Counseling Adolescents About Contraception: Towards the Development of an Evidence-Based Protocol for Contraceptive Counselors

Research on contraceptive counseling of adolescents in clinics and service delivery settings is considered. The provider context as well as the developmental context of adolescence is characterized and their implications for contraceptive counseling are explicated. After reviewing research on the ef...

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Published in:Journal of adolescent health Vol. 52; no. 4; pp. S6 - S13
Main Authors: Jaccard, James, Levitz, Nicole
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.04.2013
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescents
Birth Control
Clinics
Contraception
Contraceptive counseling
Contraceptives
Counseling
Counseling - methods
Counselling
Delivery Systems
Efficacy
Evidence based
Evidence Based Practice
Female
Humans
Male
Pediatrics
Adolescents
Contraceptive counseling
Contraception
ISSN:1054-139X, 1879-1972, 1879-1972
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Summary:Research on contraceptive counseling of adolescents in clinics and service delivery settings is considered. The provider context as well as the developmental context of adolescence is characterized and their implications for contraceptive counseling are explicated. After reviewing research on the effectiveness of contraceptive counseling, it was concluded there is little empirical evidence to support the efficacy of current practices considered as a totality. Twelve principles for effective contraceptive counseling were then derived as a basis for building an evidence-based contraceptive counseling protocol for adolescents.
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ISSN:1054-139X
1879-1972
1879-1972
DOI:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2013.01.018