TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Contraception
A1  - Needham, Heather E.
A1  - Monasterio, Erica B.
A2  - Kline, Mark W.
PY  - 2018
T2  - Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23e
AB  - Contraception  is  a  health  behavior  that  often  begins  during  adolescence  and  evolves  throughout  reproductive  life.  Approximately  80%  of  pregnancies  in  adolescents  between  15  and  19  years  of  age  in  the  United  States  are  unintended.  The  Youth  Risk  Behavior  Survey  (2015)  found  that  30%  of  high  school  students  had  had  sex  within  the  last  3  months,  and  of  those,  13.8%  did  not  use  a  condom  or  any  other  form  of  contraception.  This  is  significant  in  that  more  sexually  active  teens  are  utilizing  contraceptive  methods.  Meanwhile,  there  was  a  decline  in  teen  births  in  the  United  States  to  women  between  15  and  19  years  of  age:  229,888  births  in  2015  compared  to  553,000  in  2011.  This  may  be  due  in  part  to  more  teens  remaining  abstinent  longer;  more  effective  means  of  contraception,  particularly  long-acting  reversible  contraception  (LARC);  and  the  use  of  emergency  contraception.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/24
UR  - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182923824
ER  -