Bedsider.org
Bedsider.org (Bedsider) is an online birth control support network for women 18-29 operated by The National Campaign. Our goal is to help women find the method of birth control that’s right for them and learn how to use it consistently and effectively. We hope that Bedsider will be a useful tool for women to learn about their birth control options, better manage their birth control, and in the process avoid getting pregnant until they’re ready.
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Briefly: Lessons Learned from Massachusetts: Effects on Young Adults' Access to Contraceptive Services (2010)
With the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) – P. L. 111-148 – on March 23, 2010, the focus of health reform immediately shifted to implementation. As federal and state policymakers, health insurance plans, providers, and others take action to implement the new law, it is instructive to consider some lessons from Massachusetts. This brief specifically reviews some of the lessons with respect to young adults’ access to contraceptive services.
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Briefly - Policy Brief: Key Points about Contraception (2012)
As contraception has again become a topic of debate, there has been confusion about specific aspects related to coverage and access and important facts have gotten lost in the discussion. In an effort to shed light on these issues, The National Campaign offers some key points.
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Briefly: Relationships and Contraceptive Use Among Community College Students (2011)
This fact sheet provides insights into why students, who say they want to postpone parenting, are not always using birth control consistently or effectively.
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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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Fast Facts on Teen Pregnancy, Birth, and Sexual Activity
Our Fast Facts fact sheet series details data on teen pregnancy, birth, and childbearing including information on: race and ethnicity, sexual behavior, contraceptive use, and trends in the United States.
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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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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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Public Policy Resources
View our resources section on Public Policy and Contraception here. |
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Pocket Protector (2011)
Designed for teens, this handy, pocket-sized brochure details the eight most effective and popular methods of birth control available. The colorful brochure is small enough to fit in a pocket and has brief, easy-to-digest language along with a cartoon-style image of each method.
Sold in packs of 25.
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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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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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Science Says #44:
Teen Sexual Behavior and Contraceptive Use: A Summary of Data from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2009 (2010)
This Science Says research brief provides a summary of the 2009 YRBS data on sexual behavior and contraceptive use among high school students. The information is presented by gender, race/ethnicity, grade level, and by state. Note that YRBS respondents reflect students in grades 9-12 in U.S. public and private high schools from 47 states and 23 cities, thus these data are limited to teens attending high school, and are not representative of all teens in the United States.
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The Target Speaks: What Young Adults Think about Unplanned Pregnancy (2012)
The Target Speaks is a nationally-representative survey of 18-29-year-old's that offers interesting insights about sex and unplanned pregnancy, contraception, and the attitudes and behavior of young adults regarding pregnancy planning, contraception, and related issues.
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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?
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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