Recently added articles from Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health:
Music to their ears--and then what?(FYI)(songs about sex and youth sex)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Exposure to song lyrics that describe degrading sex--sex marked by a power imbalance between partners and a lack of mutual consent--was a powerful predictor of sexual experience in a sample of ninth graders surveyed in Pittsburgh in 2006-2007. (1) On average, the 711 respondents reported ...
Misconceptions about sexual health abound.(FYI)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2009; ... One-quarter of e-mail queries about sexual health submitted to a Web site about emergency contraception in 2003-2004 reflected misconceptions about a variety of issues. (1) Content analysis identified five main categories of confusion: sexual acts that can lead to pregnancy, what it means ...
Can teenagers get emergency contraception in the ER?(FYI)(emergency rooms)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2009; ... For teenagers who are too young to obtain emergency contraception without a prescription, a hospital emergency room may be the place to go for the method. However, a survey of physicians who care for children and adolescents in emergency rooms indicates that the pills are prescribed ...
Risk may relocate.(FYI)(immigrant women and low birth weight)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Immigrant women's risk of having a low-birth-weight infant is more closely related to their country of origin than to the characteristics of their new neighborhood, according to a study of recent immigrants to Canada. (1) In initial analyses of data on more than 22,000 births that occurred ...
Older, but not wiser.(FYI)(risky sexual behavior by middle-age adults)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Maybe it's the adolescent-type behavior that often goes along with the midlife crisis, maybe it's denial or maybe it's sheer ignorance. Whatever the cause, many middle-age adults in Great Britain engage in sexual behavior that is, to say the least, risky. (1) In an early 2009 survey of ...
Fertility outcomes not as planned? No worries.(FYI)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2009; ... By and large, unintended childlessness and unplanned births do not seem to affect the mental health of childless adults in their 30s. (1) In analyses using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth, researchers found that men who were involved in an unplanned birth in their early ...
Hit me with your best shot.(FYI)(human papillomavirus vaccine for men)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Heterosexual male college students participating in a trial of human papillomavirus (HPV) prevention messages expressed moderately high interest in getting an HPV shot if one became available for men. (1) The 356 men taking part in the 2007 study were randomly assigned to receive ...
Sexual risk-taking among adult dating couples in the United States.(Report)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Despite the many emotional and social benefits of sexual behavior in relationships, there is also the threat of contracting STDs, including HIV Rates of heterosexual transmission of these diseases remain unacceptably high. The need for STD prevention is especially great for nonresidential ...
Intimate partner violence among economically disadvantaged young adult women: associations with adolescent risk-taking and pregnancy experiences.(Report)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Relationship violence occurs at every socioeconomic level and across all age-groups, but women in their early 20s living in economically disadvantaged urban communities are especially vulnerable. Nonfatal intimate partner violence peaks during late adolescence and young adulthood, (1,2) ...
Second births to teenage mothers: risk factors for low birth weight and preterm birth.(Clinical report)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Teenage pregnancy and childbearing are significant public health problems in most large metropolitan areas of the United States, and rates in Milwaukee are among the highest in the country. (1) The literature generally shows that the risk of adverse birth outcomes--low or very low birth ...
Barriers to adolescents' getting emergency contraception through pharmacy access in California: differences by language and region.(Report)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Despite a general decline in adolescent birthrates in the United States since 1991, the nation continues to have one of the highest adolescent birthrates among industrialized countries, and recent data indicate that U.S. rates have begun to rise since 2006. (1,2) In California, the ...
Minors' behavioral responses to parental involvement laws: delaying abortion until age 18.(Report)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Laws in many states require that abortion providers notify parents or obtain written consent from them before an abortion is performed on a minor; these laws are often referred to as parental involvement laws. Evaluation of these laws has focused on changes in the abortion, birth and ...
Pill use in the month before conception linked to risk of low birth weight, preterm delivery.(Digests)(Clinical report)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Women who use oral contraceptives just prior to conception may be more likely than nonusers to experience adverse birth outcomes, according to a study of health records from the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.: Those who used the pill within 30 days of their last menstrual period had ...
Among Arab American mothers, foreign birth, marriage may explain reduced risk of preterm birth.(Digests)(Report)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Ethnic differences in maternal birthplace and marital status may explain most of the established association between Arab ethnicity and a reduced risk of preterm birth, according to a Michigan study of all births over the period 2000-2005. (1) The prevalence of preterm births was slightly ...
In the period before age 21, women, but not men, may have elevated STD risks.(sexually transmitted diseases)(Report)
Jun 01, 2009; ... New Zealand women participating in a longitudinal cohort study reported a greater incidence of STD diagnoses before age 21 than between ages 26 and 32; for men, by contrast, incidence was higher at ages 21-26 than earlier. (1) In addition, the reported incidence of any STD by age 21 was ...
Even at term, timing of cesarean is linked to adverse outcomes.(Digests)
Jun 01, 2009; ... The timing of elective repeat cesarean section, even for term births, may have important implications for infant heath, according to a large, multicenter study conducted in the United States. (1) When compared with infants delivered by elective repeat cesarean section at 39 weeks' ...
Heterosexual Latino men's same-sex behavior may put their partners at risk.(Digests)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Four percent of Latino men who participated in a community-based survey in California said both that they were heterosexual and that they had had sex with men. These men were more likely than those who had had sex only with women to report characteristics and behaviors that could put their ...
Fathers' pregnancy intentions.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
Jun 01, 2009; ... We read with great interest "'The Link Between Couples' Pregnancy Intentions and Behavior: Does It Matter Who Is Asked?" [2008, 40(4):194-201], in which Maureen R. Waller and Marianne P. Bitler discuss the importance of evaluating both parents' pregnancy intentions in measuring the effect ...
Disappointing results for peer-led sex education.(FYI)(Abstract)
Mar 01, 2009; ... A peer-led sex education program in England had no effect on students' behavior in up to seven years of follow-up. (1) In a trial of the program, 27 schools, with a total of more than 9,000 students, were randomized to provide either the three-session peer-led intervention or regular ...
Teenager see, teenager do?(FYI)(Abstract)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Teenagers who watch TV shows with a lot of sexual content have an elevated risk of being involved in a pregnancy before they are 20 years old, according to results of a national longitudinal study. (1) The study was based on telephone interviews conducted with a sample of 12-17-year-olds ...