Patterns and Trends in Adolescents' Contraceptive Use and Discontinuation in Developing Countries and Comparisons With Adult Women

Blanc, Ann K.; Tsui, Amy O.; Croft, Trevor; Trevitt, Jamie L.

doi:10.1363/3506309

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“…Usually younger women, married or unmarried, are less likely to be using contraception than older women, even in countries where contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) is high [6]. At macro level, laws, regulations and social policies that determine the access to contraception, affect adult and adolescent women alike in terms of the types of contraceptives that are permitted for distribution or prescription.…”

Section: Vulnerability Of Adolescentsmentioning

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Contraceptive Methods: Needs, Options and Utilization

Jain

Muralidhar

2011

J Obstet Gynecol India

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Objectives Background-Contraception is the intentional prevention of conception through the use of various devices, sexual practices, chemicals, drugs or surgical procedures. An effective contraception allows a physical relationship without fear of an unwanted pregnancy and ensures freedom to have children when desired. The aim is to achieve contraception in maximum comfort and privacy, with minimum cost and side effects. Some methods, like male and female condoms, also provide twin advantage of protection from sexually transmitted diseases. The burden of unsafe abortion lies primarily in developing countries. Here, contraceptive prevalence is measured among currently married women of reproductive age, and levels have not yet reached those that exist in developed countries. Conclusion In countries like India, there is a dire need for contraceptive methods to be more women friendly, accessible and provide adequate privacy. Providers also need to be sensitive to special needs of adolescents as they are at a critically vulnerable segment.

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Section: Vulnerability Of Adolescentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Contraceptive Methods: Needs, Options and Utilization

Jain

Muralidhar

2011

J Obstet Gynecol India

101

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“…Furthermore, contraceptive failure-which is known to be high among adolescentsmay explain why higher rates of use have not translated into delayed first births. 38 Finally, increased contraceptive use may be attributed to adolescents' efforts to space a second birth. A similar study has confirmed that rates of unwanted or mistimed first births are high among adolescents in Central America, and that rates of contraceptive use are higher among adolescents with one child than among those with none.…”

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Adolescent Sexual Behavior and Reproductive Outcomes In Central America: Trends over the Past Two Decades

Samandari¹,

Speizer²

2010

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“…This is despite the fact that most people become sexually active before their 20th birthday. 36 Yet in many countries, laws and policies restrict access to information and contraception for adolescents (e.g. by requiring parental or spousal consent, or by limiting services to those over 16 years of age).…”

Section: Reducing Unwanted/unplanned Pregnancies Among Adolescentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The result is that adolescents carry a disproportionate burden of sexual and reproductive ill-health -they have low rates of modern contraceptive use (especially in poor young women), higher rates of sexually transmitted diseases as compared to other age groups, and a large proportion of unsafe abortions. 36 A recent article examining age-specific unsafe abortion globally has found that almost half (41%) of unsafe abortions in developing regions are among young women aged 15-24 years. 37 Worldwide, the prevalence of contraceptive use among young people is growing, but is characterised by shorter periods of use and higher rates of discontinuation, 38 due to adolescents having sex only intermittently, fear, embarrassment, lack of knowledge, lack of sensitivity/ willingness of health care providers to provide services to young women and men, and the prohibitive cost of services.…”

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Measuring improvements in sexual and reproductive health and rights in sub-Saharan Africa

Seims

Khadduri²

2012

Reproductive Health Matters

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Recent studies on development aid from European donors revealed that their funding of the health sector in sub-Saharan Africa rarely includes performance measures suitable for tracking operational progress in improving sexual and reproductive health and rights. Analysis of health sector agreements verifies this. Particularly lacking are metrics related to four critically important areas: 1) reducing mortality and morbidity from unsafe abortion, 2) preventing and treating gender-based violence, 3) reducing unwanted pregnancies among the poorest women, and 4) reducing unwanted pregnancies among adolescents. During 2011 and the first half of 2012, the authors interviewed 85 experts in health service delivery, ministries of health, human rights, development economics and social science from sub-Saharan Africa, Europe and the United States. We asked them to identify measures to assess progress in these areas, and built on their responses to propose up to four practical performance measures for each of the areas, for inclusion in health sector support agreements. These measures are meant to supplement, not replace, current population-based measures such as changes in maternal mortality ratios. The feasibility of using these performance measures requires political commitment from donors and governments, investment in baseline data, and expanding the role of sexual and reproductive health and rights civil society in determining priorities.

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Patterns and Trends in Adolescents' Contraceptive Use and Discontinuation in Developing Countries and Comparisons With Adult Women

Cited by 164 publications

References 7 publications

Contraceptive Methods: Needs, Options and Utilization

Contraceptive Methods: Needs, Options and Utilization

Adolescent Sexual Behavior and Reproductive Outcomes In Central America: Trends over the Past Two Decades

Measuring improvements in sexual and reproductive health and rights in sub-Saharan Africa

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