First Family Planning Visit in School-Based Clinics
| Autor: | Laura E. Edwards, Betty Lia-Hoagberg, Annette Bar‐Cohen |
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| Rok vydání: | 1990 |
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Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Adolescent Minnesota Psychology Adolescent Human sexuality Sex education Choice Behavior Education Humans Medicine Socioeconomic status School Health Services Early onset business.industry Coitus Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Philosophy Sexual intercourse Socioeconomic Factors Family planning Family Planning Services Female School based business Attitude to Health Confidentiality Demography Delay time |
| Zdroj: | Journal of School Health. 60:418-422 |
| ISSN: | 1746-1561 0022-4391 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1746-1561.1990.tb05962.x |
| Popis: | The timing of the first family planning visit for 144 female adolescents using school-based clinics in four St. Paul, Minn., high schools was studied. Mean delay time for the sample was 11.4 months and the median was 7.8 months. Almost 50% of the sample arrived within two months of either a planned onset of sexual intercourse (virgin group) or a recent start of sexual activity (short delay group). Early onset of sexual activity (v age 15) was more prevalent among long delayers (47.9%) than among short delayers (21.1%). Longer delayers were more likely to come from the lowest socioeconomic groups. Short delayers and longer delayers were equally likely to have been motivated to attend the clinic because they feared they were pregnant. Reasons for choosing this clinic over others reflected the importance of confidentiality, comprehensiveness of services, and the specific adolescent orientation of care. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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