PURPOSE: Consistent condom use is critical to efforts to prevent sexually transmitted
infections among adolescents, but condom use may decline as relationships and …

Because inconsistent condom use could put adolescent women at an increased risk for
sexually transmitted diseases, it is important to understand when and with whom they use …

PURPOSE:: National surveys have found that the percentage of female adolescents who
report condom use at last sex differs by age group. Using longitudinal data, the authors …

CONTEXT: Research on adolescent condom use often focuses on the influence of parents,
peers and environmental factors. Although most sexually active teenagers have sex within …

This study describes associations of partner‐specific relationship characteristics with
consistent condom use among 297 young people (ages 13–24) with sexually transmitted …

INTRODUCTION: Few existing studies have considered influences of adolescents' sexual
partners on contraceptive consistency. This study examines the influence of personal …

PURPOSE: To describe women's condom use patterns over time and assess predictors of
dual method use 12 months after initiating hormonal contraceptives. METHODS: We …

Objectives. We used Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory to identify factors that
predicted never or sometimes using condoms in a multiethnic cohort of adolescent mothers …

PURPOSE: To describe patterns and changes in contraceptive use among pregnant
adolescents in early and later postpartum compared with nonpregnant adolescents …

Assessed condom use, barriers to condom use, oral contraceptive use, partnership status
and STD history in 457 15-30 year-old women attending four family planning clinics …