Unintended pregnancy consequences and solutions for a worldwide problem

Journal of Nurse-Midwifery

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 483-491

  Klima, Carrie S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE AVAILABILITY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH; HUMAN; NURSE MIDWIFE; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; UNWANTED PREGNANCY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE AVAILABILITY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY; HEALTH; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH;

CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; NURSE MIDWIVES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0032201015     PISSN: 00912182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-2182(98)00063-9     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Carrie Klima received her master of science degree at the University of Illinois-Chicago College of Nursing in 1986. She is an assistant professor at the Yale University School of Nursing in the Nurse-Midwifery Program and a staff nurse-midwife at Yale/ New Haven Hospital in New Haven, Connecticut.
2. Henshaw S. Unintended pregnancy in the United States. Fam Plann Perspect 1998;30:24-9.
3. World Health Organization. Abortion. Geneva: World Health Organization Maternal Health and Safe Motherhood Programme, 1994.
4. Lee P, Stewart F. Failing to prevent unintended pregnancy is costly. Am J Public Health 1995;85:479-80.
5. Hatcher R, Trussell J, Stewart F, Steward G, Kowal D, Guest F. Contraceptive technology. New York: Irvington Publishers, 1994.
6. Sulak P. Unwanted pregnancies: understanding contraceptive use and benefits in adolescents and older women. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1993;168:2042-7.
7. Simon C, Reichert S. Sexual abuse, adolescent pregnancy, and child abuse. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 1994;148:23-7.
8. Shane B. Family planning saves lives. Washington (DC): Population Reference Bureau, 1997.
9. Varkevisser C. Women's health in a changing world. Tropi Geographical Med 1995;47:186-91.
10. Forrest J. Epidemiology of unintended pregnancy and contraceptive use. J Obstet Gynaecol 1994;170:1485-8.
11. Trussell J, Leveque J, Koenig J, London R, Borden S, Henneberry J. The economic value of contraception: a comparison of 15 methods. Am J Public Health 1995;85:494-503.
12. Rosenberg M, Waught M, Long S. Unintended pregnancies and use, misuse, and discontinuation of oral contraceptives. J Reprod Med 1995;40:355-60.
13. Westfall J, Main D, Barnard L. Continuation rates among injectable contraceptive users. Farn Plann Perspect 1996;28:275-7.
14. Harel Z, Biro F, L. K, Raub J. Adolescents' reasons for and experience after discontinuation of the long-acting contraceptives Depoprovera and Norplant. J Adolesc Health 1996;19:118-23.
15. Ashford L. New perspectives on population. In: Population bulletin: lessons from cairo. Mary Kent, editor. Washington DC: Population Reference Bureau, 1995.
16. NARAL. Private Insurance Coverage for Contraception Improves the Health of Women and Families. Internet: National Abortion Rights Action League, 1998. Available at: www.naral.org. Accessed September 1, 1998.
17. UNICEF. The state of the world's children. Oxford and New York: UNICEF, 1995.
18. Maine D, Karkazis K, Bolan N. The bad old days are still here: abortion mortality in developing countries. J Am Med Womens Assoc 1994;49:137-42.
19. Gordon C. Adolescent decision making: a broadly based theory and its application to the prevention of early pregnancy. Adolescence 1996;31:562-85.
20. Stevens-Simon C. Clinical applications of adolescent female sexual development. Nurse Pract 1993;18:18-29.
21. Reedy N. The very young pregnant adolescent. NAACOG's Clinical Issues 1991-2:209-28.
22. Kalish S. ICPD and the religious community. In: New perspectives on population: lessons from cairo. Mary Kent, editor. Washington (DC): Population Reference Bureau, 1995.
23. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Abortion surveillance data, 1990. MMWR 1992;41:936-8.
24. Center for Reproductive Law & Policy. Of counsel. New York: Center for Reproductive Law & Policy, 1997.
25. Medical Students for Choice. About the Provider Shortage. Internet-MSFC, 1996. Available at: www.ms4c.org. Accessed September 1, 1998.
26. IPPF. Understanding adolescents. London: International Planned Parenthood Federation, 1994.
27. DuPlessis H, Bell R, Richards T. Adolescent pregnancy: understanding the impact of age and race on outcomes. J Adolesc Health 1997;20:187-97.
28. McDevitt T. Trends in adolescent fertility and contraceptive use in the developing world. Washington (DC): U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1996.
29. Noble J, Cover J, Yanagishita M. The world's youth. Washington (DC): Population reference bureau, 1996.
30. Freidman H. Reproductive health in adolescence. World Health Stat Q 1994;47:31-5.
31. Benshoof J. Benshoof in brief. New York: The Center for Reproductive Law & Policy, 1998.
32. Trussell J, Stewart F, Guest F, Hatcher R. Emergency contraception pills: a simple proposal to reduce unintended pregnancy. Fam Plann Perspect 1992;24:269-73.
33. Senanayake P. The International Planned Parenthood Federation's experience. Int Farn Plann Perspect 1996;22:69-70.
34. Grossman R, Grossman B. How frequently is emergency contraception prescribed? Fam Plann Perspect 1994;26:270-1.
35. Emergency Contraception Website. Preven emergency contraception kit (press release from Gynetics Inc.). Available at: www// opr.princeton.edu/ec/. Accessed September 15, 1998.
36. Emergency Contraception Website. PDA submission planned for new emergency contraception (press release from Woman's Capitol Corporation). Available at: www//opr.princeton.edu/ec/. Accessed September 15, 1998.
37. PAHO. Multicenter study of the lactational amenorrhea method (LAM). Washington (DC): Pan American Health Organization, 1997.
38. Wambui C. Conveying concerns: women write on reproductive health. Women's Edition/Population Reference Bureau, 1994.
39. Loffredo S. Adolescent sexuality. In: New perspective on population: lessons from Cairo. Mary Kent, editor. Washington (DC): Population Reference Bureau, 1995.
40. United Nations. Programme of action of the international conference on population and development. Cairo: United Nations, 1994.