Racial and ethnic differences in contraception use and obstetric outcomes: A review.
Semin Perinatol
; 41(5): 273-277, 2017 08.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-28651792
ABSTRACT
In the United States, racial and ethnic minority women experience higher rates of contraceptive non-use, failure, unintended pregnancy, and lower use of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC), compared to whites. Simultaneously researchers have found that unintended pregnancy is associated with poor pregnancy outcomes and pregnancy behaviors, including pre-term birth and late initiation of prenatal care, respectively. Due to the association of pregnancy intention and obstetrical outcomes, public health efforts have focused on the increase in contraception use among these populations as a way to decrease poor pregnancy outcomes. In this review, we present the current literature on unintended pregnancy and contraception use by racial and ethnic minorities in the United States and the association of pregnancy intention and obstetrical outcomes and place these associations within the social and historical context in which these patients live and make their reproductive choices.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Cuidado Pré-Natal
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Resultado da Gravidez
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Anticoncepção
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Comportamento Contraceptivo
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2017
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Article