Family Planning Perspectives articles from January 2002

Family Planning Perspectives archives from January 2002

In this issue.
January 1, 2002... Throughout its more than 30-year lifetime, Family Planning Perspectives has evolved to meet the needs of an ever-changing field. Continuing that tradition, with this issue, we introduce two of our most exciting innovations to date: a new...

The birth of the blues. (FYI).(mental depression)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Postpartum depression has long been a focus of concern, but it is no more common or severe than depression during pregnancy, according to results of a British study of women who gave birth in 1991-1992. (1) Using a standard scale that indicates...

Births to some women on welfare drop. (FYI).(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2002... In Washington State, 42 women of every 1,000 receiving public assistance gave birth in 2000-30% fewer than did so in 1994. (1) The 2000 rate among women on welfare also was 30% lower than the rate for all women in the state. With a lack of...

New contraceptive wins approval. (FYI).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... The Food and Drug Administration has approved a seven-day contraceptive patch that was as effective as the pill in clinical trials. (1) Ortho Evra, which delivers continuous levels of progestin and estrogen to the bloodstream through the skin,...

News from state houses. (FYI).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... State legislatures passed a variety of measures in 2001 that should help advance women's reproductive health and rights. (1) California enacted a law allowing pharmacists to dispense emergency contraceptive pills without a prescription if they...

Japanese babies are shrinking. (FYI).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Babies born in Japan in 2000 were nearly a quarter of a pound lighter and almost one-fifth of an inch shorter than newborns 10 years earlier, according to results of a government study. (1) Government researchers acknowledge that several...

Should pill users fly? (FYI).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... The British government has advised all women who are at risk of deep vein thrombosis to consult a doctor before taking long airplane or car trips, because the condition, which is associated with long periods of sitting, can cause clots to form...

When to clone. (FYI).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... The dangers of reproductive cloning that justify a ban on this procedure do not apply to therapeutic cloning, a process by which stem cells are created for clinical and research purposes, according to an expert panel convened by the National...

The latest on HIV and AIDS. (FYI).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Eastern Europe and Central Asia have the fastest-growing AIDS epidemic of any world region; 250,000 of the one million HIV-infected people living there in 2001 received their diagnosis that year. (1) HIV diagnoses have almost doubled annually...

In Dire Demographics: Population Trends in the Russian Federation: researchers from RAND update trends in fertility, population growth, contraceptive use and abortion in Russia.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... * In Dire Demographics: Population Trends in the Russian Federation, researchers from RAND update trends in fertility, population growth, contraceptive use and abortion in Russia, and provide an analysis of the policy implications of these...

Catholics for a Free Choice (CFFC) has launched a global campaign to end the church's ban on condom use.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... * Catholics for a Free Choice (CFFC) has launched a global campaign to end the church's ban on condom use. In the first phase of the campaign, which began in November 2001, newspaper and billboard ads aimed at raising public awareness of the...

The 2001 edition of Making the Grade on Women's Health: a National and State-by-State Report Card, now available from the National Women's Law Center (NWLC).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... * The 2001 edition of Making the Grade on Women's Health: A National and State-by-State Report Card, now available from the National Women's Law Center (NW-LC), provides information on women's health status, federal policies and programs of...

The trade-off between hormonal contraceptives and condoms among adolescents. (Articles).
January 1, 2002... Healthy People 2010, the national health objectives set out by the Department of Health and Human Services, recommends that sexually active adolescents use both condoms and hormonal contraceptives to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted...

U.S. agencies providing publicly funded contraceptive services in 1999. (Articles).
January 1, 2002... In the United States, nearly one-quarter of women who obtain contraceptive services from a medical provider receive their care from clinics run by publicly funded agencies. (1) These agencies, which include local health departments, Planned...

Did abortion legalization reduce the number of unwanted children? Evidence from adoptions. (Articles).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... The legalization of abortion in the United States is well known to have led to changes in reproductive behavior. Birthrates declined by about 5-8% as a consequence of abortion legalization, with the largest declines occurring among teenagers,...

Having an abortion using mifepristone and home misoprostol: a qualitative analysis of women's experiences. (Articles).
January 1, 2002... Women base their decision to have an abortion on their current life setting, even though having an abortion may conflict with their moral or religious beliefs. Researchers who conducted in-depth interviews with women with unwanted pregnancies...

Early childbearing and children's achievement and behavior over time. (Articles).
January 1, 2002... Most studies find that children of teenage parents are at greater risk than children of older parents for a host of health, social and economic disadvantages. (1) As a result, they score lower on standard intelligence tests and achievement...

Few teenagers in managed care plans get chlamydia tests; nearly one in five of those tested are infected. (Digests).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Only 16% of female teenagers and 2% of male teenagers participating in a managed care program in the Baltimore-Washington area were tested for chlamydia during 1998 and 1999. More than 60% of young women classified as sexually active were...

Poor Hispanic women who have been sterilized are unlikely to use condoms. (Digests).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Sterilized Hispanic women surveyed at a publicly funded primary care facility in Houston were only half as likely as women relying on hormonal contraceptives to say that they used condoms consistently or that they planned to use them. (1) Women...

High school--based program tied to reduction in risk of having unprotected sex. (Digests).
January 1, 2002... A two-year risk-reduction program consisting of an intensive curriculum and a broad range of schoolwide activities significantly--and favorably--affected condom use among ninth and 10th graders in California and Texas. According to an analysis...

Odds of adverse outcome of second birth are elevated for teenagers. (Digests).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Adolescent women having their second birth are at elevated risk of giving birth either moderately or very prematurely, as well as of experiencing a stillbirth, compared with women aged 20-29. According to results from an analysis of Scottish...

Citing a preference for bottle-feeding, the vast majority of black women do not breastfeed. (Digests).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Black women are less than half as likely as white women to breastfeed, and the association is significant even when socioeconomic characteristics are controlled for. They also are considerably less likely than white women to cite logistical...

Postpartum anemia is more common and lasts longer in poor women than in those who are better-off. (Digests).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Between four and 26 weeks after giving birth, roughly one in four low-income women suffer from anemia; the proportion reaches nearly half, however, among those who were anemic during pregnancy and among black women. These findings, based on...

Sexual risks are increased for women who were ever in foster or kinship care. (Digests).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Women who spent any time living in foster homes or with relatives other than their parents during childhood have an elevated risk of engaging in high-risk sexual behaviors, according to an analysis of data from the 1995 National Survey of...

Mother's attitudes affect ability to discuss condom use with her adolescent. (Digests).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... A mother's attitude toward teenage sexuality, her comfort in talking about sexual matters and her religiousness can all significantly affect whether she communicates with her adolescent about condoms, according to a study of nearly 1,000 women...

Correction.(Brief Article)(Correction Notice)
January 1, 2002... In "Differences in Teenage Pregnancy Rates Among Five Developed Countries: The Roles of Sexual Activity and Contraceptive Use," by Jacqueline E. Darroch et al. [2001, 33(6):244-250 & 281], Table 1 should indicate that Canada's General Social...