Contraceptive Use Patterns Among Teens and Young Adults

青少年和年轻人的避孕药具使用模式

基本信息

批准号：
6758592
负责人：
JENNIFER S MANLOVE
金额：
$ 23.94万
依托单位：
CHILD TRENDS, INC.
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2001
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2001-08-08 至 2006-07-31
项目状态：
已结题

项目摘要

The specific aim of the proposed project is to enhance our understanding of how to sustain recent improvements in contraceptive use at first sex so that teens and young adults can become more consistent contraceptive users. The proposed project will examine patterns of contraceptive use and consistency across sexual relationships, within current cohorts of teens and young adults. Our premise is that contraceptive use must be negotiated and sustained within each new sexual relationship. Understanding why teens and young adults use contraception consistently, as well as understanding patterns of inconsistent use, will help inform strategies to prevent unintended pregnancy and STIs. Analyses by race/ethnicity will help address disparities in reproductive health among racial and ethnic minorities. Additional sub-population analyses will include comparisons of teens and young adults, and males and females. The proposed project will incorporate an ecological framework, which posits that behaviors among teens and young adults will be influenced by factors from multiple domains of their lives. We will incorporate multi-level and multi-process models to examine how contraceptive use patterns are shaped by individual knowledge and motivations, characteristics of each sexual relationship (including partner characteristics and sexual activity), peer environments and family background, including parent-child communication. We will also examine the influence of school, community, and policy variables, such as sex education programs and the presence of economic opportunities. The project will analyze month-by-month histories of contraceptive use and sexual relationships within two cycles of the National Survey of Family Growth (1995, 2001) and information on sexual relationships and contraceptive use patterns within three waves of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health.

拟议项目的具体目的是加深我们对如何维持最近在第一次性行为中避孕药具使用方面的改进的理解，以便青少年和年轻人能够成为更一致的避孕药具使用者。拟议的项目将研究当前青少年和年轻人群体中避孕药具的使用模式和性关系的一致性。我们的前提是，在每次新的性关系中，避孕药具的使用必须经过协商并维持。了解为什么青少年和年轻人始终如一地使用避孕措施，以及了解不一致的使用模式，将有助于制定预防意外怀孕和性传播感染的策略。按种族/族裔进行分析将有助于解决少数种族和族裔之间生殖健康方面的差异。其他亚人群分析将包括青少年和年轻人、男性和女性的比较。拟议的项目将纳入一个生态框架，该框架假定青少年和年轻人的行为将受到其生活多个领域因素的影响。我们将结合多层次和多过程的模型来研究个人知识和动机、每种性关系的特征（包括伴侣特征和性活动）、同伴环境和家庭背景（包括亲子沟通）如何影响避孕药具的使用模式。我们还将研究学校、社区和政策变量的影响，例如性教育计划和经济机会的存在。该项目将分析全国家庭成长调查（1995年、2001年）两个周期内避孕药具使用和性关系的逐月历史，以及全国青少年纵向研究三波内性关系和避孕药具使用模式的信息。健康。