ArticleJournal of general internal medicine2017
Unintended Pregnancy and Contraceptive Use Among Women Veterans: The ECUUN Study.
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 47 citations in OpenAlex.
- 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
- The Effect of Counselling on Depression and Anxiety of Women with Unplanned Pregnancy: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Community mental health journal · 2019Trial
- Developing and Piloting a Protocol for Pharmacist Provision and 12-Month Dispensing of Hormonal Contraception in the Department of Veterans Affairs Healthcare System.Journal of general internal medicine · 2026Article
- Associations Between Contraceptive Counseling Quality and Contraceptive Use in a National Survey of Women Veterans.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2025Article
- Long-Acting Reversible Contraception Use after Non-Receipt of Postpartum Permanent Contraception: A Retrospective Analysis.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2025Article
- Abortion After Pregnancy Occurrence with Contraceptive Use Among Veterans.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2025Article
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- Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Reproductive Health Care and Outcomes Among Female Veterans: A Scoping Review.Health equity · 2025Review
- Maternal chronic hypertension in women veterans.Health services research · 2024Observational
- Reproductive health services: A missed opportunity in VA primary care?Contraception · 2023Article
- Unintended pregnancies among HIV-positive women in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review protocol.Systematic reviews · 2023Article
- RE-AIM applied to a primary care workforce training for rural providers and nurses: the Department of Veterans Affairs' Rural Women's Health Mini-Residency.Frontiers in health services · 2023Article
- Oral Emergency Contraception Provision in the Veterans Health Administration: a Retrospective Cohort Study.Journal of general internal medicine · 2022Article
- Perceived Contraceptive Counseling Quality Among Veterans Using VA Primary Care: Data from the ECUUN Study.Journal of general internal medicine · 2022Article
- Low Rates of Contraception Use in Women With Human Immunodeficiency Virus.Open forum infectious diseases · 2022Article
- Veteran-Reported Receipt of Prepregnancy Care: Data from the Examining Contraceptive Use and Unmet Need (ECUUN) Study.Maternal and child health journal · 2021Article
- History of unintended pregnancy and patterns of contraceptive use among racial and ethnic minority women veterans.American journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2020Article
- Recruitment of women veterans into suicide prevention research: Improving response rates with enhanced recruitment materials and multiple survey modalities.Research in nursing & health · 2020Article
- Factors Associated with Choice of Sterilization Among Women Veterans.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundLittle is known about contraceptive care for the growing population of women veterans who receive care in the Veterans Administration (VA) healthcare system.
objectiveTo determine rates of contraceptive use, unmet need for prescription contraception, and unintended pregnancy among reproductive-aged women veterans. DESIGN AND
participantsWe 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 unintended pregnancy. For comparison, we calculated age-adjusted US population estimates using data from the 2011-2013 National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG). KEY
resultsOverall, 62% of women veterans reported current use of contraception, compared to 68% of women in the age-adjusted US population. Among the subset of women at risk for unintended pregnancy, 27% of women veterans were not using prescription contraception, compared to 30% in the US population. Among women veterans, the annual unintended pregnancy rate was 26 per 1000 women; 37% of pregnancies were unintended. In the age-adjusted US population, the annual rate of unintended pregnancy was 34 per 1000 women; 35% of pregnancies were unintended.
conclusionsWhile rates of contraceptive use, unmet contraceptive need, and unintended pregnancy among women veterans served by the VA are similar to those in the US population, these rates are suboptimal in both populations, with over a quarter of women who are at risk for unintended pregnancy not using prescription contraception, and unintended pregnancies accounting for over a third of all pregnancies. Efforts to improve contraceptive service delivery and to reduce unintended pregnancy are needed for both veteran and civilian populations.
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