Pediatricians are an important source of health care for adolescents and young adults,
especially younger adolescents, and can play a significant role in continuously addressing …

Contraception is widely used in the United States, and nurses in all settings may encounter
patients who are using or want to use contraceptives. Nurses may be called on to anticipate …

Introducción la información sobre anticoncepción es importante antes que se inicie la vida
sexual. Objetivo determinar el nivel de conocimiento y uso de métodos anticonceptivos por …

Although pregnancy and abortion rates have declined in adolescents, unintended
pregnancies remain unacceptably high in this age group. The use of highly effective …

Adolescence is the transitional phase of development between childhood and emerging
adulthood that incorporates the biological and psychosocial changes of puberty. It imposes …

Public health workers, clinicians, and researchers have tried to increase long-acting
reversible contraceptive (LARC) use by changing contraceptive counseling between …

Background Fear of pain during insertion of intrauterine contraception (IUC) is a barrier to
use of this method. IUC includes copper‐containing intrauterine devices and levonorgestrel …

Sexual health for adolescents is based on three components: recognizing sexual rights,
sexuality education and counseling, and thirdly confidential high quality services …

Significant public health disparities exist surrounding teen and unplanned pregnancy in the
United States. Women of color and those with lower education and socioeconomic status …

The onset of adolescence is a time of profound changes in motivation, cognition, behavior,
and social relationships. Existing neurodevelopmental models have integrated our current …