Poor medication adherence is a pervasive issue with considerable health and
socioeconomic consequences. Although the underlying reasons are generally understood …

Improving the quality of contraceptive counseling is one strategy to prevent unintended
pregnancy. We identify aspects of relational and task-oriented communication in family …

Background Information about the incidence of induced abortion is needed to motivate and
inform efforts to help women avoid unintended pregnancies and to monitor progress toward …

Background The rate of unintended pregnancy in the United States is much higher than in
other developed nations. Approximately half of unintended pregnancies are due to …

CONTEXT Contraceptive failure rates measure a woman's probability of becoming pregnant
while using a contraceptive. Information about these rates enables couples to make …

Objective—This report describes current contraceptive use among women of childbearing
age (ages 15–44) during 2011–2013. Current contraceptive use is defined as use during the …

Objective-Use of contraception and the effectiveness of the method used to prevent
pregnancy are major factors affecting national pregnancy and birth rates and the ability of …

This review provides an update of previous estimates of first-year probabilities of
contraceptive failure for all methods of contraception available in the United States …

OBJECTIVES: This report shows trends since 1982 in whether a woman wanted to get
pregnant just before the pregnancy occurred. This is the most direct measure available of …

Results... Ever-use of Contraception.. Contraceptive Use at First Premarital Intercourse.
Current Contraceptive Use Pencentage Using a Method Among Those at Risk of …