Exploring young adults' contraceptive knowledge and attitudes: Disparities by race/ethnicity and age

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Craig, Amaranta D ^a   Dehlendorf, Christine ^a   Borrero, Sonya ^b,c   Harper, Cynthia C ^a   Rocca, Corinne H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO PREGNANCY; CAUCASIAN; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FAMILY PLANNING; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; MALE; PREGNANCY; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNWANTED PREGNANCY; VAGINA RING;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899948867     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: 18784321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2014.02.003     Document Type: Article

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