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PubMed1995

A pilot program of contraceptive continuation in six school-based clinics.

PURPOSE: Few school-based health centers (SBHC) in the United States dispense contraceptives on-site and little is known about contraceptive continuation in these health centers. METHODS: An 11-month contraceptive continuation pilot project offering monthly reproductive health assessment and counseling to students enrolled in Baltimore school clinics was evaluated. One hundred-forty-three women voluntarily enrolled in the study over a seven month period. A monthly contraceptive calendar was developed to collect data on contraceptive use, pregnancy and STD risk, sexual behavior and parental support for contraceptive use. Physical assessment was provided as needed to assess the presence of STD's or pregnancy. Data were analyzed for the month prior to enrollment in the program and eleven months after entry into the program. RESULTS: Both contraceptive (OCP) use and abstinence increased over the course of the program. Condom use remained at approximately 30% with frequent use of OCP's and condoms, condoms or abstinence. Program drop-out was common. Thirteen students became pregnant while enrolled in the program and 35% of the students were diagnosed with one or more sexually transmitted diseases. Partner-switching was common, although two or more partners within any one month was rare. CONCLUSIONS: Monthly follow-up provided through SBHCs can improve contraceptive use although dropout rate and contraceptive failure remain high.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1999

Safer sex at holiday centres: providing contraceptive services to seasonal workers.

Many seasonal workers experience an increase in sexual activity whilst employed at a holiday centre. Evidence of sexual risk-taking while at a holiday centre has important social and health implications for purchasers and providers of sexual health services in areas which experience an annual influx of seasonal workers. This research investigates the contraceptive behaviour of seasonal workers and focuses on their access to contraception and sexual health services. In-depth interviews were conducted with seasonal workers at holiday centres along the south coast of England. Respondents were, interviewed at the beginning of the season and again, five months later at the end of the season. This longitudinal methodology enabled changes in contraceptive behaviour to be identified as well as the strategies for seeking contraception and sexual health services throughout the season. The results of this study show that there are a range of different motivations which influence seasonal worker' use of contraception and sexual risk-taking while at a holiday centre. Categories of contraceptive protection are developed to assist purchasers and providers to identify the variety of sexual health needs of workers at holiday centres and determine the most effective strategies for delivering contraceptive and sexual health services to these workers. The paper describes the motivations which influence contraceptive use and sexual risk-taking amongst seasonal workers, identifies the contraceptive and sexual health needs of these workers, and discusses the difficulties workers experienced in meeting these needs while at a holiday centre.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1992

Vietnam seeks help expanding voluntary surgical contraception.

Recent surveys by the Vietnamese Ministry of Health suggest that 60% of married women desire no more children. Yet only 2% of currently married women and less than 1/2 of 1% of their partners use sterilization. Underscoring the high unmet need for effective family planning, over 1 million abortions (legal in Vietnam for the past 20 years) are performed annually. This rate corresponds to 1 abortion for every live birth. The Ministry of Health has recently welcomed a variety of organizations, including AVSC, whose assistance can help expand the country's family planning programs. Sorely lacking in supplies, equipment, and trained personnel, Vietnam has merited priority status--2nd only to China and India--from the UNFPA, which has committed $36 million over the next 4 years. Other organizations currently working in Vietnam include the Population Council, the Population Crisis Committee, and the International Planned Parenthood Federation. Despite enormous casualties during the war years, and a decrease since the 1970s in average family size from 6 to 4 children, the population of Vietnam has continued to grow rapidly, far outpacing economic growth. Currently 67 million, the population is expected to reach 80 million by the year 2000. The average Vietnamese annual income is only $195, among the lowest in the world. Doi moi, the process of economic reform begun in 1986, coupled with new government incentives for families who have no more than 2 children, is changing the face of family planning in Vietnam. Newly opened pharmacies sell imported birth control pills and condoms (to those who can afford them), while government hospitals and health clinics provide mainly IUDs, in addition to limited supplies of pills and condoms. Throughout the country, some 8000 community-level health centers are staffed by nurse-midwives trained in family planning. Voluntary sterilization is available at the district, provincial, and national hospitals. All married women may obtain family planning services free on request. Vietnam's system of free and universal primary health care, combined with high female literacy rates, has kept the country's infant mortality rate low in comparison to other very poor countries. 39% of currently married Vietnamese women ages 15-49 use contraception. Of those, 85% use the IUD, making it far and away the most widely used modern method. In fact, some women think family planning is synonymous with the IUD.

Abortion, Induced↗
PubMed1989

Factors influencing selected heterosexual male college students' condom use.

This study assessed selected heterosexual male college students' use of condoms, their reasons for using condoms, and their attitudes toward sexuality and condoms. Three hundred five male subjects completed a questionnaire that assessed class standing, marital status, reasons for using condoms, number of recent sexual partners, intention to use condoms, and attitudes toward sexuality and condoms. Although no relationship between attitudes toward sexuality and attitudes toward condoms was noted, a negative correlation (-.42) was found between attitude toward condoms and intention to use condoms within the next month if the subject were to have intercourse during that time. Recommendations for increasing condom use are presented.

Attitude to Health↗
PubMed1988

Spermicidal condoms.

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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome↗