High Lifetime Pregnancy and Low Contraceptive Usage Among Sex Workers Who Use Drugs- An Unmet Reproductive Health Need

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Duff, Putu ^a,b   Shoveller, Jean ^b   Zhang, Ruth ^a   Alexson, Debbie ^c   Montaner, Julio S G ^a,b   Shannon, Kate ^a,b  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c WISH Drop In Centre Society   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; METHAMPHETAMINE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADOPTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAUCASIAN; CHILD WELFARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN NEEDS; HYSTERECTOMY; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; UTERINE TUBE LIGATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; INDUCED ABORTION; PREGNANCY; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; STATISTICS; UNWANTED PREGNANCY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEX WORKERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051798945     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-11-61     Document Type: Article

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