The concept of 'health literacy'refers to the personal and relational factors that affect a
person's ability to acquire, understand and use information about health and health services …

Improving the quality of contraceptive counseling is one strategy to prevent unintended
pregnancy. We identify aspects of relational and task-oriented communication in family …

In recent years, enthusiasm about long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) methods has
skyrocketed among US reproductive health care providers because of these methods' …

Objective To examine current levels, correlates of, and changes in contraceptive use among
reproductive-age women in the United States between 2014 and 2016. Design We …

Methods Baseline data collected in 2010–2011 by the Measurement, Learning & Evaluation
project on women aged 15–49 living in selected cities in Kenya, Nigeria and Senegal were …

Objectives Ineffective and inconsistent contraceptive use is common among adults, perhaps
due to limited knowledge about reproduction and unfavorable attitudes toward …

Background Sub-Saharan Africa has among the highest prevalence of teenage pregnancy
in the world. Teenage mothers and their children are at risk to a host of medical, social and …

Focus group data (N= 52) was used to examine the sources of support available to Latino
immigrant families within their social network, the role support agents play, and families' …

Background Contraceptive choice is central to reproductive autonomy. The internet,
including social networking sites like Reddit, is an important resource for people seeking …

Adolescents and young women were historically excluded from receiving long-acting
reversible contraceptives (LARC) such as intrauterine devices (IUDs) after widespread …