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Prevention programs need to address black female teens' wish to be pregnant.
2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Health behavior specialists say that programs aimed at preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases among African American teen girls need to take into account these adolescents' level of desire to become pregnant.
Wanting to be pregnant affects female teens sexual and relationship practices, point out S.L. Davies and colleagues at the University of Alabama.
Initially, 522 girls ages 14 to 18 were part of the study, but 67 (12.8%) of them were pregnant and so were excluded. "Of the remaining 455 adolescents, 107 (23.6%) expressed some desire to be pregnant at the time of assessment," the researchers said.
"Adolescents who desired pregnancy were significantly more likely to report having had sex with a casual partner and to use contraception inconsistently. Factors involving an adolescent girl's relationship with her partner (e.g., being in a relationship, length of relationship, time spent with boyfriend, or satisfaction with boyfriend) were not significantly associated with the desire for pregnancy," ...
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