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17000614

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-9-26
pubmed:abstractText
Unplanned pregnancies are an important and costly public health problem. Women entering jail are at particularly high risk for unplanned pregnancies when they leave jail, given the high rates of poverty, substance abuse and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in this population, all of which are associated with unplanned pregnancies. Attitudes toward pregnancy vary substantially, influencing openness of incarcerated women to starting a birth control method. This study was conducted as part of a Title X service evaluation and examined varying attitudes towards pregnancy and associated plans to use contraceptives. The current study included 223 women entering jail who were, under 36 years of age, fertile, sexually active with men, and not planning to become pregnant in the near future. Nearly half of the women had negative pregnancy attitudes (PAs), indicating that they did not want to become pregnant, while 41.3% endorsed ambivalent PAs. Compared to those with ambivalent PAs, those with Negative PAs were more likely to report a previous unplanned pregnancy (90.6% vs. 75.4%), a previous pregnancy termination (40.0% vs. 22.8%), and recent consistent use of contraceptives (37.0% vs. 21.7%). Women with negative PAs were significantly more likely to want to start or to continue a birth control method compared to those with ambivalent PAs (66% vs. 47%). Tailoring services to women's specific pregnancy attitudes during periods of incarceration may aid in preventing unplanned pregnancies in populations of high-risk women.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0363-0242
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
43
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
111-30
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-5-20
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Pregnancy attitudes and contraceptive plans among women entering jail.
pubmed:affiliation
Rhode Island Hospital, Department of General Medicine, and Brown University School of Medicine, 593 Eddy St, Providence, RI 02903, USA. jclarke@lifespan.org
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural