Recently added articles from Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health:
Puerto Rico has unique HIV profile.(FYI)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2009; Hollander, Dore ... Patterns of HIV incidence in Puerto Rico are very different from those in the 50 states and the District of Columbia, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (1) In 2006, new infections were diagnosed at a rate of 45 per 100,000 individuals aged 13 and older in Puerto ...
Mothers may be out of sync with vaccination goals.(FYI)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2009; Hollander, Dore ... Although a U.S. advisory committee has recommended that health care providers focus on 11-12-year-old gifts for vaccination against human papfllomavirus (HPV) infection, the message apparently has not made it to all mothers. In a national study of mothers of adolescent and young adult ...
Anal sex among young people.(FYI)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2009; Hollander, Dore ... The experiences reported by a sample of 15-21-year-olds who participated in a trial of an HIV prevention program in three cities in 1998-2002 shed light on the predictors of heterosexual anal intercourse among young people. (1) All 1,348 participants had had unprotected vaginal or anal ...
Nonmarital births soar.(FYI)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2009; Hollander, Dore ... U.S. women had a record number of births out of wedlock in 2007--1.7 million, or 26% more than the number just five years earlier. (1) A report based on national vital statistics reveals that 40% of all births in 2007 were to unmarried women; in 1980, by contrast, the proportion was 18% ....
Consent procedures may discourage HIV testing.(FYI)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2009; Hollander, Dore ... After New York State introduced a streamlined informed consent procedure for HIV testing in June 2005, the number of people tested grew significantly. (1) Under the new procedure, a modified form, which is simpler and easier to read than the old one, allows individuals undergoing testing ...
Early fatherhood linked to later health problems.(FYI)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2009; Hollander, Dore ... The younger men are when they become fathers, the more chronic illnesses they have later in life, according to a study based on the National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States. (1) The survey, conducted in 1995-1996, sampled English-speaking adults aged 25-74, including ...
Pap after 50? Don't stop.(FYI)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2009; Hollander, Dore ... Should women who have had several consecutive negative Pap tests by age 50 discontinue regular screening? The latest evidence introduced into the ongoing debate suggests not. (1) Using a nationwide pathology registry, Dutch researchers selected a sample of women who had had three ...
You Decide: Making Informed Health Choices About Hormonal Contraception.(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2009; ... Health care providers have a new resource to assist them in helping patients choose the most appropriate contraceptive. You Decide: Making Informed Health Choices About Hormonal Contraception includes discussion guides, communication tools, medical ...
Impressions of HIV/AIDS in America: A Report on Conversations with People Throughout the Country.(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2009; ... A focus group study conducted in five diverse areas of the country suggests that HIV and AIDS are largely "off the radar" for Americans. Although participants were generally sympathetic toward those with HIV or AIDS, they also made it clear that ...
Pretty much everything you always wanted to know about HIV testing in the United States is now just a few clicks away, courtesy of the Kaiser Family Foundation.(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2009; ... Pretty much everything you always wanted to know about HIV testing in the United States is now just a few clicks away, courtesy of the Kaiser Family Foundation. A fact sheet on testing includes information on federal recommendations, testing sites and ...
Women's experiences with anal sex: motivations and implications for STD prevention.(sexually transmitted diseases)(Report)
Sep 01, 2009; Maynard, Emily ... Anal intercourse is a highly efficient mode of HIV transmission, and its practice among men who have sex with men has received much scholarly attention. Research on women's experiences of anal sex has been scarce and has been based on limited samples, but evidence suggests that the ...
Arousal loss related to safer sex and risk of pregnancy: implications for women's and men's sexual health.(Report)
Sep 01, 2009; Higgins, Jenny A. ... Although men's and women's reasons for participating in sexual activities are complex, sexual enjoyment is a primary motive. (1-3) Research with men has illustrated that sexual pleasure influences sexual behaviors such as condom use. (4-7) Investigations of women's sexual behaviors have ...
Women's perspectives on family planning service quality: an exploration of differences by race, ethnicity and language.(Report)
Sep 01, 2009; Becker, Davida ... Each year, 3.1 million unintended pregnancies occur in the United States, (1) potentially leading to negative consequences for women, families and society. (2) High-quality family planning services are essential for preventing unintended pregnancies, since large numbers of women obtain ...
Decomposing trends in nonmarital fertility among Latinas.(Report)
Sep 01, 2009; DeLeone, Felicia Yang ... The number of out-of-wedlock births in the United States reached a record high (1.71 million) in 2007, when nearly 40% of all births were to unmarried women. (1) Nonmarital childbearing is linked to a variety of negative outcomes for children, mothers and society, (2) and has therefore ...
An illusion of power: qualitative perspectives on abortion decision-making among teenage women in Sweden.(Report)
Sep 01, 2009; Ekstrand, Maria ... Despite a high level of adolescent sexual experience, the large majority of female teenagers in Sweden avoid pregnancy From an international perspective, the pregnancy rate among Swedish adolescents is low (1)--about 30 pregnancies per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 2006. (2) However, when ...
Relationship dynamics and consistency of condom use among adolescents.(Report)
Sep 01, 2009; Manning, Wendy D. ... Teenagers' contraceptive use is increasing, primarily because of their increased condom use. (1) Yet, adolescents typically use condoms inconsistently: Fewer than half (47%) of adolescent males and about one-quarter (28%) of adolescent females who have had sex in the past year used a ...
Supportive practices among hospital staff are strongly linked to chances of breast-feeding.(DIGESTS)
Sep 01, 2009; Ball, H. ... The likelihood that women who intend to breast-feed exclusively actually do so in the first week after giving birth is associated with hospital staff's approach to the practice, according to a study of U.S. women who gave birth in 2005. (1) For example, first-time mothers had increased ...
Unintended pregnancy linked to unhealthy maternal behaviors.(Digests)
Sep 01, 2009; Hollander, D. ... Two-fifths of live births to Maryland women between 2001 and 2006 followed unintended pregnancies, and women whose pregnancies were unintended were more likely than those who had intended to conceive to engage in a number of unhealthy behaviors before, during and after the pregnancy. (1) ...
Adults who were abused as children may face elevated risk of STDs.(Digests)(sexually transmitted diseases)
Sep 01, 2009; Ramashwar, S. ... Childhood abuse is linked to an increased risk of STD infection over time, according to findings from a prospective cohort study. (1) Participants who had been sexually abused as children had elevated odds of having had at least one STD (odds ratio, 1.9), and of having had more than one ...
In the UK, risk of severe maternal health problems is elevated for nonwhites.(Digests)
Sep 01, 2009; Hollander, D. ... In the United Kingdom, 89 women of every 100,000 who gave birth in 2005-2006 experienced at least one of five serious pregnancy-related conditions. The rate was significantly higher among black women than among whites, and analyses that controlled for a range of risk factors confirmed that ...
