Pregnancy and protection: perceptions, attitudes and experiences of Australian female adolescents

Skinner, S; Smith, J.; Fenwick, J.; Hendriks, J.; Fyfe, S.; Kendall, Garth

doi:10.1016/j.wombi.2008.12.001

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Authors

Skinner, S

Smith, J.

Fenwick, J.

Hendriks, J.

Fyfe, S.

Kendall, Garth

Date

2009

Type

Journal Article

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Citation

Skinner, S. and Smith, Jennifer and Fenwick, Jennifer and Fenwick, Jennifer and Hendriks, Jacqueline and Fyfe, Susan and Kendall, Garth. 2009. Pregnancy and protection: perceptions, attitudes and experiences of Australian female adolescents. Women and Birth. 22 (2): pp. 50-56.

Source Title

Women and Birth

DOI

10.1016/j.wombi.2008.12.001

ISSN

18715192

Faculty

Faculty of Health Sciences

School of Public Health

Remarks

The link to the journal's home page is: http://www.womenandbirth.org/home

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40603

Collection

Curtin Research Publications

Abstract

Background and purpose: Despite decades of research, development and evaluation of educational and promotional strategies to prevent teenage pregnancy, we have only a limited understanding of the strategies that are effective and why. This study sought to explore female teenagers' attitudes, perceptions and experiences of contraceptive use, and describe the influence of this on pregnancy risk.