Despite significant declines over the past 2 decades, the United States continues to
experience birth rates among teenagers that are significantly higher than other high-income …

Family planning (FP) is an essential component of public health programs and significantly
impacts maternal and child health outcomes. In Uganda, there is a need for a …

METHODS: A retrospective review was conducted examining visits in 2008–2012 by
adolescents aged 14 to 25 years in which a known teratogen (US Food and Drug …

Background Because adolescents rely heavily on emergency services for health care, a
pediatric emergency department (PED) visit may be their only opportunity for sexually …

Objective The objective was to develop an acceptable clinical decision support (CDS)
system to facilitate evidence‐based sexual health care for adolescents in the emergency …

Objective The objective was to identify key questions for emergency medicine (EM)‐based
adolescent sexual and reproductive health and to develop an evidence‐based research …

OBJECTIVES: To assess pediatric providers' attitudes and barriers to initiating a
contraceptive method in the inpatient setting. METHODS: Pediatric attending physicians and …

Objectives More than 19 million adolescents seek care in the emergency department (ED)
annually. We aimed to describe the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors related to …

Objectives: Contraception use reduces teen pregnancy, and long-acting reversible
contraception is recommended as first-line treatment. Since many adolescents use the …

OBJECTIVE: To assess the frequency and completeness of adolescent psychosocial
screening documentation for adolescents and young adults hospitalized to a pediatric …