Open AccessImproving Birth Control Service Utilization By Offering Services Prerelease Vs Postincarceration
Author(s) -
Jennifer G. Clarke,
Cynthia Rosengard,
Jennifer Rose,
Megan R. Hebert,
Jeffrey F. Peipert,
Michael D. Stein
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2005.062869
Subject(s) - birth control , medicine , prison , odds ratio , family planning , confidence interval , family medicine , health services , demography , population , environmental health , psychology , research methodology , criminology , pathology , sociology
We examined whether incarcerated women would substantially increase birth control initiation if contraceptive services were available within the prison compared with after their release back into the community.