Family Planning Perspectives articles from May 1997

Family Planning Perspectives archives from May 1997

The impact of Postponing Sexual Involvement curriculum among youths in California.
May 1, 1997... Concern about high rates of unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease (STD) infection among adolescents has led to the implementation in many middle and high schools of sexuality education programs designed to delay the onset of...

Education Now and Babies Later (ENABL): life history of a campaign to postpone sexual involvement.
May 1, 1997... On June 30, 1992, in the Governor's Council Room at the California State Capitol, Molly Joel Coye, director of the Department of Health Services (DHS), and Gayle Wilson, wife of Governor Pete Wilson, publicly launched the Education Now and Babies...

Teenage abortion and pregnancy statistics by state, 1992.
May 1, 1997... The most recent published estimates of the numbers and rates of abortions and pregnancies among teenagers, by state and race, were for 1988.[1] Since then, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Center for Health...

Does condom availability make a difference? An evaluation of Philadelphia's health resource centers.
May 1, 1997... Public concern about teenage sexuality, pregnancy and childbearing has been persistently high for at least two decades.[1] The teenage birthrate rose in the 1980s, but has dropped somewhat during this decade. Nonetheless, pregnancy rates remain...

Young men's experience with condom breakage.
May 1, 1997... Continuing concerns with adolescents sexual and reproductive health have resulted in an increasing emphasis on condom use, which has been identified as an important means of reducing the risk of pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs),...

The association between substance use, condom use and sexual risk among low income women.
May 1, 1997... As the incidence of AIDS and of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection among women continues to rise, particularly among minority women,[1] it is important to identify factors that underlie both the rising incidence and the sharp ethnic...

Economic correlates of nonmarital childbearing among adult women.
May 1, 1997... Most research about and public attention on nonmarital childbearing is focused on teenagers. However, recent reports from the National Center for Health Statistics have noted the growing importance of nonmarital childbearing among women who are...

Planned home birth can be as safe as hospital delivery for women with low-risk pregnancies.
May 1, 1997... Home birth can be a safe option for women who have a low risk of obstetric complications or poor perinatal outcomes, provided an adequate infrastructure is in place for handling obstetric problems. According to some of the findings from four...

Economic resources lag among children whose parents are cohabiting.
May 1, 1997... An estimated 2.2 million U.S. children live in families headed by cohabiting couples. These children are economically better off than children with single mothers, but their economic resources lag far behind those of children with married...

Rate of low birth weight among Asians in California is close to US goal, but varies by national origin.
May 1, 1997... About 6% of infants born to Asian women in California are underweight at birth, a proportion close to the national goal of 5% established by the U.S. Public Health Service. Depending on the mother's national origin, however, the proportion varies...

Most Japanese students do not have intercourse until after adolescence.
May 1, 1997... The majority of Japanese students wait until they are at least 20 to begin having sex, according to a national survey, and most use a contraceptive method at first intercourse.[1] Females are likely to have their first sexual experience with an...

Young mothers who choose adoption may be regretful, but not usually depressed.
May 1, 1997... Adolescent mothers who place their newborns for adoption are more likely than those who rear their infants to experience regret over their decision one year after the birth. However, according to a study of pregnant and postpartum teenagers in...

Slightly increased risk of breast cancer among pill users disappears 10 years after discontinuation.
May 1, 1997... Current users of combined pills and those who recently stopped use have a slightly elevated risk of breast cancer, but this increase in relative risk is transitory and does not persist beyond 10 years after discontinuation. Moreover, the tumors...