A Multidimensional and Longitudinal Exploratory Study of the Stability of Pregnancy Contexts in the United States

MA Markowitz, LS Lundsberg… - Women's Health Reports, 2024 - liebertpub.com
Objective: Evaluate the longitudinal stability of six pregnancy contexts, including intention, in
a diverse cohort of individuals experiencing delivery, abortion, or miscarriage. Methods: We …

Desire, acceptability, and expected resolution: A latent class analysis of current pregnancy orientation in the United States

J Arcara, L Caton, AM Gómez - Perspectives on Sexual and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Scant research has examined latent and contextual dimensions of pregnancy
intentions, conventionally classifying unintended pregnancies as mistimed (wanted later) or …

Pregnancy context and women's health-related quality of life

A Gariepy, LS Lundsberg, N Vilardo, N Stanwood… - Contraception, 2017 - Elsevier
Objective The objective was to quantify the association of pregnancy context and health-
related quality of life (HRQoL). Study design English-or Spanish-speaking women, aged 16 …

Variation in pregnancy intendedness across US women's pregnancies

KM Shreffler, AL Greil, KS Mitchell… - Maternal and child health …, 2015 - Springer
How stable are women's pregnancy intentions across their reproductive lifespans? Are there
demographic, social, or attitudinal characteristics that are associated with differing …

Perceptions of control over pregnancy: beyond the notion of “intendedness”

M Manze, M Ramos, D Romero - Contraception, 2018 - contraceptionjournal.org
Objectives: The prevailing measures used to categorize pregnancy “intentions” may not
completely capture how individuals approach childbearing. We aimed to determine if/how …

Race and ethnicity may not be associated with risk of unintended pregnancy

S Kemet, LS Lundsberg, AM Gariepy - Contraception, 2018 - Elsevier
Objective The objective was to use improved measures and methodology to investigate
whether race and ethnicity are associated with unintended pregnancy. Study design Cross …

Defining new categories of pregnancy intention in African-American women

A Schwartz, N Peacock, K McRae, R Seymour… - Women's health …, 2010 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Half of all US pregnancies are categorized as unintended at conception, but
concerns persist that existing measures of pregnancy intention do not adequately reflect the …

The stability of pregnancy intentions and pregnancy-related maternal behaviors

T Joyce, R Kaestner, S Korenman - Maternal and child health journal, 2000 - Springer
Objectives: Our objectives were to characterize the stability of pregnancy intention and to
examine whether stability is associated with the timing of prenatal care initiation, smoking …

Pregnancy intention: associations with maternal behaviors and experiences during and after pregnancy

CL Robbins, LB Zapata, D D'Angelo… - Journal of Women's …, 2021 - liebertpub.com
Background: The associations between levels of pregnancy intention and adverse
behaviors or experiences during pregnancy and postpartum have not been well described …

Stability of retrospective pregnancy intention reporting among women with unwanted pregnancies in the United States

CH Rocca, MR Wilson, M Jeon, DG Foster - Maternal and child health …, 2019 - Springer
Objectives Retrospective assessment of pregnancy intention may be unreliable as women's
perceptions of a past conception can change over time. We compared the stability of …