Search for dissertations about: "teenage abortion"

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  2. 1. Sexual Risk Taking : – Perceptions of Contraceptive Use, Abortion, and Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Adolescents in Sweden

    Author : Maria Ekstrand; Margareta Larsson; Tanja Tydén; Elisabeth Darj; Ann Lalos; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Obstetrics and gynaecology; Adolescents; attitudes; sexual risk taking; contraceptive use; unintended pregnancy; teenage abortion; communication; gender; decision making; STI; Chlamydia; condom use; Health Belief Model; emergency contraception; RCT; Obstetrik och kvinnosjukdomar;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to inestigate Swedish adolescents' perceptions and behaviours regarding sexual risk taking. Specific objectives were to explore teenagers' perceptions of contraceptive use, unintended pregnancy, and abortion; teenage girls' experiences of decision making process and support connected to abortion; and male adolescents' perceptions of sexual risk taking and barriers to practicing safe sex. READ MORE

  4. 2. Teenagers´unintended pregnancies and contraception

    Author : Gabriella Falk; Jan Brynhildsen; Ann-Britt Ivarsson; Lena Marions; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Teenagers; unintended pregnancies; legal abortion; contraceptive counselling; postpartum visit; Chlamydia trachomatis; Tonåringar; oplanerade graviditeter; preventivmedel; preventivmedelsrådgivning; abort; kvalitativ innehållsanalys; Teenagers; adolescents; unintended pregnancies; contraception; contraceptive counselling; induced abortion; qualitative content analysis; Obstetrics and gynaecology; Obstetrik och gynekologi;

    Abstract : Teenage pregnancies are often not intended, and there is a high risk that unintended pregnancies will lead to abortion. The wide-spread availability of Youth Clinics, the subsidizing of contraceptives and the introduction of new and effective contraceptives have failed to lower the abortion rates. READ MORE

  5. 3. The Emergency Contraceptive Pill – a Second Chance : Knowledge, Attitudes and Experiences Among Users and Providers

    Author : Gunilla Aneblom; Tanja Tydén; Karin Eurenius; Kristina Gemzell-Danielsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Medicine; focus-group; emergency contraception; attitudes; induced abortion; OTC; content analysis; pharmacy; nurse-midwives; Medicin; Dermatology and venerology; clinical genetics; internal medicine; Dermatologi och venerologi; klinisk genetik; invärtesmedicin; Medicin; Medicine;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to study knowledge, attitudes and experience of emergency contraceptive pills among women and providers. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were used. Focus-group interviews were conducted with teenage-girls (I) and with women who had purchased ECP without prescription (IV). READ MORE

  6. 4. Adolescent sexuality and sexual abuse : a Swedish perspective

    Author : Karin Edgardh; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : adolescence; health surveys; sexual behavior; gender; puberty; sexual orientation; risk-taking behavior; teenage abortion; contraception; sexually transmitted infections; child sexual abuse; peer sexual abuse; suicidal ideation; medicolegal examination; hymen; injuries;

    Abstract : In the late 1980’s, teenage abortions and genital chlamydial infections were increasing adolescent health problems in Sweden, indicating unsafe sex practices among young people. The emergence of HIV highlighted the need for research on adolescent sexual health issues. READ MORE

  7. 5. Increasing uptake of long-acting reversible contraception : LARC

    Author : Niklas Envall; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : BACKGROUND: Unintended pregnancies are an inexhaustible source to life-changing decisions and events for individuals and result in enormous costs for societies having to deal with maternal health services, deliveries, hospital care and abortions. Unmet need of contraception is a contributing factor to unintended pregnancies. READ MORE