticeably posing a risk to ...
Adolescent girls are very fertile and therefore need a reliable contraceptive strategy in order to p...
This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence su...
Adolescent pregnancy is a significant cause of global morbidity and mortality. Adolescents who becom...
Despite the recent decline in adolescent pregnancy rates, adolescent pregnancy continues to be a sig...
This study provides an overview of the research conducted on adolescent contraceptive access across ...
Introduction: Preconception care recognizes that many adolescent girls and young women will be thrus...
Adolescent pregnancy is a problem that societies face, regardless of the level of development. Despi...
Attempts to solve the "problem of adolescent pregnancy" have long been a focus of national, st...
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The future of adolescent contraception requires the collaboration between providers, patients and so...
Minority women and adolescent females of all races and ethnicities are disproportionately affected b...
Full list of author information is available at the end of the articleBackground Adolescent pregnanc...
Full list of author information is available at the end of the articleBackground Adolescent childbir...
Contraception is an important concept for sexually active adolescent females to understand who do no...
Globally, unintentional pregnancy and sexual transmittable diseases are noticeably posing a risk to ...
Adolescent girls are very fertile and therefore need a reliable contraceptive strategy in order to p...
This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence su...
Adolescent pregnancy is a significant cause of global morbidity and mortality. Adolescents who becom...
Despite the recent decline in adolescent pregnancy rates, adolescent pregnancy continues to be a sig...
This study provides an overview of the research conducted on adolescent contraceptive access across ...
Introduction: Preconception care recognizes that many adolescent girls and young women will be thrus...
Adolescent pregnancy is a problem that societies face, regardless of the level of development. Despi...
Attempts to solve the "problem of adolescent pregnancy" have long been a focus of national, st...
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 150%;"><strong style="mso-...
The future of adolescent contraception requires the collaboration between providers, patients and so...
Minority women and adolescent females of all races and ethnicities are disproportionately affected b...
Full list of author information is available at the end of the articleBackground Adolescent pregnanc...
Full list of author information is available at the end of the articleBackground Adolescent childbir...
Contraception is an important concept for sexually active adolescent females to understand who do no...
Globally, unintentional pregnancy and sexual transmittable diseases are noticeably posing a risk to ...
Adolescent girls are very fertile and therefore need a reliable contraceptive strategy in order to p...
This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence su...