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Birth control knowledge, safe sex don't necessarily equate.(Gynecology)
NEW ORLEANS -- Adolescent girls at high risk for pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections who participated in a recent study were knowledgeable about common birth control methods, but most reported having unprotected sex.
Of 332 girls aged 12-18 from a cohort with a high rate of pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, 90% were aware of major birth control methods, including condoms and hormonal contraceptives.
The majority (84%) knew that condoms could help prevent sexually transmitted infections, but only 66% reported using a male or female condom the last time they had vaginal intercourse.
Only 43% used condoms each of the last five times they had vaginal intercourse, Ligia Peralta, M.D., reported in a poster at the annual meeting of the North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology.
Furthermore, a third of the girls who participated in the computerized survey used withdrawal as a means for preventing pregnancy, and more than ...
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