Sentences with phrase «increased use of contraception»

Among the reasons given for the falling rates: teens waiting longer to have intercourse, increased use of contraception and, the report posits, the recession likely played some role in holding down recent teen birth rates as it did among all other women under 40.

Not exact matches

Proponents of contraception, on the other hand, predicted in the late 60s that widespread contraceptive use would decrease divorce rates, increase marital satisfaction, lower unwanted pregnancies and abortions.

For instance, they conclude from increasing «Never use» figures for increasing age groups that «More of the older respondents say that using various means of contraception, including condoms, would be wrong.»

Dreweke pointed to a study detailing the increased use of long - acting reversible contraceptives (such as IUDs and implants) among teens; although the study was only conducted among women who already used contraception, the efficacy of longer - acting contraceptives is higher than those of other birth control methods.

Unfortunately Marie Stopes International experiences a significant increase in women accessing our unplanned pregnancy services during the New Year as a direct result of men and women forgetting to use or having their contraception fail over the Christmas / New Year festivities.

We have already seen an increasing trend to wider use of contraception and improving womens rights and lower infant mortality, but cultural and religious factors act in reverse to slow this down.

And if you don't use some form of contraception with each and every act of intercourse, you are having unprotected sex, which increases your risk of getting pregnant.

«Efforts to prevent teen childbearing need to focus on evidence - based approaches to delaying sexual activity and increasing use of the most effective methods of contraception for those teens who are sexually active,» Frieden said.

«This policy of attempting to undermine Planned Parenthood, the organization in the United States that does more than any other to encourage the use of contraception for those wanting to avoid pregnancy, certainly guarantees an increase in the number of unintended pregnancies.

The study also found that the number of women using contraception increased nearly six percent (5.7 percent) from 1995 to 2002.

A new study by the Guttmacher Institute released last week, U.S. Teen Pregnancies, Births and Abortions, 2008: National Trends by Age, Race and Ethnicity, found that pregnancy rates have declined dramatically among all teens over the past two decades, and that these declines have been primarily driven by improved use of contraception, particularly increases in the use of highly effective methods and dual use of contraception and condoms.

Blocking patients from Planned Parenthood in Texas was associated with a 35 % decline in women in publicly funded programs using the most effective methods of birth control and a dramatic 27 % increase in births among women who had previously accessed injectable contraception through those programs.

A recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that blocking patients from going to Planned Parenthood in Texas was associated with a 35 % decline in women in publicly funded programs using the most effective methods of birth control and a dramatic 27 % increase in births among women who had previously accessed injectable contraception through those programs.

«Research also has shown that teens understand that emergency contraception is not intended for regular use and that rates of unprotected sex do not increase when teens have easier access to emergency contraception.

Yes, certain brands of birth control pills can be used in increased doses as emergency contraception.

Researchers who have evaluated abstinence - only programs have found disturbing results, including increased sexual activity with less use of protection and contraception.

Results indicated that after one year of program participation, pre - and post-test comparisons indicated improvements in contraception use and parenting knowledge, and increases in reported use of cigarettes, alcohol and other drugs among both groups.