{"id":14284,"date":"2011-09-19T14:17:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-19T21:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=14284"},"modified":"2023-01-22T19:03:58","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T03:03:58","slug":"adolescents-contraception-and-confidentiality-a-national-survey-of-obstetrician-gynecologists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=14284","title":{"rendered":"Adolescents, contraception, and confidentiality: a national survey of obstetrician-gynecologists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">RE Lawrence, Kenneth A Rasinski, John D Yoon, Farr A Curlin<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"172\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/contraception.jpg\" alt=\"Contraception\" class=\"wp-image-11016\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Contraception<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract<br>Background<\/strong><br>Given recent legislative efforts to require parental notification for the provision of reproductive health care to minors, we sought to assess how ob\/gyns respond to requests for confidential contraceptive services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Study Design<\/strong><br>Mailed survey of 1800 U.S. Obstetrician-Gynecologists, utilizing a vignette where a 17-year-old college freshman requests birth control pills and does not want her parents to know. Criterion variables were the likelihood of: encouraging her to abstain from sexual activity until she is older; persuading her to involve her parents in this decision; and prescribing contraceptives without notifying her parents. Covariates included physicians\u2019 religious, demographic, and clinical characteristics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Results<\/strong><br>Response rate 66%. Most (94%) would provide contraceptives without notifying her parents. Half (47%) would encourage her to involve a parent, and half (54%) would advise abstinence until she is older. Physicians who frequently attend religious services were more likely to encourage her to involve her parents (OR 1.9), and to abstain from sex until she is older (OR 4.4), but equally likely to provide the contraceptives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Conclusions<\/strong><br>Most obstetrician-gynecologists will provide adolescents with contraceptives without notifying their parents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Lawrence RE, Rasinski KA, Yoon JD, Curlin FA. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.contraception.2010.12.002\">Adolescents, contraception, and confidentiality: a national survey of obstetrician-gynecologists<\/a>. Contraception. 2011;84(3):259-265. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RE Lawrence, Kenneth A Rasinski, John D Yoon, Farr A Curlin AbstractBackgroundGiven recent legislative efforts to require parental notification for the provision of reproductive health care to minors, we sought to assess how ob\/gyns respond to requests for confidential contraceptive services. Study DesignMailed survey of 1800 U.S. Obstetrician-Gynecologists, utilizing a vignette where a 17-year-old college &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=14284\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Adolescents, contraception, and confidentiality: a national survey of obstetrician-gynecologists&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,554,2],"tags":[1315,1313,1297,1432],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-14284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contraception","category-ethics","category-journal-article","tag-farr-a-curlin","tag-john-d-yoon","tag-kenneth-a-rasinski","tag-ryan-e-lawrence"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ 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