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The Measurement and Meaning of Unintended Pregnancy
- Source :
- Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health. 35:94-101
- Publication Year :
- 2003
- Publisher :
- Guttmacher Institute, 2003.
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Abstract
- Unintended pregnancy combines two aspects of fertility: unwanted and mistimed pregnancies. The personal partnership social and political realities of these two aspects are different and the use of separate categories may better reflect the way women think about a pregnancy. A better understanding of the multiple dimensions of unintended pregnancy also may lead to a better understanding of the consequences of these pregnancies. Likewise better knowledge of the extent of mistiming and perhaps the strength of intentions may be important in understanding health impact. Effective programs to prevent unintended pregnancy must use terms that are familiar to women and must build upon cultural understanding of the problem to be prevented. Research should focus on the meaning of pregnancy intentions to women and the processes women and their partners use in making fertility decisions. It should prospectively address the impact of pregnancy intentions on contraceptive use. Both qualitative and quantitative research have contributed to our understanding of fertility decisionmaking; both will be essential to the creation of more effective prevention programs. (excerpt)
- Subjects :
- Male
Economic growth
Sociology and Political Science
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Population
Fertility
Global Health
Developmental psychology
Pregnancy
Global health
medicine
Humans
Meaning (existential)
education
Internal-External Control
Reproductive health
media_common
education.field_of_study
Cultural Characteristics
business.industry
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Obstetrics and Gynecology
medicine.disease
Pregnancy, Unwanted
United States
Contraception
Sexual Partners
Family Planning Services
Women's Health
Female
Pregnant Women
business
Attitude to Health
Developed country
Unintended pregnancy
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19312393 and 15386341
- Volume :
- 35
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e364986fe1af88aa26d540ba50d64c83
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1363/3509403