Reasons for using contraception: perspectives of US women seeking care at specialized family planning clinics
Reasons for using contraception: perspectives of US women seeking care at specialized family planning clinics
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DOI：
10.1016/j.contraception.2012.08.012
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发表时间：
2013-04-01
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影响因子：
2.9
通讯作者：
Lindberg, Laura Duberstein
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作者：
Frost, Jennifer J.;Lindberg, Laura Duberstein
背景：避孕措施的可用性和使用以防止意外怀孕对美国妇女的生活产生了深远而积极的影响。这项研究超越了使用避孕药具的总体效益，考察了妇女自己报告的个人层面的效益和使用避孕药具的原因。研究设计：我们调查了美国22家计划生育诊所的2094名接受服务的妇女。结果：大多数受访者报告说，使用节育措施使他们能够更好地照顾自己或家人（63%），在经济上支持自己（56%），完成学业（51%），或保持或找到工作（50%）。年轻女性、未婚女性和没有孩子的女性使用避孕措施的原因比其他人多。买不起孩子，没有准备好要孩子，觉得生孩子会打断他们的目标，想要控制自己的生活，这些都是使用节育措施最常见的重要原因。结论：妇女重视计划生育的能力，需要持续获得避孕和避孕服务，使她们能够意识到避免意外怀孕所带来的好处。(C) 2013爱思唯尔公司版权所有。
Background: The availability and use of contraception to prevent unintended pregnancy has had profound and positive impacts on the lives of American women. This study looks beyond the aggregate benefits of contraceptive use to examine the individual-level benefits and reasons for using contraception reported by women themselves.Study Design: We surveyed 2,094 women receiving services from 22 family planning clinics located throughout the United States.Results: A majority of respondents reported that birth control use had allowed them to take better care of themselves or their families (63%), support themselves financially (56%), complete their education (51%), or keep or get a job (50%). Young women, unmarried women and those without children reported more reasons for using contraception than others. Not being able to afford a baby, not being ready for children, feeling that having a baby would interrupt their goals and wanting to maintain control in their lives were the most commonly reported very important reasons for using birth control.Conclusions: Women value the ability to plan their childbearing and need continued access to contraception and contraceptive services, allowing them to realize the benefits that accrue when unintended pregnancies are avoided. (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.