ArticleMaternal and child health journal2011
Does distance matter? Access to family planning clinics and adolescent sexual behaviors.
Article in Maternal and child health journal, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.
- Socially Disadvantaged Community Structures and Conditions Negatively Influence Risky Sexual Behavior in Adolescents and Young Adults: A Systematic Review.International journal of public health · 2022Pooled it
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- Postpartum emotional fertility intentions in Ethiopia: an insight and correlates from a national women and newborns cohort study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Women decision making on use of modern family planning methods and associated factors, evidence from PMA Ethiopia.PloS one · 2024Article
- Alcohol abuse and other factors associated with risky sexual behaviors among adolescent students from the poorest areas in Costa Rica.International journal of public health · 2017Article
- A Review and Framework for Categorizing Current Research and Development in Health Related Geographical Information Systems (GIS) Studies.Yearbook of medical informatics · 2014Review
- Does parental consent for birth control affect underage pregnancy rates? The case of Texas.Demography · 2013Article
- Behavior of young people regarding family planning.Materia socio-medica · 2013Article
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Abstract
unlabelledThe study examines the relationship between adolescent geographic access (distance, travel time, density) to Family Planning Clinics and adolescent sexual behaviors, including sexual initiation, number of partners and condom use. This cross-sectional study, conducted in 2005 in 10 California counties, utilized data from NICHD-funded study on adolescent sexual behavior (n = 921), geospatial coordinates of publicly-funded FPCs, and neighborhood characteristics. A series of regression models were used to assess the relationship between FPC distance, and density (number of FPCs within 1- and 3- mile radii of each adolescent's home), and adolescent sexual behaviors. Significant main effects between access measures of FPC and sexual behavior did not emerge. However, among older youth a significant inverse relationship emerged between number of FPCs within a 1-mile radius and initiating sexual intercourse. While not significant at α = .10, the results also indicate a negative relationship between density of FPCs and sexual partners (b = -.22, p < .15) among older youth. Access to FPCs was not associated with condom use.
conclusionsResults suggest that increased options for family planning services may lead to less risky sexual behaviors among older youth. This finding has significant implications with regards to making family planning resources more readily available to older adolescents.
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