Knowledge and Awareness of Emergency Contraception in Adolescents
Knowledge and Awareness of Emergency Contraception in Adolescents
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jpag.2010.02.010
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发表时间：
2010-10-01
影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
Kaneshiro, Bliss
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作者：
Ahern, Reina;Frattarelli, Leigh Ann;Kaneshiro, Bliss
研究目的：本研究的目的是（1）描述青少年女性对紧急避孕的认识，（2）确定与紧急避孕准确知识相关的因素，（3）描述青少年女性先前使用紧急避孕的情况。设计：横断面研究。研究程序在位于夏威夷檀香山的Kapiolani医学中心青少年诊所进行，该诊所由基于大学的门诊住院诊所组成。谁是14岁和19岁之间的讲英语的女性被邀请participations.Interventions：这项研究利用了自我管理，匿名调查，包含有关紧急避孕的问题，以及生殖和性健康的问题。主要结局指标：主要结果是知道紧急避孕药具的青少年妇女的百分比。结果：共分发和收集了100份调查。五十六%的被调查者对紧急避孕有一定的认识，其中69.6%的被调查者能够正确列举紧急避孕方法。年龄较大的青少年更有可能有紧急避孕的意识，但我们没有发现任何其他因素与紧急避孕的准确知识有关。青少年谁曾使用紧急避孕药在过去发现它是acceptable.Conclusions：尽管处于高风险的意外怀孕，青少年在这一人群中有较低的比率紧急避孕意识比已报告的成年人。
Study Objective: The purpose of this study was to (1) describe the awareness of emergency contraception among adolescent females, (2) identify factors that are associated with accurate knowledge of emergency contraception and (3) describe prior use of emergency contraception among adolescent females.Design: Cross-sectional study.Setting: The study procedures were carried out at Kapiolani Medical Center's Teen Clinic in Honolulu, Hawaii, which is comprised of an ambulatory university-based resident clinic.Participants: English-speaking females who were between the ages of 14 and 19 were invited to participate.Interventions: This study utilized a self-administered, anonymous survey that contained questions regarding emergency contraception as well as questions on reproductive and sexual health. MainOutcome Measure: The primary outcome was percentage of adolescent women who were aware of emergency contraceptives.Results: A total of 100 surveys were distributed and collected. Fifty-six percent of respondents had an awareness of emergency contraception and 69.6% of these adolescents were able to correctly list an emergency contraceptive method. Older teens were more likely to have an awareness of emergency contraception but we did not find any other factors that were associated with accurate knowledge of emergency contraception. Adolescents who had used emergency contraception in the past found it to be acceptable.Conclusions: Despite being at high risk for unintended pregnancy, adolescents in this population had lower rates of emergency contraceptive awareness in than has been reported in adults.