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Contraception for Adolescents
Although pregnancy and abortion rates have declined in adolescents, unintended pregnancies remain unacceptably high in this age group. The use of highly effective methods of contraception is one of the pillars of unintended pregnancy prevention and requires a shared decision making process within a...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7053440/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32041390 http://dx.doi.org/10.4274/jcrpe.galenos.2019.2019.S0003 |
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description | Although pregnancy and abortion rates have declined in adolescents, unintended pregnancies remain unacceptably high in this age group. The use of highly effective methods of contraception is one of the pillars of unintended pregnancy prevention and requires a shared decision making process within a rights based framework. Adolescents are eligible to use any method of contraception and long-acting reversible contraceptives, which are “forgettable” and highly effective, may be particularly suited for many adolescents. Contraceptive methods may have additional non-contraceptive benefits that address other needs or concerns of the adolescent. Dual method use should be encouraged among adolescents for the prevention of both unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections. Health care providers have an important role to play in ensuring that adolescents have access to high quality and non-judgmental reproductive health care services and contraceptive methods in adolescent-friendly settings that recognize the unique biopsychosocial needs of the adolescent. |
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spelling | pubmed-70534402020-03-12 Contraception for Adolescents Todd, Nicole Black, Amanda J Clin Res Pediatr Endocrinol Review Although pregnancy and abortion rates have declined in adolescents, unintended pregnancies remain unacceptably high in this age group. The use of highly effective methods of contraception is one of the pillars of unintended pregnancy prevention and requires a shared decision making process within a rights based framework. Adolescents are eligible to use any method of contraception and long-acting reversible contraceptives, which are “forgettable” and highly effective, may be particularly suited for many adolescents. Contraceptive methods may have additional non-contraceptive benefits that address other needs or concerns of the adolescent. Dual method use should be encouraged among adolescents for the prevention of both unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections. Health care providers have an important role to play in ensuring that adolescents have access to high quality and non-judgmental reproductive health care services and contraceptive methods in adolescent-friendly settings that recognize the unique biopsychosocial needs of the adolescent. Galenos Publishing 2020-01 2020-02-06 /pmc/articles/PMC7053440/ /pubmed/32041390 http://dx.doi.org/10.4274/jcrpe.galenos.2019.2019.S0003 Text en ©Copyright 2020 by Turkish Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Society | The Journal of Clinical Research in Pediatric Endocrinology published by Galenos Publishing House. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Todd, Nicole Black, Amanda Contraception for Adolescents |
title | Contraception for Adolescents |
title_full | Contraception for Adolescents |
title_fullStr | Contraception for Adolescents |
title_full_unstemmed | Contraception for Adolescents |
title_short | Contraception for Adolescents |
title_sort | contraception for adolescents |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7053440/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32041390 http://dx.doi.org/10.4274/jcrpe.galenos.2019.2019.S0003 |
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