Repeat use of contraceptive crisis services among adolescent women

Meyrick, Jane

doi:10.1783/147118901101194868

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“…11 Diversas políticas e intervenções têm sido propostas e executadas em vários países no sentido de reverter essa realidade de gravidez indesejada na adolescência. [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] No entanto, o aumento da taxa de fecundidade entre adolescentes e jovens, assim como o número de óbitos maternos nessa faixa etária, 2,23 evidenciam a necessidade de adequação de políticas de contracepção, planejamento familiar e atenção pré-natal.…”

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Efetividade das ações voltadas à diminuição da gravidez não-planejada na adolescência: revisão da literatura

Moccellin

Costa

Toledo

et al. 2010

Rev. Bras. Saude Mater. Infant.

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Efetividade das ações voltadas à diminuição da gravidez não-planejada na adolescência: revisão da literatura

Moccellin

Costa

Toledo

et al. 2010

Rev. Bras. Saude Mater. Infant.

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“…It is claimed that the use of condoms has increased, but the fact that the incidence of gonorrhoea and chlamydia infections has more than doubled, with the most significant rise amongst young people, casts doubt on this assertion. While women currently seem to use COCs less and injectable contraceptives more frequently, this trend has not been identified yet in the UK 6 . As already mentioned, adolescent girls who have had repeated contraceptive crises or abortions may abandon attempts to apply effective contraception 6 .…”

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“…While women currently seem to use COCs less and injectable contraceptives more frequently, this trend has not been identified yet in the UK 6 . As already mentioned, adolescent girls who have had repeated contraceptive crises or abortions may abandon attempts to apply effective contraception 6 .…”

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“…Teenagers are generally poor contraceptive users 4,5 ; they tend to delay accessing the service until they have been sexually active for about a year or when they have been motivated by a pregnancy scare 6 . Many admit to technical difficulties with their chosen method.…”

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“…Many admit to technical difficulties with their chosen method. A few adopt a defeatist attitude after many contraceptive crises, and simply abandon attempts to use contraception regularly 6 .…”

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Teenage pregnancy in the United Kingdom: Are we doing enough?

Amu

Appiah

2006

The European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health

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The teenage pregnancy unit's strategy for dealing with the increasing problem of unwanted pregnancy is rather prescriptive and simplistic for such a complex problem. It is not surprising that despite its recent recommendations, the problem has worsened. It is ludicrous to promote efficient ways to provide oral contraceptive pills to teenagers when good evidence of its inconsistent use among this age group is common knowledge. In addition, increasing access to emergency contraception could undermine teenagers' perception of the importance of commitment in relationships and thus send them a wrong message. This paper reviews the available evidence on the subject and highlights some good practices from other parts of the western world, which have not been incorporated into the UK strategy. It challenges the various stakeholders to show better commitment by providing a more rigorous and effective strategy.

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Teenage Pregnancy: Impact of the Integral Attention Given to the Pregnant Teenager and Adolescent Mother as a Protective Factor for Repeat Pregnancy

Sant'Anna

Carvalho²,

Melhado³

et al. 2007

The Scientific World JOURNAL

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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of the integral attention to the health of pregnant adolescents and adolescent mothers, having follow-up from the Integral Support Program for the Pregnant Teen (ISPPT), with the intention to determine quality of life and prevent repeat pregnancy. A prospective study comprised 85 adolescents attended by the ISPPT between January 2002 and June 2006 who participated in meetings during pregnancy with a multidisciplinary team that provided orientation concerning family planning, self-esteem, pregnancy prevention, motivation to continue education and/or work, and evaluate the postpartum mother-child relationship. The following were analyzed: education level, marital status, contraceptive use, thoughts and attempts at abortion, repeat pregnancy. This study was approved by the Human Research Ethics Committee. The Epi-Info v6.0b software was used for data and result evaluation using the means and the chi-squared test. The mean age of the adolescents was 15.7 years, 3.52% had repeat pregnancy within a mean follow-up of 23 months after childbirth, the mean education level was 8.1 years, 30.5% dropped out of school, with 79.4% occurring before pregnancy, 64.6% used no contraceptives, 68.3% were single, and 81.3% had a positive role model. One year after birth, 67.5% studied, 50% worked, 55.1% lived with the partner, 77% correctly used contraceptives, every child lived with their mothers and their vaccinations were up to date. The results demonstrate that the global attention given to the health of adolescent mothers and pregnant adolescents is a protective factor for pregnancy relapse and quality of life.

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Repeat use of contraceptive crisis services among adolescent women

Abstract: Summary"They don't get pregnant twice unless they are hopeless." This was one Doctor's

Cited by 5 publications

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Efetividade das ações voltadas à diminuição da gravidez não-planejada na adolescência: revisão da literatura

Efetividade das ações voltadas à diminuição da gravidez não-planejada na adolescência: revisão da literatura

Teenage pregnancy in the United Kingdom: Are we doing enough?

Teenage Pregnancy: Impact of the Integral Attention Given to the Pregnant Teenager and Adolescent Mother as a Protective Factor for Repeat Pregnancy

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