Search for dissertations about: "Teenage pregnancy"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 13 swedish dissertations containing the words Teenage pregnancy.
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6. Sexual Risk Taking : – Perceptions of Contraceptive Use, Abortion, and Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Adolescents in Sweden
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
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7. Teenage parenthood : paternal characteristics and child health outcomes
Abstract : This thesis had two general aims. The first was to describe and compare the social-economic and reproductive characteristics and involvement in pregnancy and childbirth of fathers of children born to teenage mothers in Stockholm (Papers I and II). READ MORE
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8. Human papillomavirus infections among sexually active young women in Uganda : implications for a vaccination strategy
Abstract : Introduction: Information about the genital (human papilloma virus) HPV infection is needed to support the introduction of HPV vaccination in Uganda. Objectives: (i) To estimate the prevalence, incidence, clearance and to evaluate the associated risk factors for the genital HPV infection. READ MORE
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9. Adolescent sexuality and sexual abuse : a Swedish perspective
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
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10. Teenagers´unintended pregnancies and contraception
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