Preventing Unintended Pregnancy Among Young Sexually Active Women: Recognizing the Role of Violence, Self-Esteem, and Depressive Symptoms on Use of Contraception

Abstract

Interventions to reduce UP should recognize the long-term effects of childhood sexual violence and address the role of low self-esteem on the ability of young sexually active women to effectively and consistently use contraception to prevent UP.

Factors Associated With the Provision of Sexual Health Care by Nursing Students in Hospitals: An Analytical Cross-Sectional Study

“…This result similar to the previous study, which indicates that young persons' experiences of sexual violence and low self-esteem were significantly related to ineffective use of contraception (Hensel, et. al., 2011;Nelson, et. al., 2017).…”

“…al., 2017). Therefore, studies suggest that health professionals should provide Interventions to empower young people to recognize the effects of sexual violence and low self-esteem on the ability of sexual health care activity and have the skill of using safe contraception methods for caring sexual health (Nelson, et. al., 2017).…”

Provision of family planning vouchers and early initiation of postpartum contraceptive use among women living with HIV in southwestern Uganda: A randomized controlled trial

“…However, utilization of prepregnancy family planning among WLWH remains low, with over 50% of women on modern contraception using condoms as the only method of family planning [1]. Although conception can occur as early as 25 days after giving birth, especially if women are not regularly breastfeeding [7,10], family planning may not be at the top of the couple's priority list of concerns, with most couples resuming sexual activity before family planning methods are initiated [5,11].…”

“…Family planning methods are widely available in most public facilities in Uganda, albeit with reported stockouts of some contraceptive methods, particularly the long-acting methods, leading to unwanted pregnancies [12]. Women at risk of or with a history of physical and sexual violence and poor birth outcomes (preterm birth, infant death, stillbirth, low birthweight, complicated pregnancy) have low utilization of postpartum contraception [11]. The data in these studies suggest uptake increases with increased preventive screening, contraceptive awareness, availability, and/or coverage, especially when integrated into routine healthcare.…”

Nuevas tendencias en psicología y salud: Teoría, Investigación y Práctica Profesional

“…En este sentido, otras variables psicológicas como la falta de autoestima y autoeficacia también podrían estar relacionadas con una mayor probabilidad de experimentar disfunciones sexuales, una mayor dificultad para proponer conductas sexuales seguras y evitar intentos de coacción sexual o exponerse a una conducta de riesgo en el contexto de la sexualidad online (Ballester-Arnal, Gil-Llario, Ruiz-Palomino, & Giménez-García, 2013;Casey, Timmermann, Allen, Krahn, & LaPlant, 2009;DiClemente et al, 2008;Nelson, Zhao, Corrado, Mastrogiannnis, & Lepore, 2017). De igual forma, se ha observado que experiencias emocionales como la ansiedad o la depresión también incrementarían la posibilidad de realizar conductas de riesgo para la salud sexual física y psicológica (Paxton & Robinson 2008), así como una mayor probabilidad de exponerse a los embarazos no deseados (Stidham, Kusunoki, Gatny, & Barber, 2014).…”