PMID: 11929367Apr 4, 2002Paper

Opportunities for appropriate care: health care and contraceptive use among adolescents reporting unwanted sexual intercourse

Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
Karen M Wilson, Jonathan D Klein

Abstract

Unwanted sexual contact, reported by 30% to 42% of young women and 10% to 34% of young men, has been associated with negative health outcomes and increased teenaged pregnancy. To determine health services and contraceptive use among adolescents reporting unwanted sexual intercourse. Random-digit dial methods were used to survey 1040 adolescents in Monroe County, New York; 389 (37%) were sexually active and answered a question about whether they had ever been forced or pressured to have sexual intercourse. The data were weighted to reflect the county population. Among sexually active adolescents, 20% of females and 7% of males reported unwanted intercourse (P<.001). For 37% of male and 17% of female adolescents, the survey was the first time they had disclosed the incident (P =.17). Among female adolescents reporting unwanted intercourse, 91% have a usual source of care and 62% reported a well visit in the previous 6 months. Female adolescents reporting unwanted sex were more likely to have wanted contraceptives but not gotten them because of fear their parents would find out (32% vs 11%; P =.01) and to have had sex without contraception (69% vs 52%; P =.05) than those who had not had unwanted sex. Many adolescents have been for...Continue Reading

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Jan 22, 2004·MCN. the American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing·Connie R Kartoz
May 24, 2003·Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health·Lisa Scheiman, April M Zeoli

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