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 …

Fertility surveys have rarely asked people who are using contraception about the
contraceptive method they would like to be using, implicitly assuming that those who are …

Objective To identify prevalence of unfulfilled contraceptive preferences due to cost among
low-income United States female contraceptive method users and nonusers, and …

Objectives We describe the prevalence and correlates of nonuse of preferred contraceptive
method among women 18-44 years of age in Ohio using contraception. Study Design The …

Background Young people's ability to use their preferred contraceptive method is an
indicator of reproductive autonomy and healthcare access. State policies can hinder or …

Background In the US and globally, dominant metrics of contraceptive access focus on the
use of certain contraceptive methods and do not address self-defined need for …

Purpose Contraceptive satisfaction may influence not only contraceptive use but also long-
term engagement in care. We investigated the extent to which adolescent and young …

CONTEXT Female surgical sterilization is widely used in the United States. Educational
differentials in sterilization are large, but poorly understood. Improved understanding of …

We sought to determine the influence of the most common methods of contraception and
natural methods of family planning (NFP) on the odds of divorce among women of …

Jargon—the specialized language used by people in the same work or profession—is only
communicative if the people working in that profession have a common understanding of its …