ArticleContraception2017
Racial and ethnic disparities in contraceptive knowledge among women veterans in the ECUUN study.
Article in Contraception, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- An Evidence Map of the Women Veterans' Health Literature, 2016 to 2023: A Systematic Review.JAMA network open · 2025Pooled it
- Reproductive Health of Women Veterans: A Systematic Review of the Literature from 2008 to 2017.Seminars in reproductive medicine · 2018Pooled it
- Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Reproductive Health Care and Outcomes Among Female Veterans: A Scoping Review.Health equity · 2025Review
- What's Behind the Dramatic Pre-2020 Declines in Hispanic/Latina Adolescent Childbearing? Decomposing Change by Age, Origin, and Nativity.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2024Article
- Moving toward Narrowing the United States Gap in Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Next Decade.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Need for Sexual, Reproductive, and Mental Health Promotion Among Diverse College Students in a COVID-19 Era.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2023Review
- Contraceptive Behavior in Appalachia: Exploring Use, Nonuse, and Contraceptive Attitudes.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Development and Pilot Testing of a Patient-Centered Web-Based Reproductive Decision Support Tool for Primary Care.Journal of general internal medicine · 2021Article
- Pregnancy Risk Screening and Counseling for Women Veterans: Piloting the One Key Question in the Veterans Healthcare Administration.Southern medical journal · 2021Observational
- Contraceptive knowledge among women at risk of unintended pregnancy in Kingston, Jamaica.Women & health · 2021Article
- History of unintended pregnancy and patterns of contraceptive use among racial and ethnic minority women veterans.American journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2020Article
- Distance Matters: Geographic barriers to long acting reversible and permanent contraception for homeless women Veterans.Journal of social distress and the homeless · 2019Article
- Contraceptive Care in the Veterans Health Administration.Seminars in reproductive medicine · 2019Review
- Use of emergency contraception among female young adult cancer survivors.Fertility and sterility · 2018Article
- Women's perceptions of contraceptive efficacy and safety.Contraception and reproductive medicine · 2017Article
- Agreement between Self-Reported "Ideal" and Currently Used Contraceptive Methods among Women Veterans Using the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System.Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's HealthArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo 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
designWe 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.
resultsContraceptive knowledge was low among all participants, but black and Hispanic women had lower knowledge scores than whites in almost all knowledge domains. Compared to white women, black women were significantly less likely to answer correctly 15 of the 20 knowledge items, with the greatest adjusted difference observed in the item assessing knowledge about the reversibility of tubal sterilization (adjusted percentage point difference (PPD): -23.0; 95% CI: -27.8, -18.3). Compared to white women, Hispanic women were significantly less likely to answer correctly 11 of the 20 knowledge items, with the greatest adjusted difference also in the item assessing tubal sterilization reversibility (PPD: -13.1; 95% CI: -19.5, -6.6).
conclusionContraceptive knowledge among women Veterans served by VA is suboptimal, especially among racial/ethnic minority women. Improving women's knowledge about important aspects of available contraceptive methods may help women better select and effectively use contraception. IMPLICATIONS: Providers in the VA healthcare system should assess and address contraceptive knowledge gaps as part of high-quality, patient-centered reproductive health care.
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