Unintended Pregnancy and Contraceptive Use Among Women Veterans: The ECUUN Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little is known about contraceptive care for the growing population of women veterans who receive care in the Veterans Administration (VA) healthcare system.

Objective

To determine rates of contraceptive use, unmet need for prescription contraception, and unintended pregnancy among reproductive-aged women veterans.

Design and participants

We conducted a cross-sectional, telephone-based survey with a national sample of 2302 women veterans aged 18-44 years who had received primary care in the VA within the prior 12 months.

Main measures

Descriptive statistics were used to estimate rates of contraceptive use and unintended pregnancy in the total sample. We also estimated the unmet need for prescription contraception in the subset of women at risk for un

SUBMITTER: Borrero S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5515789 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature