A qualitative analysis of accounts of hormonal contraceptive use: Experiences and beliefs of British adolescents

Abstract

The findings illustrate the complexities inherent in contraceptive health care in relation to hormonal methods and highlight not only potential targets for enhancing effective use, but the importance of the way such information is disseminated.

Relationship between level of knowledge and use of contraceptive methods in a university population: a descriptive study

“…Our result disagrees with the comments made by Brown, et al [5], where the authors explain the importance of having a high level of knowledge to form a correct opinion that conditions of significant way the attitudes of a person and thus in future sex more likely to adopt safer sexual behaviors.…”

“…Women show more interest towards pregnancy, which is not shown in males along with an interest in pain during the first intercourse. Research Brown, et al [5], highlights the importance of possession of correct information as a way to develop positive attitudes towards contraception.…”

Predictors of lifestyle behaviors, trust of health care provider, and utilization of health services among adolescents living in a rural area.

“…A lack of trust of the HCP was frequently reported by adolescents as a reason for not utilizing health services (BrelandNoble et al, 2010;Charman, Harms, & Myles-Pallister, 2010;Elliott & Larson, 2004;Scott & Davis, 2006). In health care, trust has been demonstrated to influence many situations including adolescent patients' willingness to seek care (Breland-Noble et al, 2010;Charman et al, 2010), to disclose sensitive information (Blake et al, 2012;Farrant & Watson, 2004;Leonard, Markham, Bui, Shegog, & Paul, 2010), to submit to treatment (McKee, O'Sullivan, et al, 2006;Renker, 2006;Sayles, Macphail, Newman, & Cunningham, 2010), to participate in research (Broome & Richards, 2003), to adhere to prescribed treatments (Brown, 2007), to continue a HCP relationship (Hudson, Nyamathi, & Sweat, 2008), and to recommend a HCP to others (Ingram & Salmon, 2007).…”

“…Recent evidence demonstrates that health care distrust exists among both minorities and nonminorities (Armstrong, 2008, Whetten, 2006Yang, 2011). Telephone surveys with 255 individuals in Atlanta revealed distrust of HCP competency were equal among both African-Americans and Caucasians (Armstrong, 2008 (Broome & Richards, 2003), adhere to prescribed treatments (Brown, 2007), continue a HCP relationship (Hudson et al, 2008), and recommend a HCP to others (Ingram & Salmon, 2007).…”

“…Trust of HCP (See Table 1) was selected for inclusion in the adapted model because adolescents have been known to report low levels of trust of HCP (Breland-Noble et al, 2010;Britto et al, 2004;Broome & Richards, 2003;Brown, Arden, & Hurst, 2007;Charman et al, 2010) and trust of HCP influences many situations in health care. While trust of HCP was an individual characteristic that influenced health behavior (See Figure 2) and was considered a predictor variable in this study, it is also true that other factors in the model may have logically influenced trust of HCP.…”