DYNAMICS AND MEANING OF ADULT UNINTENDED PREGNANCY

成人意外怀孕的动态和含义

基本信息

批准号：
6182481
负责人：
HELEN P. KOO
金额：
$ 48.13万
依托单位：
RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
1997
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
1997-09-01 至 2004-08-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6182481
关键词：
behavioral /social science research tag choice clinical research contraceptives epidemiology family planning family structure /dynamics female human subject interview longitudinal human study low socioeconomic status marriage /marital status pregnancy social support network

项目摘要

This application proposes research to increase understanding of unintended pregnancy (UP) among young, low-income U.S. women. The specific aims are to (1) increase understanding of the meaning and dynamics of UP; (2) generate, refine, and test hypotheses about causes of UP; (3) develop better measures of pregnancy intendedness and determinants of UP; and (4) contribute to efforts of programs and policies to reduce UP. The research addresses Healthy People 2000 objectives of reducing UP. To achieve these aims, the proposed project will study contraceptive practices and UP among 20 to 29-year-old, predominantly minority, unmarried, low-income women in Atlanta, GA, and charlotte, NC and their partners and family members. It builds on the Longitudinal Study of contraceptive Choice and use Dynamics (LSCC), a prospective study of contraceptive use and pregnancies among a probability sample of clinic women. This study, which is currently fielding the second follow-up survey, includes a substantial number of women who have had Ups since the baseline. The proposed study will complement and significantly extend the LSCC research, focus on UP, and integrate qualitative research methods with the quantitative LSCC base. Methods include ethnographic research, focus groups, and case studies with samples of women who have experienced UP or have successfully prevented it, selected from the LSCC. The investigators will use the results of the qualitative study as a basis for developing survey measures and hypotheses; they will use focus groups and cognitive testing in developing these survey measures, then will conduct an additional round of survey data collection with women age 20-29 to test hypotheses and measures.

该申请提出了研究以增加对年轻，低收入美国妇女的意外怀孕（UP）。具体目的是（1）增加对含义和含义的理解 UP的动力；（2）生成，提炼和检验有关原因的假设上（3）制定更好的怀孕预期性和 UP的决定因素；（4）为计划的努力做出了贡献和减少的政策。该研究针对健康人2000 减少的目标。为了实现这些目标，拟议的项目将研究避孕在20至29岁的练习中，主要是少数派，佐治亚州亚特兰大的未婚，低收入妇女和北卡罗来纳州夏洛特和他们的伴侣和家人。它建立在纵向上避孕选择和使用动力学（LSCC）的研究，对避孕药使用和怀孕的前瞻性研究诊所妇女的概率样本。这项研究，目前是进行第二次随访调查，包括大量自基线以来就已经有所起伏的妇女。拟议的研究将补充并显着扩展LSCC研究，专注于UP，并将定性研究方法与定量LSCC相结合根据。方法包括人种学研究，焦点小组和案例研究经历或有过的女性样本从LSCC中选择了成功阻止它。调查人员将使用定性研究的结果作为发展的基础调查措施和假设；他们将使用焦点小组，在制定这些调查措施时，认知测试将与妇女年龄一起进行额外的调查数据收集 20-29来检验假设和措施。