Family Planning Perspectives articles from May 1999

Family Planning Perspectives archives from May 1999

When Does Life (of Crime) Begin?
May 1, 1999... Men whose mothers smoked during pregnancy have an increased risk of engaging in criminal activity, and this risk persists beyond their adolescent years.[1] A study of 4,169 Danish men born in 1959-1961 revealed that the proportion arrested for...

Teenagers Miss the Point on STDs.(sexually transmitted diseases)
May 1, 1999... Although U.S. teenagers understand that sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are an urgent problem, many lack basic knowledge about STDs and their incidence and potential consequences, according to results of a 1998 survey of...

Where Not to Go in an Emergency.(Catholic hospital policy)
May 1, 1999... Women seeking emergency contraceptive pills are unlikely to receive them at Catholic hospitals.[1] A survey of 589 Catholic hospitals revealed that 82% do not provide emergency contraception, even to women who have been raped; 9% sometimes...

Solvent Exposure May Harm a Fetus.
May 1, 1999... Pregnant women who are exposed to organic solvents at work have a sharply elevated risk of bearing an infant with a major malformation, according to an analysis of outcomes among patients at a Canadian prenatal program between 1987 and 1996.(1)...

Do Religion and Politics Mix?(Polling Data)
May 1, 1999... American women participating in a nationwide 1998 survey expressed substantial levels of religious involvement and social conservatism, as well as a willingness to mix religion and politics.[1] Three-quarters of the 1,000 respondents, who were...

Family Planning: Read All About It.
May 1, 1999... In a predominantly low-income sample of 406 Tennessee women, contraceptive method use and family planning knowledge varied considerably, depending on women's reading proficiency.[1] Women who had ever relied on an IUD, douching, rhythm or the...

It Could Help and Doesn't Hurt.(HIV infection prevention)
May 1, 1999... Children whose HIV-infected mothers took zidovudine during pregnancy to avoid transmitting the virus to their infant appear to suffer no ill effects from their exposure to the drug.[1] A study of 234 HIV-negative preschoolers who were born to...

Risks for Older Mothers.
May 1, 1999... Women who give birth at age 40 or later are highly likely to require an operative delivery and, especially if they have never had a baby before, have an elevated risk of pregnancy complications.[1] Among a sample of 24,032 California women aged...

In Brief.
May 1, 1999... * Family planning has made the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) list of the century' s 10 great public health achievements. The CDC notes that family planning has changed women's social and economic roles and has provided...

Medicaid Eligibility Expansion in Florida: Effects On Maternity Care Financing and the Delivery System.(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 1999... Context: In July 1989, the income limit on Medicaid eligibility for pregnant women in Florida was increased from 100% to 150% of the poverty level. This change may have led to substantial shifts in the financing of pregnancy-related care, and...

Teenage Partners' Communication About Sexual Risk and Condom Use: The Importance Of Parent-Teenager Discussions.(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 1999... Context: Teenagers' communication with their partners about sex and their use of condoms may be influenced by the discussions teenagers have with their parents about sex. However, little is known about the process of parent-teenager...

Pregnancy Rates Among U.S. Women And Their Partners in 1994.(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 1999... Context: When rates of pregnancy, birth and abortion are calculated only for the women involved, men's role in reproduction is ignored, resulting in limited understanding of their influence on these outcomes. Methods: Data from the 1995...

Sexual Intercourse, Abuse and Pregnancy Among Adolescent Women: Does Sexual Orientation Make a Difference?(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 1999... Context: Although a limited amount of research has retrospectively explored the childhood and adolescent heterosexual experiences of lesbians, little is known about the prevalence of heterosexual behavior and related risk factors or about...

Live Births Resulting From Unintended Pregnancies: Is There Variation Among States?(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 1999... Context: States need data on live births resulting from unintended pregnancies in order to assess the need for family planning services; however, many states do not collect such data. Some states may use extrapolated rates from other states....

Psychosocial and Educational Services For Female College Students with Genital Human Papillomavirus Infection.(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 1999... Context: College-age women have a high risk of acquiring human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, which may have substantial psychosocial and physical effects. Young women who become infected need information and support from health care...

The State Bonus to Reward a Decrease in `Illegitimacy': Flawed Methods and Questionable Effects.(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 1999... In 1994, one-third of all births in the United States occurred outside of marriage, and the rate of nonmarital childbearing was rising among women of all reproductive ages.[1] The role of welfare in this trend was at issue during the debates on...

The `New Medicaid': An Incremental Path To National Health Care Reform.
May 1, 1999... From the 1960s (when the Medicaid program began) through the mid-1980s, Medicaid provided health coverage for the poor, serving as a "payor of last resort" of health care claims for families receiving cash assistance. Yet for much of this time,...

Elevated Risk of Low Birth Weight Among Black Parents' Infants Is Not Directly Attributable to Race.(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 1999... Infants with at least one black parent are more likely than those born to white couples to be low-birth-weight, but the association between race and low birth weight is reduced substantially when demographic, medical and socioeconomic factors...

Women With Gynecologic Symptoms Are More Likely Than Other Women to Have a History of Sexual Assault.(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 1999... Common gynecologic symptoms may indicate a history of sexual assault, according to an analysis of data from three large population-based surveys.[1] Women who report sexual dysfunction, menstrual pain or excessive menstrual bleeding are roughly...

Ten Years After Ceasing Pill Use, Former Users Have Mortality Risks Similar to Those of Never-Users.(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 1999... Increases in mortality associated with current use of oral contraceptives do not persist after 10 years of nonuse, according to a 25-year follow-up study in the United Kingdom) Compared with women who have never used the pill, current users and...

Dropping Out of School Increases Chance of Birth For Whites and Hispanics.(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 1999... White and Hispanic young women who drop out of school are about 50% more likely to have a teenage birth than are those who remain in school; among black adolescents, however, dropping out has no significant impact on the risk of a teenage...

Children's Vaccine Coverage Improves When It Is Linked to Frequency of Food Voucher Distribution.(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 1999... Food voucher programs that assess children's immunization status and require increased visits by parents whose children are not fully immunized may improve vaccine coverage in inner-city populations. Among Chicago participants in the Special...

Reproductive Risk Factors Explain Little About Ethnic Differences in Breast Cancer.(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 1999... Hispanic women who have never had a birth are nearly three times as likely as those who have to develop breast cancer, and those who delay childbearing until their late 20s have more than twice the risk of women who give birth before age 19. In...

Latvian Men and Women Wish to Have About Two Children, but Typically Do Not Reach That Goal.(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 1999... Latvian women average only 1.3 lifetime births, one of the lowest fertility rates in the world, yet both men and women say they wish to have about two children, and most believe the government should take steps to raise the birthrate. About...

Reasons for Infecundity.(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 1999... In a recent article in this journal [Impaired fecundity in the United States: 1982-1995, 1998, 30(1):34-42], Anjani Chandra and Elizabeth Hervey Stephen reported a substantial increase between 1982 and 1995 in the number (to 1.6 million) and...