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ReviewBest practice & research. Clinical obstetrics & gynaecology2020

Improving access to and use of contraception by adolescents: What progress has been made, what lessons have been learnt, and what are the implications for action?

Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli, Elsie Akwara

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Review in Best practice & research. Clinical obstetrics & gynaecology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 78 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

78 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  9. Barriers to contraception access and use among youth: A scoping review in high-income countries.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2026
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  11. Prevalence of teenage pregnancy and its associated factors among adolescent girls in Ghana.The Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Venkatraman Chandra-MouliDepartment of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization/Human Reproduction Programme, Switzerland. Electronic address: chandramouliv@who.int.
Elsie AkwaraDepartment of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization/Human Reproduction Programme, Switzerland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This article sets out the progress that has been made in reducing levels of adolescent childbearing and in meeting adolescent contraceptive needs, over the last 25 years, and also makes the public health, economic, and human rights rationale for continued attention to and investment in these areas. Using an analytic framework that covers the perspectives of both the use and the provision of contraception, it examines the factors that make it difficult for adolescents to obtain and use contraceptives to avoid unintended pregnancies, and outlines what could be done to address these factors, drawing from research evidence and programmatic experience. In doing this, the article provides concrete examples from low- and middle-countries that have made tangible progress in these areas.

Indexed as

Contraception BehaviorHealth Services AccessibilityAdolescentAdolescent Health ServicesContraceptionContraceptive AgentsContraceptive DevicesFamily Planning ServicesFemaleHuman RightsHumansPregnancyPregnancy in AdolescenceContraceptive AgentsAdolescent contraceptionComprehensive sexuality educationUnmet need for modern contraception

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PMID32527659
PMCPMC7438971

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