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Contraception in Adolescence
Author(s) -
DELIGEOROGLOU EFTHIMIOS,
CHRISTOPOULOS PANAGIOTIS,
CREATSAS GEORGE
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1196/annals.1365.007
Subject(s) - condom , family planning , medicine , developed country , reproductive health , unintended pregnancy , population , emergency contraception , government (linguistics) , gynecology , psychology , family medicine , environmental health , research methodology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , linguistics , philosophy , syphilis
Adolescents, due to the lack of knowledge, experience, and counseling, may confront serious social and health‐related problems, such as out‐of‐wedlock pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). The age of the first sexual intercourse has declined recently. Unintended pregnancies often force adolescents into unwanted marriage or limit their opportunities to further education or employment while predisposing them to long‐term welfare dependence. To be most effective, sex education programs should be developed through a process of collaboration between families, health care professionals, educators, government officials, and youth themselves. The contraceptive choices during adolescence are the male condom, the use of spermicides, combined oral contraceptives (COCs), the depomedroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA), the female condom, the vaginal sponge, implants and patches, male hormonal contraception, and others. Issues of emergency contraception (EC) are also discussed.