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Ranges of pregnancy preferences and contraceptive use: Results from a population ‐based survey in the southeast United States
ConclusionsPregnancy preferences strongly influence likelihood of contraceptive use. Providion of appropriate contraceptive care to those not explicitly desiring pregnancy must differentiate between ranges of feelings about pregnancy, perceived drawbacks to contraceptive use, and legitimate psychological and interpersonal benefits of nonuse to promote autonomy in contraceptive decision-making. (Source: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health)
Source: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health - September 8, 2022 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Corinne H. Rocca, Michael G. Smith, Nathan L. Hale, Amal J. Khoury Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research

Engaging hard ‐to‐reach men‐who‐have‐sex‐with‐men with sexual health screening: Qualitative interviews in an Australian sex‐on‐premises‐venue and sexual health service
ConclusionA variety of testing options are needed to engage hard-to-reach MSM. Opportunities to enhance testing may include expanding health messaging, demystifying testing, and delinking sexual identity from sexual behavior and risk, thus promoting advantages of testing and establishing testing as standard of care. (Source: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health)
Source: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health - August 3, 2022 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Catriona Ooi, David A. Lewis, Christy E. Newman Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research

“This work that we're doing is bigger than ourselves”: A qualitative study with community‐based birth doulas in the United States
ConclusionsCommunity-based doulas provide essential services and expertise which address inequities and systemic gaps in perinatal care. However, as they work to improve perinatal health, doulas themselves are providing equity work amidst an inequitable system and with insufficient political or financial support. Increased compensation and systemic support which acknowledges the breadth of services provided is needed to strengthen and sustain this critical part of the perinatal workforce. (Source: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health)
Source: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health - July 19, 2022 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Paula M. Kett, Marieke S. van Eijk, Grace A. Guenther, Susan M. Skillman Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research

COVID ‐19 impacts on abortion care‐seeking experiences in the Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia regions of the United States
ConclusionCOVID-19 influenced many people to have an abortion, particularly those financially disadvantaged by the pandemic. Expansion of Medicaid abortion coverage in Washington, DC and Virginia could reduce financial barriers to care and help people to better meet their reproductive needs amid future crises. (Source: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health)
Source: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health - July 5, 2022 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Jessica L. Dozier, Carolyn Sufrin, Blair O. Berger, Anne E. Burke, Suzanne O. Bell Tags: Research in Brief Source Type: research

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Source: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health - June 12, 2022 Category: Sexual Medicine Tags: ISSUE INFORMATION Source Type: research

The frequency of pregnancy recognition across the gestational spectrum and its consequences in the United States
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Source: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health - May 17, 2022 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Katie Watson, Cara Angelotta Tags: COMMENTARY Source Type: research

Who are the women who relinquish infants for adoption? Domestic adoption and contemporary birth motherhood in the United States
ConclusionGiven the underlying shift in the demographic profile of women who relinquish infants, it is likely that the underlying circumstances that lead to adoption have also diverged. More research is needed into how women make decisions about adoption; such research carries implications for how best to support women's decision-making and ensure access to needed services throughout pregnancy and beyond. (Source: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health)
Source: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health - May 11, 2022 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Gretchen Sisson Tags: Special Report Source Type: research

How Ohio's proposed abortion bans would impact travel distance to access abortion care
ConclusionsOhio's proposed abortion bans would substantially increase travel distances to abortion care, impacting over 2.2 million reproductive-aged Ohioans. (Source: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health)
Source: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health - April 21, 2022 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Payal Chakraborty, Stef Murawsky, Mikaela H. Smith, Michelle L. McGowan, Alison H. Norris, Danielle Bessett Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research

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Source: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health - April 20, 2022 Category: Sexual Medicine Tags: ISSUE INFORMATION Source Type: research

Is third ‐trimester abortion exceptional? Two pathways to abortion after 24 weeks of pregnancy in the United States
ConclusionsThe inherent limits of medical knowledge and the infeasibility of ensuring early pregnancy recognition in all cases illustrate the impossibility of eliminating the need for third-trimester abortion. The similarities between respondents' experiences and that of people seeking abortion at other gestations, particularly regarding the impact of barriers to abortion, point to the value of a social conceptualization of need for abortion that eschews a trimester or gestation-based framework and instead conceptualizes abortion as an option throughout pregnancy. (Source: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health)
Source: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health - April 12, 2022 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Katrina Kimport Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research

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Source: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health - March 29, 2022 Category: Sexual Medicine Tags: ISSUE INFORMATION Source Type: research

Feasibility study of a health coaching intervention to improve contraceptive continuation in adolescent and young adult women in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
DiscussionHealth coaching is a new approach for promoting contraceptive continuation in young women. The conceptual framework, program structure, and feasibility findings demonstrate strong support for the program among participants. Subsequent research must explore program effects on contraceptive continuation and prevention of unintended pregnancy. (Source: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health)
Source: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health - March 25, 2022 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Aletha Y. Akers, Ava Skolnik, Gabrielle DiFiore, Jennifer Harding, C. Alix Timko Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research

Sex, poverty, and public health: Connections between sexual wellbeing and economic resources among US reproductive health clients
ConclusionsFinancial scarcity appears to constrain sexual wellbeing. To support positive sexual health, the public health field must continue to focus on economic reform, poverty reduction, and dismantling of structural classism as critical aspects of helping people achieve their full health and wellbeing potential.ClinialTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02734199. (Source: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health)
Source: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health - March 1, 2022 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Jenny A. Higgins, Renee Kramer, Leigh Senderowicz, Bethany Everett, David K. Turok, Jessica N. Sanders Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research

Desire, acceptability, and expected resolution: A latent class analysis of current pregnancy orientation in the United States
ConclusionsThis analysis reinforces that the construct of mistimed pregnancy is too restrictive to reflect the inherent diversity of prospective pregnancy orientation. The combination of relationship type as a grouping variable for stratified analyses, financial hardships' impact, and the overall effect of increasing age on increasing interest in pregnancy suggest the importance of locating pregnancy intentions within the broader reproductive life course. Scholars, clinicians, and public health programs should allow for multidimensionality of pregnancy perspectives, locate them within the broader life course, and acknowled...
Source: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health - February 14, 2022 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Jennet Arcara, Lauren Caton, Anu Manchikanti G ómez Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research

Delivery at Catholic hospitals and postpartum contraception use, five US states, 2015 –2018
ConclusionWe found lower use of postpartum female sterilization, but no difference in highly effective contraception overall, for people who delivered at a Catholic hospital compared to a non-Catholic hospital. (Source: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health)
Source: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health - February 14, 2022 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Michelle C. Menegay, Rebecca Andridge, Katherine Rivlin, Maria F. Gallo Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research