Briefly - Policy Brief: Contraceptive Equity (2009)
Access to affordable and effective contraception is integral to preventing unplanned pregnancy. Half of all pregnancies in the United States are unplanned, and more than one-third (1.1 million) are to unmarried women in their twenties. Helping young women and men improve pregnancy planning and prevention requires responsible behavior coupled with responsible policies that ensure access not only to affordable family planning services but also to effective prescription drugs and devices.
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Briefly - Policy Brief: Restoring Affordable Birth Control (2008)
Promoting both personal responsibility and responsible policies in the public and private sector that make contraception aff ordable and easily accessible for those who are not planning a pregnancy is essential to reducing the high levels of teen and unplanned pregnancy in the United States. Unfortunately, an unintended consequence of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA) has been the dramatic increase in the price of contraceptives for non-Title X clinics, which has left many college students and low-income women unable to access low-cost, effective methods of contraception. Left uncorrected, more young adults will be unable to get the services that help them avoid unplanned pregnancy.
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Briefly - Policy Brief: Strengthening Medicaid Family Planning (2009)
Given the important role that Medicaid plays in providing access to family planning services, especially for low-income individuals, several steps should be taken to ensure that these services are widely available to the women, men, and teens who need them by reducing barriers to states who are trying to expand access and reducing barriers to individuals seeking to apply for these critical services.
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Careful, Current, and Consistent: Tips to Improve Contraceptive Use (2010)
by James Jaccard, Ph.D.
Many practitioners and researchers recognize the value of effective client-centered communication about contraception, and the potential impact that this interchange can have on a client’s use of contraception. Clients also often report that they want information about contraception from their healthcare providers. The tips in this publication provide suggestions on improving current contraceptive counseling—particularly for younger clients—and offer specific ways to help these clients reduce their risk of unplanned pregnancy.
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Contraception 101: A Capitol Hill Brieifing
December 10, 2008
This briefing brought together a panel of experts to discuss the latest information about an array of contraceptive options, including newer methods such as “the patch” and “the ring” and other long-acting reversible contraceptives.
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Fast Facts: Teen Sexual Behavior and Contraceptive Use: Data from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2007 (2008)
New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that positive changes in high school teens’ sexual behavior and contraceptive use have stalled. At present, nearly half of all teens have ever had sex and more than one-third are sexually active (that is, they have had sex in the past three months). Less than two-thirds of sexually active teens report using a condom the last time they had sex.
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The Fog Zone: How Misperceptions, Magical Thinking, and Ambivalence Put Young Adults at Risk for Unplanned Pregnancy (2009)
This research is based on a nationally representative survey of 1,800 unmarried young adults aged 18-29 and is the first of its kind to focus in depth on the attitudes and behavior of unmarried young adults--both men and women-- regarding pregnancy planning, contraception, and related issues.
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Latino Teen Sexual Behavior and Contraceptive Use (2008)
Over the past decade, teens in the United States have significantly changed their sexual behavior and patterns of contraceptive use. However, since the teen pregnancy rate among Latinas is not decreasing as quickly as the overall national rate—more than half of all Latina girls experience a pregnancy before they turn 20— it is important to explore the sexual behavior and contraceptive use patterns of Latinos.
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Magical Thinking: Young Adults’ Attitudes and Beliefs About Sex, Contraception, and Unplanned Pregnancy - Results from a Public Opinion Survey (2009)
Given the high rate of unplanned pregnancy among young adults, The National Campaign and Self magazine are pleased to present the results of a public opinion survey of young adults (ages 18-29) on relationships, sex, fertility, contraception, and unplanned pregnancy. It is our fondest hope that the results presented here will shed some light on the attitudes young adults have toward these important topics.
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The Next Best Thing: Helping Sexually Active Teens Avoid Pregnancy (2000)
A reader-friendly pamphlet that highlights what The National Campaign considers the most compelling issues in the challenge to convince sexually active teens to use contraception consistently and carefully every time.
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Protection as Prevention: Contraception for Sexually Active Teens (2000)
A review of research on contraceptive use by teens, programs and services for sexually active teens, and policy issues.
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Provider's Perspectives: Perceived Barriers to Contraceptive Use in Youth and Young Adults (2008)
In 2008, The National Campaign partnered with the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP) to learn more about providers’ perspectives of unintended pregnancy and barriers to more effective contraceptive use. This 23-page report identifies a set of concrete action steps that The NC/ARHP can work on to help prevent unintended pregnancy.
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Risky Business: A 2000 Poll. Teens Tell Us What They Really Think About Contraception and Sex (2000)
Results from a public opinion poll conducted in 2000 by International Communications Research and commissioned by The National Campaign. Also includes a summary of past Campaign polls.
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Science Says #20: The Association between Parent, Family, and Peer Religiosity and Teenagers’ Sexual Experience and Contraceptive Use (2005)
This Science Says brief builds on earlier research by using recent longitudinal data (see Sample section for details) to examine the association between adolescent sexual behavior and parent, family, and peer religiosity.
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Science Says #29: Teen Contraceptive Use (2006)
Teen pregnancy and birth rates have decreased by approximately one third since the early 1990s. Studies suggest that these declines are due to both a decrease in the proportion of teens having sex and to an increase in contraceptive use among teens having sex. This Science Says issue brief presents information on contraceptive use among sexually experienced teens.
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Unlocking the Contraception Conundrum: Reducing Unplanned Pregnancies in Emerging Adulthood (2009)
By James Jaccard
This 230-page report provides a detailed summary of what is known from scientific literature about contraceptive use among young adults in the United States. The publication explores such topics as the theoretical framework for analyzing contraceptive behavior, switching between methods of contraception, and program design. Dr. Jaccard also makes specific recommendations about policy and practice.
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What Helps in Providing Contraceptive Services for Teens? (2009)
What helps in providing contraceptive services for teens? Over the years, The National Campaign has produced and disseminated a number of detailed reports and publications designed to answer this question. Here, in shorthand form, is an overview of what is known about carefully evaluated clinic interventions that help prevent teen pregnancy.
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