Objective To identify barriers to condom use. Methods Data were extracted through
MEDLINE from papers published between 1993 and 2007. Surveys, reviews, clinical studies …

Policymakers are interested in promoting healthy marriages in adulthood by providing
services to strengthen the adolescent precursors of healthy marriage, especially within low …

CONTEXT: Pregnancies among contraceptive users account for nearly half of all unintended
pregnancies and are almost entirely due to inconsistent or incorrect contraceptive use …

Introduction. Given the efficacy of latex condoms for preventing pregnancy, HIV, and most
STI, their promotion remains central to global sexual health efforts. To inform the …

CONTEXT: Young adults have high rates of unintended childbearing and STDs, yet little
research has examined the role of relationship characteristics in their contraceptive use …

Although HIV is contracted by individuals, it is typically transmitted in dyads. Most efforts to
promote safer sex practices, however, focus exclusively on individuals. The goal of this …

Background The fertility rate in Nigeria is 5.7 children per woman. The contraceptive
prevalence rate has been found to be low at 15% in 2013, compared to other countries such …

Although early sexual initiation has been linked to negative outcomes, it is unknown whether
these effects are causal. In this study, we use propensity score methods to estimate the …

Objectives. US women experience high rates of unplanned pregnancy and sexually
transmitted infections (STIs), yet they seldom combine condoms with highly effective …

We examine the relationship characteristics associated with contraceptive method choice
within young people's nonmarital sexual relationships, using data from retrospective …