Social Disparities in the Receipt of Contraceptive Services Among Sexually Experienced Adolescent Females

Ford, J. P.; Forthofer, Melinda

doi:10.1080/19371910903240894

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“…Two focus groups with Latino participants were conducted completely or partially in Spanish. Questions were asked according to a focus group guide (available from the corresponding author on request) developed based on findings from surveys of youth in the communities and relevant literature [ 5 , 10 , 11 ]. Feedback from experts on teen pregnancy prevention from the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, John Snow Institute, and the CDC was used to develop the final guide.…”

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“…Understanding adolescents’ perceptions of contraception and access to reproductive health care can potentially influence the quality of care that medical providers deliver and whether adolescents access these services. [ 10 ].…”

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“…When African-American and Latina youth access services, they are more likely than white youth to receive inadequate care [ 10 ]. Negative experiences not only affect the teen directly receiving services but also impact social norms surrounding reproductive health care services and may contribute to teens’ reluctance to access services [ 10 , 15 ]. Therefore, African-American and Latino youth’s perceptions of health care services and contraception must be taken into account when developing teen-friendly guidelines for reproductive health care services [ 16 ].…”

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Exploring African-American and Latino Teens' Perceptions of Contraception and Access to Reproductive Health Care Services

Galloway¹,

Duffy²,

Dixon³

et al. 2017

Journal of Adolescent Health

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PurposeReducing disparities in teen pregnancy and birth rates among African American and Latina teens is a central focus of a community-wide teen pregnancy prevention initiative implemented by the South Carolina Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. Disparities in teen pregnancy and birth rates are driven, in part, by differential access to contraception and reproductive health care services. The purpose of this qualitative study was to understand African American and Latino teens’ 1) preferences for finding health information, 2) perceptions of accessing reproductive health services, and 3) beliefs about contraception.MethodsAs a part of this community-wide initiative, eight focus groups were conducted in the Fall of 2012 with African American and Latino male and female youth from two communities in South Carolina. Among eight focus groups of youth, teens most often reported parents, other trusted relatives, and the Internet as sources of health information.ResultsParticipants discussed the value of social media and television advertisements for reaching young people and emphasized the importance of privacy, a desire for a teen-only clinic, and the need for friendly clinical staff. Participants’ comments often reflected inaccurate beliefs about the reliability and correct usage of contraceptive methods. Female participants also reported side effects of birth control as a potential barrier to use.ConclusionsEnsuring that teens’ beliefs and perceptions are taken into account when developing, marketing, and implementing culturally competent reproductive health care services is important to improve access to care for all teens in Horry and Spartanburg Counties.

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Exploring African-American and Latino Teens' Perceptions of Contraception and Access to Reproductive Health Care Services

Galloway¹,

Duffy²,

Dixon³

et al. 2017

Journal of Adolescent Health

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“…Social scientists have long been interested in the determinants of unintended and adolescent pregnancy, and have put forth multiple hypotheses to explain why sexually active adolescents use less-eff ective methods or do not use contraceptives at all. Previous studies have assessed the role of external barriers, such as inadequate access to contraceptive services, 1 and internal barriers, such as lack of motivation to avoid pregnancy, 2 dissatisfaction with contraceptive methods, 3 poor knowledge of and negative attitudes toward contraception, 4 and low self-effi cacy. 5 However, adolescents' inclinations for risk-taking have received surprisingly little attention as a possible internal barrier to contraceptive use.…”

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Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Relationship Between Risk‐Taking and the Effectiveness of Adolescents’ Contraceptive Use

Caudillo

Hickman

Simpson

2020

Perspect Sexual Reproductive

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“…However, the urban living condition and configuration suggest multiple levels of deprivation beyond the narrow concepts of economic and educational status. There are very high variations in contraceptive uptake within the urban geographies that are related to space and communities (3,4,(15)(16)(17)(18). Though individual factors play important roles in poor uptake of contraceptives, intended users may lack access to the desired method due to lack of information and intense poverty associated with their geographical location.…”

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Women Deprivation Index and Family Planning Utilisation in Urban Geography of West African Countries

Akinyemi¹,

Mobolaji²,

Abe³

et al. 2021

Front. Glob. Womens Health

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Inequalities in health care utilisation and outcomes vary significantly across geographies. Though available evidence suggests disparity in contraceptive uptake in favour of urban compared with rural geographies, there are unassessed nuances among women in urban communities. This study examines some of these disparities within the context of socioeconomic deprivations and family planning utilisation among urban women in West Africa. A secondary analysis of the most recent Demographic and Health Survey dataset of five selected West African countries was conducted, using pooled data of 21,641 women aged 15–49 years. Associations between family planning utilisation and women's deprivation status were investigated using a binary logistic regression model. The findings show that more than one-quarter of the women were severely deprived across the countries except Senegal (17.4%), and the severely deprived consistently have relatively low contraceptive prevalence rates (CPR) (16.0–24.3%) compared with women with no/low deprivation across the countries except Senegal (39.8%). The results for long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARC) were not consistent across the five countries: whereas, LARC utilisation was lower among severely deprived women in Nigeria (9.1%), Guinea (9.6%), and Mali (19.3%), utilisation was similar across the deprivation groups in Benin and Senegal. In the multivariable analyses, the log-odds of modern contraceptive utilisation decreases by 0.27 among the moderately deprived (ß = −0.27, SE = 0.05, p < 0.01) and by 0.75 among the severely deprived women (ß = −0.75, SE = 0.05, p < 0.01) compared with those with no/low deprivation, with variations across the countries. Similarly, the log-odds of LARC utilisation decreases by 0.44–0.72 among the severely deprived women compared with those with no/low deprivation across the countries except Senegal. This study concluded that family planning intervention programmes and policies need to underscore the deprivation context of urban geographies, particularly among women living in informal settlements.

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Social Disparities in the Receipt of Contraceptive Services Among Sexually Experienced Adolescent Females

Cited by 8 publications

References 41 publications

Exploring African-American and Latino Teens' Perceptions of Contraception and Access to Reproductive Health Care Services

Exploring African-American and Latino Teens' Perceptions of Contraception and Access to Reproductive Health Care Services

Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Relationship Between Risk‐Taking and the Effectiveness of Adolescents’ Contraceptive Use

Women Deprivation Index and Family Planning Utilisation in Urban Geography of West African Countries

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