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 2024/04/16
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.