Family Planning Perspectives articles from November 1999

Family Planning Perspectives archives from November 1999

And the Winners Are ...(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... The first "illegitimacy bonus"--a provision of the 1996 welfare reform law that rewards jurisdictions achieving the greatest declines in the proportion of births occurring among unmarried women--has gone to Alabama, California, the District of...

Why Do Some Teenagers Not Do It?(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... When asked why they have refrained from engaging in intercourse, 697 sexually inexperienced Missouri youths in grades 8-10 cited three broad reasons: fear, conservative values and embarrassment.[1] Fear of pregnancy, disease or parents'...

New Emergency Method Approved.
November 1, 1999... In July 1999, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first progestin-only pill designed to be an emergency contraceptive.[1] The method (consisting of two 0.75-mg doses of levonorgestrel taken 12 hours apart, beginning within 72 hours...

Who Gets Hepatitis C?
November 1, 1999... Men and women who engage in high-risk sexual behavior or who use illegal drugs have the greatest risk of contracting the blood-borne virus hepatitis C, according to results of the 1988-1994 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey[1]....

Medical Abortion Made Easier.
November 1, 1999... Medical abortion using methotrexate and misoprostol is equally effective, safe and acceptable, whether the methotrexate is injected or taken orally.[1] In the first phase of a Canadian study, 100 women requesting medical abortion were randomly...

Teenagers May Be, Like, Clueless.
November 1, 1999... Many young people feel inadequately informed about issues related to their sexual and reproductive health.[1] Of more than 1,000 high school students who participated in a nationwide survey, 40-50% said they need more basic information about...

Drinking Problems and Sexual Risk.
November 1, 1999... Teenagers with a clinically defined drinking problem engage in more risky sexual behavior than other young people who drink, according to a study of 371 adolescents who consume alcohol at least once a month.[1] Participants with a drinking...

Breastfeed for a Svelter Child.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... German five- and six-year-olds who were breastfed are less likely to be obese than are their peers who were not nursed, and the effect increases as the duration of exclusive breastfeeding grows.[1] Among 9,206 Bavarian schoolchildren examined...

Multiple Births Multiply.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... Between 1980 and 1997, the number of twin births rose by about half, and the number of higher order multiple births roughly quadrupled.[1] Rates of multiple births showed similar increases overall, but changes varied substantially according to...

Determinants of Trends in Condom Use In the United States, 1988-1995.(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... In 1986, the U.S. Surgeon General's report on AIDS advised persons whose sexual partners may have been exposed to HIV to always use a condom when engaging in sexual intercourse.[1] The continued high incidence of sexually transmitted diseases...

The Effectiveness of Condoms in Reducing Heterosexual Transmission of HIV.(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... Heterosexual intercourse is the primary mode of HIV infection worldwide.[1] In the United States, male homosexual contact and intravenous drug use account for the majority of HIV infections, but transmission via heterosexual contact continues...

Abstinence Promotion and the Provision Of Information About Contraception in Public School District Sexuality Education Policies.(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... An overwhelming majority of U.S. adults have long supported sexuality education in the public schools, according to a wide array of surveys.[1] That support extends not only to teaching about abstinence,(*) but also to teaching about...

Family Planning Services in Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention: The Views of Key Informants In Four Countries.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... While adolescent birthrates in the United States have decreased slightly since 1992,[1] these rates are still among the highest in the industrialized world, and are in sharp contrast to the very low teenage birthrates recorded in the...

Attitudes of Icelandic Young People Toward Sexual and Reproductive Health Services.(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... Iceland has higher levels of fertility than many other western European countries. The mean number of children born to Icelandic families is almost three, and more than 90% of the population approve of childbearing outside marriage.[1] High...

Reproductive Health and Intimate Partner Violence.
November 1, 1999... A growing body of research is beginning to document associations between experiences of violence and the status of women's reproductive health. The data still are largely preliminary, but they suggest a need for further inquiry into these...

After a Teenage Daughter Has Become Pregnant or Given Birth, Mothers Monitor All Their Children Less Closely.(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... Women with an adolescent daughter who has never been pregnant have higher achievement expectations for her and monitor all their children more closely than do mothers with a pregnant or parenting daughter. Moreover, they perceive adolescent...

Women Who Are Sterilized At Age 30 or Younger Have Increased Odds of Regret.
November 1, 1999... American women who undergo surgical sterilization typically express no regret about their decision, but the risk of regret is heightened for particular groups. Those who are aged 30 or younger when they choose the method and those who obtain...

Women Who Have Trouble Conceiving Risk Losing An Infant Soon After Birth.
November 1, 1999... Women who encounter difficulty in conceiving are three times as likely to experience a perinatal death as are those with no fertility problems, according to a case-control study conducted in the United Kingdom.[1] The risk is similar regardless...

Sexual Network Patterns Contribute to Racial Disparities in Disease Risk.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... Racial and ethnic differences in sexual network patterns partly explain why black men and women are more likely than white and Hispanic people to have a history of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Among individuals who have had only one...

Woman's Obstetric History Mitigates the Effects of Social Factors that Predict the Likelihood of Premature Delivery.
November 1, 1999... Socioeconomic factors are related to the likelihood that a woman will give birth before 32 weeks' completed gestation, but their importance differs depending on the woman's obstetric history. For example, among European women who had never been...