Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health articles from June 2009

Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health archives from June 2009

Music to their ears--and then what?(FYI)(songs about sex and youth sex)(Brief article)
June 1, 2009... Exposure to song lyrics that describe degrading sex--sex marked by a power imbalance between partners and a lack of mutual consent--was a powerful predictor of sexual experience in a sample of ninth graders surveyed in Pittsburgh in 2006-2007....

Misconceptions about sexual health abound.(FYI)(Brief article)
June 1, 2009... One-quarter of e-mail queries about sexual health submitted to a Web site about emergency contraception in 2003-2004 reflected misconceptions about a variety of issues. (1) Content analysis identified five main categories of confusion: sexual...

Can teenagers get emergency contraception in the ER?(FYI)(emergency rooms)(Brief article)
June 1, 2009... For teenagers who are too young to obtain emergency contraception without a prescription, a hospital emergency room may be the place to go for the method. However, a survey of physicians who care for children and adolescents in emergency rooms...

Risk may relocate.(FYI)(immigrant women and low birth weight)(Brief article)
June 1, 2009... Immigrant women's risk of having a low-birth-weight infant is more closely related to their country of origin than to the characteristics of their new neighborhood, according to a study of recent immigrants to Canada. (1) In initial analyses of...

Older, but not wiser.(FYI)(risky sexual behavior by middle-age adults)(Brief article)
June 1, 2009... Maybe it's the adolescent-type behavior that often goes along with the midlife crisis, maybe it's denial or maybe it's sheer ignorance. Whatever the cause, many middle-age adults in Great Britain engage in sexual behavior that is, to say the...

Fertility outcomes not as planned? No worries.(FYI)(Brief article)
June 1, 2009... By and large, unintended childlessness and unplanned births do not seem to affect the mental health of childless adults in their 30s. (1) In analyses using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth, researchers found that men who were...

Hit me with your best shot.(FYI)(human papillomavirus vaccine for men)(Brief article)
June 1, 2009... Heterosexual male college students participating in a trial of human papillomavirus (HPV) prevention messages expressed moderately high interest in getting an HPV shot if one became available for men. (1) The 356 men taking part in the 2007...

Sexual risk-taking among adult dating couples in the United States.(Report)
June 1, 2009... Despite the many emotional and social benefits of sexual behavior in relationships, there is also the threat of contracting STDs, including HIV Rates of heterosexual transmission of these diseases remain unacceptably high. The need for STD...

Intimate partner violence among economically disadvantaged young adult women: associations with adolescent risk-taking and pregnancy experiences.(Report)
June 1, 2009... Relationship violence occurs at every socioeconomic level and across all age-groups, but women in their early 20s living in economically disadvantaged urban communities are especially vulnerable. Nonfatal intimate partner violence peaks during...

Second births to teenage mothers: risk factors for low birth weight and preterm birth.(Clinical report)
June 1, 2009... Teenage pregnancy and childbearing are significant public health problems in most large metropolitan areas of the United States, and rates in Milwaukee are among the highest in the country. (1) The literature generally shows that the risk of...

Barriers to adolescents' getting emergency contraception through pharmacy access in California: differences by language and region.(Report)
June 1, 2009... Despite a general decline in adolescent birthrates in the United States since 1991, the nation continues to have one of the highest adolescent birthrates among industrialized countries, and recent data indicate that U.S. rates have begun to...

Minors' behavioral responses to parental involvement laws: delaying abortion until age 18.(Report)
June 1, 2009... Laws in many states require that abortion providers notify parents or obtain written consent from them before an abortion is performed on a minor; these laws are often referred to as parental involvement laws. Evaluation of these laws has...

Pill use in the month before conception linked to risk of low birth weight, preterm delivery.(Digests)(Clinical report)
June 1, 2009... Women who use oral contraceptives just prior to conception may be more likely than nonusers to experience adverse birth outcomes, according to a study of health records from the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.: Those who used the pill within...

Among Arab American mothers, foreign birth, marriage may explain reduced risk of preterm birth.(Digests)(Report)
June 1, 2009... Ethnic differences in maternal birthplace and marital status may explain most of the established association between Arab ethnicity and a reduced risk of preterm birth, according to a Michigan study of all births over the period 2000-2005. (1)...

In the period before age 21, women, but not men, may have elevated STD risks.(sexually transmitted diseases)(Report)
June 1, 2009... New Zealand women participating in a longitudinal cohort study reported a greater incidence of STD diagnoses before age 21 than between ages 26 and 32; for men, by contrast, incidence was higher at ages 21-26 than earlier. (1) In addition, the...

Even at term, timing of cesarean is linked to adverse outcomes.(Digests)
June 1, 2009... The timing of elective repeat cesarean section, even for term births, may have important implications for infant heath, according to a large, multicenter study conducted in the United States. (1) When compared with infants delivered by elective...

Heterosexual Latino men's same-sex behavior may put their partners at risk.(Digests)
June 1, 2009... Four percent of Latino men who participated in a community-based survey in California said both that they were heterosexual and that they had had sex with men. These men were more likely than those who had had sex only with women to report...

Fathers' pregnancy intentions.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
June 1, 2009... We read with great interest "'The Link Between Couples' Pregnancy Intentions and Behavior: Does It Matter Who Is Asked?" [2008, 40(4):194-201], in which Maureen R. Waller and Marianne P. Bitler discuss the importance of evaluating both...