Improving communication about sex and birth control between parents and their children
has often been cited as a means to encourage young people to use contraceptives more …

COMMUNICATION AND CONTRACEPTIVE PRACTICES IN ADOLESCENT COUPLES
Denise Polit-O'Hara, Ph. D. and Janet R. Kahn ABSTRACT This study presents a descriptive …

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 …

A program to provide teenage family planning clinic patients with special services designed
to improve their ability to practice contraception effectively and avoid conception produced …

A majority of Americans favor giving contraception to teenagers who are sexu-ally active,'but
controversy still exists about the rights and wrongs of premarital sex. 2 There has been no …

Drawing on a theoretical model of adolescent contraceptive behavior, we examined the
relationships between various social and behavioral variables and contraceptive use by …

Context: Despite widespread efforts to increase contraceptive use to prevent both pregnancy
and sexually transmitted diseases among sexually active adolescents, most prior work …

" The first time, it was like totally out of the blue. You don't... say,'Well, I'm going to his house,
and he's probably going to try to get to bed with me, so I better make sure I'm prepared.'I …

CONTEXT Teenagers have a high unintended pregnancy rate, in part because of
inconsistent use or nonuse of contraceptives. It is important to determine how partner and …

This study examines the influence of parents, peers, and partners on teenage women's
contraceptive-seeking behavior and identifies sources of variation in the amount and …