Reproductive health disparities: a focus on family planning and prevention among minority women and adolescents.
Reproductive health disparities: a focus on family planning and prevention among minority women and adolescents.
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DOI：
10.7453/gahmj.2013.056
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发表时间：
2013-09-01
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通讯作者：
Geller, Stacie
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作者：
Haider, Sadia;Stoffel, Cynthia;Geller, Stacie
在美国，所有种族和民族的少数族裔妇女和青春期女性意外怀孕的比例不成比例。与其他年龄组相比，青少年承受的负担也更多，因为在19岁及以下妇女中，82%的怀孕是意外的。此外，少数民族母亲和青少年母亲发生早产、婴儿出生体重过低和其他并发症的风险增加。意外怀孕仍然是美国一个重要的公共卫生问题，迫切需要通过计划生育进行预防。本综述概述了美国少数民族和青少年女性意外怀孕的人口统计数据，并确定了目前和过去通过避孕和计划生育项目减少意外怀孕的努力，特别是在少数民族和青少年女性中。
Minority women and adolescent females of all races and ethnicities are disproportionately affected by unintended pregnancy in the United States. Adolescents also experience an additional proportion of the burden compared to other age groups, as 82% of pregnancies among women 19 years old and younger are unintended. Moreover, minority and adolescent mothers are at increased risk for having preterm deliveries, low birth weight infants, and other complications. Unintended pregnancy continues to be an important public health problem in the United States, and prevention through family planning is urgently needed. This review presents an overview of the US demographics for unintended pregnancy among both minority and adolescent women and identifies current and past euorts to reduce unintended pregnancy, specifically among minority and adolescent females, through contraception and family-planning programs.