Family Planning Perspectives articles from January 1999

Family Planning Perspectives archives from January 1999

What, Me Worry?
January 1, 1999... In the South, many men and women living outside large cities who are at risk of HIV infection are unaware of how the virus is transmitted.[1] Among 608 adults with HIV or AIDS interviewed in rural areas and small cities in four states,...

Abortion, Politics and the Public.
January 1, 1999... Three-fifths of registered voters polled in August 1998 said they were more likely to support prochoice candidates than ones holding antiabortion positions, and the same proportion believed that antiabortion politicians are motivated primarily...

Abortion, Politics and the AMA.
January 1, 1999... The American Medical Association (AMA) disregarded its decision-making protocols and was unduly influenced by political pressures when it endorsed a congressional bill outlawing "partial-birth" abortions, according to results of a management...

Mom's Milk Is Not Just Comfort Food.
January 1, 1999... Infants with a very low birth weight are less susceptible to infection if they are fed breast milk (either exclusively or supplemented with formula) than if they are strictly bottle-fed.[1] In a sample of 212 hospitalized infants who were...

Why Pill Users Quit.
January 1, 1999... Among a nationwide sample of women beginning pill use between March 1995 and May 1996, 28% discontinued the method within six months.[1] Women who had never before used a contraceptive had twice the discontinuation rate (32%) of those who had...

Mars, Venus and Risky Behavior.
January 1, 1999... French men who have had a sexually transmitted disease (STD) continue to engage in behaviors that increase their risk of infection, but women are quite likely to make behavioral changes after an STD.[1] In a nationwide telephone survey of 2,517...

Can Birth Trauma Lead to Suicide?
January 1, 1999... Men who suffered trauma at birth may have an elevated risk of violent suicide, according to a study of 242 Swedish adults who took their lives between 1978 and 1995.[1] Compared with their siblings who had experienced no painful perinatal...

Good News About Some Teenagers.
January 1, 1999... Asian and Pacific Islander high school students are less likely than other adolescents to engage in behaviors that increase their risk of pregnancy or sexually transmitted diseases, according to a 1992 survey of 2,026 young people in Los...

In Brief.
January 1, 1999... * Before giving birth, Spanish women routinely undergo several procedures (a complete pelvic shave, an enema and an episiotomy) that the World Health Organization says are justifiable only in certain circumstances. While the appropriateness of...

Correlates of Sexually Transmitted Bacterial Infections Among U.S. Women in 1995.
January 1, 1999... Context: Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) of bacterial origin such as gonorrhea and chlamydial infection can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) and infertility. Identifying behaviors and characteristics associated with infection may...

Where Do People Go for Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases?
January 1, 1999... Context: Major public health resources are devoted to the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) through public STD clinics. However, little is known about where people actually receive treatment for STDs. Methods: As part of...

Women's Interest in Vaginal Microbicides.
January 1, 1999... Context: Each year, an estimated 15 million new cases of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), including HIV, occur in the United States. Women are not only at a disadvantage because of their biological and social susceptibility, but also...

Condom Use and HIV Risk Behaviors Among U.S. Adults: Data from a National Survey.
January 1, 1999... Context: How much condom use among U.S. adults varies by type of partner or by risk behavior is unclear. Knowledge of such differentials would aid in evaluating the progress being made toward goals for levels of condom use as part of the...

Pregnancies Averted Among U.S. Teenagers By the Use of Contraceptives.
January 1, 1999... Context: The personal and social costs associated with teenage pregnancy in the United States concern many policymakers and researchers, yet the role of contraception in preventing these pregnancies has not been adequately quantified. ...

Reactions to Medical Abortion Among Providers Of Surgical Abortion: An Early Snapshot.
January 1, 1999... Much attention has been focused on the potential of medical abortion to change the character of pregnancy termination services in the United States. Because medical abortion regimes do not require surgical training and, hypothetically, can be...

Provider Attitudes Toward Dispensing Emergency Contraception in Michigan's Title X Programs.
January 1, 1999... The efficacy and potential side effects of emergency contraceptive pills have been documented.[1] Until recently, however, the method was relatively obscure. Largely because opponents of the method equate it with abortion, pharmaceutical...

The Pill in Japan: Will Approval Ever Come?
January 1, 1999... In March 1998, decades of campaigning by Japanese reproductive rights advocates once more met with defeat, as the Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare elected to delay indefinitely the licensing of the pill for use as a contraceptive in...

Black Teenagers Get Less Encouragement to Nurse, And Breastfeed Less, Than Other Young Mothers.
January 1, 1999... Mexican American and white adolescent mothers are more likely than their black counterparts to breastfeed their babies.[1] Women in all three groups have elevated odds of nursing if they perceive its benefits or have seen informational...

New Interview Technology Reveals Risky Behavior Among Adolescent Men.
January 1, 1999... Close to two-thirds of males aged 15-19 participating in a nationwide survey had ever engaged in heterosexual intercourse, and one-fifth had had five or more female sexual partners. Some 3-6% reported ever having engaged in such risky behaviors...

Puerto Rico: Contraceptive Use Is High, Sterilization Is The Most Popular Method.
January 1, 1999... Women in union in Puerto Rico have had an average of 2.2 children. Contraceptive prevalence is 78% among women in union, and female sterilization accounts for three-fifths of contraceptive use. One-half of 15-24-year-olds have ever had sex...

Safer-Sex Programs Increase Condom Use Among Black Adolescents.
January 1, 1999... One year after completing a safer-sex educational program, black adolescents report more frequent condom use than peers who have received abstinence-only education or general health education. Additionally, those who began having sex before...

Progestogen-Only Methods Do Not Elevate the Risk Of Cardiovascular Disease.
January 1, 1999... Overall, women who use oral or injectable progestogen-only contraceptives have no increased risk of cardiovascular disease compared with women who do not use any type of hormonal contraception, according to the World Health Organization...

Teenage Males Increasingly Use Condoms, but Half Of Those Who Have Sex Sometimes Forgo Protection.
January 1, 1999... Adolescent males are significantly more likely to use condoms during sexual intercourse than they were in the late 1980s, according to a study using data from the National Survey of Adolescent Men.[1] The proportion of sexually experienced...

Intensive Utilization of Prenatal Care Rises, Especially Among Women Having Multiple Births.
January 1, 1999... The proportion of women obtaining more than the recommended or average amount of prenatal care rose dramatically throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, according to the two most sensitive, comprehensive indices of service utilization.[1] Between...