Teenage pregnancies that end in abortion: What can they tell us about contraceptive risk-taking?

Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 97-102

  Hoggart, Lesley ^a   Phillips, Joan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b POLICY STUDIES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL INFORMATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONDON; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955556528     PISSN: 14711893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jfprhc.2011.0057     Document Type: Article

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