Racial/ethnic differences in contraceptive preferences, beliefs, and self-efficacy among women veterans.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Significant racial/ethnic disparities in unintended pregnancy persist in the United States, with the highest rates observed among low-income black and Hispanic women. Differences in contraceptive preferences, beliefs, and self-efficacy may be instrumental in understanding contraceptive behaviors that underlie higher rates of unintended pregnancy among racial/ethnic minorities.

Objectives

Our objective was to understand how contraceptive preferences, beliefs, and self-efficacy vary by race and ethnicity among women veterans.

Study design

We analyzed data from the Examining Contraceptive Use and Unmet Need Study, a national telephone survey of women veterans aged 18-44 years who had received primary care at the Veterans Administration in the prior 12 months.

SUBMITTER: Callegari LS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5502093 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature