RT Book, Section A1 Needham, Heather E. A1 Monasterio, Erica B. A2 Kline, Mark W. SR Print(0) ID 1182923824 T1 Contraception T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23e YR 2018 FD 2018 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781259588594 LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182923824 RD 2024/11/13 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.