Game change in Colorado: Widespread use of long-acting reversible contraceptives and rapid decline in births among young, low-income women

Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 125-132

  Ricketts, Sue ^a   Klingler, Greta ^a   Schwalberg, Renee ^b  

^a Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment ^*  (United States)

^b Altarum Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; DRUG IMPLANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; BIRTH RATE; DRUG IMPLANT; ECONOMICS; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INCOME; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; LEGAL ABORTION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL WORK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THERAPEUTIC USE; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

ABORTION, LEGAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIRTH RATE; COLORADO; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; DRUG IMPLANTS; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; SOCIAL WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908014090     PISSN: 15386341     EISSN: 19312393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1363/46e1714     Document Type: Article

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