ArticlePerspectives on sexual and reproductive health2020
Pregnancy Intendedness by Maternal Disability Status and Type in the United States.
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- A lack of evidence for disability-inclusive maternal health interventions and promising progress: an updated systematic review.Frontiers in global women's health · 2025Review
- Reproductive health programs in women with physical disabilities: A scoping review protocol.PloS one · 2025Article
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- Pregnancy Intendedness Among Racial and Ethnically Minoritized Women with Disabilities.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2024Article
- Changes in postpartum insurance and care use by disability status during the COVID-19 pandemic.Disability and health journal · 2024Article
- Prevalence of unintended pregnancy and associated factors among pregnant women with disabilities in Ethiopia: from the social model of disability perspective.Frontiers in global women's health · 2024Article
- Access to Reproductive Health Services Among People With Disabilities.JAMA network open · 2023Article
- Unintended pregnancy and its associated factors among women with disabilities in central Sidama National Regional State, Ethiopia: a multilevel analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Article
- Prevalence and factors associated with sexual and reproductive health services use among reproductive age women with disabilities: a community based cross-sectional study.BMC women's health · 2023Article
- Risk of adverse neonatal outcomes among pregnant women with disabilities.International journal of epidemiology · 2023Article
- Dobbs and disability: Implications of abortion restrictions for people with chronic health conditions.Health services research · 2023Article
- Development and pilot test of a pregnancy decision making tool for women with physical disabilities.Health services research · 2023Article
- Depressive symptoms during the perinatal period by disability status: Findings from the United States Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System.Journal of advanced nursing · 2023Article
- Pregnancy recommendations from women with intellectual and developmental disabilities to their peers.Disability and health journal · 2022Article
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Abstract
contextSocietal views about sexuality and parenting among people with disabilities may limit these individuals' access to sex education and the full range of reproductive health services, and put them at increased risk for -unintended pregnancies. To date, however, no national population-based studies have examined pregnancy -intendedness among U.S. women with disabilities.
methodsCross-sectional analyses of data from the 2011-2013 and 2013-2015 waves of the National Survey of Family Growth were conducted; the sample included 5,861 pregnancies reported by 3,089 women. The proportion of pregnancies described as unintended was calculated for women with any type of disability, women with each of five types of disabilities and women with no disabilities. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted to examine the relationship of disability status and type with pregnancy intendedness while adjusting for covariates.
resultsA higher proportion of pregnancies were unintended among women with disabilities than among women without disabilities (53% vs. 36%). Women with independent living disability had the highest proportion of unintended pregnancies (62%). In regression analyses, the odds that a pregnancy was unintended were greater among women with any type of disability than among women without disabilities (odds ratio, 1.4), and were also elevated among women with hearing disability, cognitive disability or independent living disability (1.5-1.9).
conclusionsFurther research is needed to understand differences in unintended pregnancy by type and extent of disability. People with disabilities should be fully included in sex education, and their routine care should incorporate discussion of reproductive planning.
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