Adolescenceâ€" beginning with the onset of puberty and ending in the mid-20sâ€" is a
critical period of development during which key areas of the brain mature and develop …

Over the past decade, women in Western countries have taken to various social media
platforms to share their dissatisfactory experiences with hormonal contraception, which may …

ABSTRACT Objectives Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has burgeoned into a
pandemic that highlights the countless social and health disparities that have existed in …

Context Youth-friendly family planning services may improve youth reproductive health
outcomes. A systematic review conducted in 2011 was updated in 2016 to incorporate …

Introduction: unintended pregnancies and adolescent childbearing are on the increase in
Sub-Saharan Africa. In Ghana, 14% of adolescents aged 15-19 are already mothers or …

Objective We sought to describe the current usage patterns, knowledge regarding, and
perception of emergency contraception in adolescent patients. Study design We surveyed …

Background: The UN Commission on Life-Saving Commodities for Women and Children
identified emergency contraceptive pills as 1 of the 13 essential underused, low-cost, and …

Purpose To evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a text messaging intervention to
increase contraception among adolescent emergency department patients. Methods A pilot …

Many adolescents use the emergency department (ED) as their primary source of health
care. As a result, the ED serves as a unique opportunity to reach adolescents. Although …

Methods We conducted a two-arm randomized controlled trial on a convenience sample of
sexually active females 14 to 21 years old in an urban pediatric ED. Participants were …