Contraception is essential to preventing unintended pregnancy. While contraceptive use has
increased significantly over the past decade, discontinuation and gaps in use remain …

CONTEXT: Women's relationship context likely influences both their ability and their
motivation to use contraceptives. No recent studies, however, have examined associations …

Despite clinical guidelines and national data describing the use of one contraceptive
method as the best and most common way to prevent unintended pregnancy, limited …

Measurements of sexual intercourse frequency are informative for research on pregnancy,
contraception, and the transmission of sexually transmitted infections; however, efficiently …

Introduction Research investigating the impact of contraceptive use on sexual desire has
produced mixed results. This scholarship also has had inconsistent methodology, with some …

The average US woman wants to have two children; to do so, she will spend about three
years pregnant, postpartum, or trying to become pregnant, and three decades trying to avoid …

INTRODUCTION: The relationship between the source of sexual information and adolescent
sexual behavior is not well understood. MATERIALS AND METHODS: As part of a larger …

Introduction Almost half of all pregnancies in the United States are unintentional, unplanned,
or mistimed. Most unplanned pregnancies result from inconsistent, incorrect, or nonuse of a …

CONTEXT The IUD is extremely effective but infrequently used by young adult women, who
disproportionately experience unintended pregnancies. Research has not examined how …

Much attention has been focused on efforts to reduce unintended pregnancy by improving
contraceptive use among high-risk women; however, there is limited information to guide …