Family Planning Perspectives articles from May 2000

Family Planning Perspectives archives from May 2000

Time to Stamp Out Syphilis.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... With the number of Americans suffering from syphilis at an all-time low, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched a nationwide campaign to eliminate the disease.[1] The program has stated a goal of reducing the number...

Should Conscience Be Their Guide?(Polling Data)(Review)
May 1, 2000... Pharmacists should not be permitted to refuse to dispense medications--including emergency contraception--because of their own religious or moral opposition, according to a majority of voters surveyed in New Jersey and Oregon, but many...

No Pain, No Gain, No Pregnancy?(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Women who exert themselves after they have conceived but before implantation has occurred may have an increased risk of miscarrying, according to results of a Danish study conducted in 1992-1994.[1] The analyses included 181 pregnancies, of...

Nearing Parity in Obstetric Care.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Women covered by Medicaid who gave birth in 1993 in California and Florida were no more likely to experience adverse outcomes if they were enrolled in a managed care plan than if they participated in a fee-for-service program.[1] However, in...

Is Teenage Motherhood a Good Idea?(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Some teenagers think that being a mother would have advantages, and these young women have an elevated likelihood of engaging in risky behaviors.[1] Researchers in Los Angeles asked a sample of 584 female high school students to report their...

A New Take on Effects of Intentions.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... An analysis of data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth challenges results of earlier research on the effects of pregnancy intention on maternal behavior and on infant health and child development.[1] In cross-sectional analyses, the...

O What a Tangled Web!(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... A review conducted in March 1999 of 32 World Wide Web sites that provide patient information on emergency contraception found that all failed to meet at least some recognized criteria of quality.[1] Four sites did not indicate their sources, 15...

Geek Love (or Lack Thereof).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Teenagers who score high on standard intelligence tests are less likely than those who score in the middle range to engage in sexual activity, according to an analysis of data from two surveys.[1] Participants in the 1995 wave of the National...

It Pays to Prevent HIV.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2000... The regimen of zidovudine treatment that the U.S. Public Health Service recommends to prevent the transmission of HIV from infected women to their newborns, while costly, still represents a considerable savings over the cost of caring for a...

The Relationship Context of Contraceptive Use At First Intercourse.(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2000... Despite societal efforts to reduce adolescent sexual activity, most adolescents have had sexual intercourse by the time they reach adulthood.[1] Analysis of the Youth Risk Behavior Surveys reveals that in 1997, 61% of high school seniors...

Reconceptualizing Adolescent Sexual Behavior: Beyond Did They or Didn't They?
May 1, 2000... The study of adolescent sexual behavior has been motivated largely by the health and social problems that may result when young people have unprotected sexual intercourse. Prevention efforts aimed at meeting national health objectives have...

Trends in Adolescent Males' Abortion Attitudes, 1988-1995: Differences by Race and Ethnicity.
May 1, 2000... Since the early 1960s, both the Gallup Organization and the National Opinion Research Center have conducted regular national surveys of the abortion attitudes of the adult population. Numerous studies have examined these data in attempts to...

Factors Affecting Contraceptive Use in Women Seeking Pregnancy Tests: Missouri, 1997.(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2000... Unintended pregnancy remains an important public health problem in this country. Despite the widespread availability of contraceptive technology and the national health objective to reduce the rate of unintended pregnancy to 30% by the year...

Use of Infertility Services in the United States: 1995.(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2000... As of 1995, 9.3 million women aged 15-44 had ever received infertility services, representing roughly 15% of all women of reproductive age.[1] In comparison, in 1982, 6.6 million women of reproductive age had ever received infertility...

Female Condom Use Among Women at High Risk Of Sexually Transmitted Disease.(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2000... In 1993, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved marketing of the female condom, a device that provides women who are unable to use latex male condoms with a potentially important alternative means of protecting themselves from sexually...

Cutting Public Funding for Undocumented Immigrants' Prenatal Care Would Raise the Cost of Neonatal Care.
May 1, 2000... Undocumented immigrants who do not receive prenatal care are nearly four times as likely to have low-birth-weight infants and seven times as likely to have preterm infants as those who obtain care during pregnancy, according to a two-year...

Deficits from Small Size At Birth Do Not Extend To Adults' Emotional Lives.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... People who were born small for their gestational age are slightly less likely to perform well in school, are less likely to hold professional or managerial jobs and report lower weekly incomes than people who were normal-birth-weight, according...

Large Immigration Flows Could Help Offset Declines In Developed Populations.(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2000... Because of low fertility and increased longevity, the populations of most developed countries are likely to become smaller and older by the year 2050. As the size of the working-age population shrinks relative to the size of the population aged...

Odds of Spousal Infidelity Are Influenced by Social And Demographic Factors.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2000... Some 11% of adults who have ever been married or cohabited have been unfaithful to their partner, according to the results of a national survey. In the first analysis of its kind to examine a constellation of factors that have not previously...

Maternal Factors and Multiple Births Are Main Cause Of Poor Birth Outcomes After In Vitro Fertilization.(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2000... Twenty-seven percent of Swedish women who become pregnant after undergoing in vitro fertilization have a multiple birth, compared with 1% of women overall. Babies conceived via in vitro fertilization are more likely than others to be born...

Poor Psychosocial Support Raises the Odds of Having An Underweight Infant.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Women whose psychosocial resources are inadequate to help them cope with the stresses of a first birth may have an elevated risk of bearing an infant who is small for gestational age, according to results of a Swedish prospective cohort...