It just happens: A qualitative study exploring low-income women's perspectives on pregnancy intention and planning

Contraception

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 150-156

  Borrero, Sonya ^a,b   Nikolajski, Cara ^a   Steinberg, Julia R ^c   Freedman, Lori ^d   Akers, Aletha Y ^e   Ibrahim, Said ^b,f   Schwarz, Eleanor Bimla ^g  

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

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Pregnancy intention; Pregnancy planning; Race; Reproductive coercion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MULTICENTER STUDY; PENNSYLVANIA; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; POVERTY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUALITY; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COERCION; COHORT STUDIES; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PENNSYLVANIA; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SELF EFFICACY; SEXUAL PARTNERS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921288583     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: 18790518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2014.09.014     Document Type: Article

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