Context: Adolescent pregnancy, birth, abortion and sexually transmitted disease (STD) rates
are much higher in the United States than in most other developed countries. Methods …

CONTEXT: Effective contraceptive use among first‐time adolescent mothers can reduce the
risk of a rapid repeat pregnancy and associated negative maternal and child health …

The article discusses trends in sexual experience and use of contraceptives among women
aged 15 to 19 years in 1995, 2002 and from 2006 to 2012, based from the National Survey …

An attempt to find a reliable way to measure contraceptive continuation among teenagers
was made in a study of 445 adolescents under age 18 who made an initial visit to one of …

PURPOSE: To explore the utility of using national data from high school students to explain
changes in national declines in pregnancy rates. Although declines in teen pregnancy and …

In a departure from the more traditional interest in pregnant adolescents, this research
describes the characteristics of a clinic sample of adolescent and mostly minority women …

In comparison with other industrialized countries, the United States has exceptionally high
rates of adolescent pregnancy and abortion. In 1999, nearly half of high‐school students …

Data collected over a two-year period from more than 500 teenagers and their mothers
indicate that neither parental attitudes toward premarital sex nor parent-child communication …

Purpose: To better understand maternal influence on the timing of first sex for adolescents.
Methods: Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, Cox …

PURPOSE: To explore relationships between parent and teen demographic characteristics,
parent beliefs about the effectiveness, safety and usability of condoms and oral …