Medicaid Expansion and Contraceptive Use Among Female High-School Students.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Access to effective contraception prevents unintended pregnancies among sexually active female youth. Potentially impacted by the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid-related policies, contraception use increased among sexually active high-school students from 2013 to 2019.

Methods

Analyses conducted in 2021 assessed state-level Youth Risk Behavior Survey data among female students in grades 9-12 who reported being sexually active. States that expanded Medicaid were compared with other states in 2013 (baseline) and 2019 (after expansion). Measured outcomes included self-reported use of moderately effective or highly effective, long-acting reversible contraception at last sex. Long-acting reversible contraception included intrauterine devices and implants. Moderately e

SUBMITTER: Kilmer G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10926112 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature