Family Planning Perspectives articles from March 1998

Family Planning Perspectives archives from March 1998

How relationships of U.S. men affect contraceptive use and efforts to prevent sexually transmitted diseases.
March 1, 1998... Context: Comparatively little is known about how U. S. adult men's attitudes and characteristics influence their decision to use contraceptives to prevent pregnancy and to take actions to protect themselves from infection with sexually...

A profile of the adolescent male family planning client.
March 1, 1998... Context: Family planning programs and policies increasingly focus on the male partner's roles and responsibilities in contraceptive decision-making and use. To effectively tailor services for males, policymakers and providers must refine their...

Impact of a high school condom availability program on sexual attitudes and behaviors.
March 1, 1998... Context: While making condoms available in high schools has provoked much debate, evidence on the actual effects of such programs on students' attitudes and behavior is sparse. Methods: Prior to implementation of a condom availability program...

Breakage and acceptability of a polyurethane condom: a randomized, controlled study.
March 1, 1998... Context: Although the first commercial polyurethane condom was approved for use several years ago, no U. S. clinical trial has compared its performance to that of the latex condom. Methods: In a masked crossover study, 360 couples were...

Predicting maternal behaviors during pregnancy: does intention status matter?
March 1, 1998... Context: Women's behavior during pregnancy, which can affect the health of their infant may be influenced by their attitude toward the pregnancy. Methods: Multivariate analyses of data from the 1988 National Maternal and Infant Health Survey...

Compliance, counseling and satisfaction with oral contraceptives: a prospective evaluation.
March 1, 1998... Context: Oral contraceptive users' risk of accidental pregnancy may be higher than it should be, because of inconsistent pill-taking. However, few reliable data are available on pill users' everyday experiences with their method, especially...

Partner-specific sexual behaviors among persons with both main and other partners.
March 1, 1998... Context: If men and women engage in different sexual behavior with main partners than with other types of partners, then programs aimed at preventing the spread of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) may need to address individuals' differential...

Adolescents with close family relationships have reduced chances of engaging in risky behaviors.
March 1, 1998... Adolescents who feel connected to their families and their schools are less likely than those who do not to have sex at an early age, to engage in fighting, and to use cigarettes, alcohol and marijuana; they also are less likely to be emotionally...

Newest pills carry lower heart attack risk than previous formulations. (oral contraceptives)
March 1, 1998... Women who use oral contraceptives containing a low dose of estrogen and either gestodene or desogestrel ("third-generation" progestins) have a lower risk of myocardial infarction than women who take older formulations of combined pills, according...

With mandatory delay, Mississippi's abortion rate fell; out-of-state and second-trimester procedures increased.
March 1, 1998... The abortion rate among Mississippi women dropped by 16% in the year following enforcement of a law mandating that women wait 24 hours after receiving counseling about abortion before obtaining the procedure.[1] In South Carolina and Georgia,...

Vitamin use in pregnancy reduces odds of low birth weight and preterm birth.
March 1, 1998... Low-income urban women who start using vitamin and mineral supplements in the first or second trimester of pregnancy reduce their odds of delivering preterm by about one-half; most of the reduction is due to a steep decline in the likelihood of...

The number of abortions among U.S. women fell 5% in 1994, continuing a decline begun in the early 1990s.
March 1, 1998... In 1994, a total of 1.27 million abortions were reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 5% fewer than the 1.33 million reported in 1993. The ratio of abortions to live births and the rate of abortions per 1,000 women...