TY - JOUR
T1 - Disparities in family planning
AU - Dehlendorf, Christine
AU - Rodriguez, Maria Isabel
AU - Levy, Kira
AU - Borrero, Sonya
AU - Steinauer, Jody
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported by National Institutes of Health (NIH)/NCRR/OD UCSF-CTSI Grant no. KL2 RR024130 . Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH.
PY - 2010/3
Y1 - 2010/3
N2 - Prominent racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in rates of unintended pregnancy, abortion, and unintended births exist in the United States. These disparities can contribute to the cycle of disadvantage experienced by specific demographic groups when women are unable to control their fertility as desired. In this review we consider 3 factors that contribute to disparities in family planning outcomes: patient preferences and behaviors, health care system factors, and provider-related factors. Through addressing barriers to access to family planning services, including abortion and contraception, and working to ensure that all women receive patient-centered reproductive health care, health care providers and policy makers can substantially improve the ability of women from all racial/ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds to make informed decisions about their fertility.
AB - Prominent racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in rates of unintended pregnancy, abortion, and unintended births exist in the United States. These disparities can contribute to the cycle of disadvantage experienced by specific demographic groups when women are unable to control their fertility as desired. In this review we consider 3 factors that contribute to disparities in family planning outcomes: patient preferences and behaviors, health care system factors, and provider-related factors. Through addressing barriers to access to family planning services, including abortion and contraception, and working to ensure that all women receive patient-centered reproductive health care, health care providers and policy makers can substantially improve the ability of women from all racial/ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds to make informed decisions about their fertility.
KW - abortion
KW - contraception
KW - family planning
KW - health disparities
KW - unintended pregnancy
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.08.022
DO - 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.08.022
M3 - Review article
C2 - 20207237
AN - SCOPUS:77649162810
SN - 0002-9378
VL - 202
SP - 214
EP - 220
JO - American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
JF - American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
IS - 3
ER -