Racial and ethnic disparities in contraceptive knowledge among women veterans in the ECUUN study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess whether racial/ethnic disparities in contraceptive knowledge observed in the general US population are also seen among women Veterans served by the Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare system.

Study design

We analyzed data from a national telephone survey of 2302 women Veterans aged 18-44 who had received care within VA in the prior 12 months. Twenty survey items assessed women's knowledge about various contraceptive methods. Multivariable logistic regression was used to examine racial/ethnic variation in contraceptive knowledge items, adjusting for age, marital status, education, income, parity, and branch of military service.

Results

Contraceptive knowledge was low among all participants, but black and Hispanic women had lower knowledge scores than w

SUBMITTER: Rosenfeld E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5511758 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature