ArticleContraception2021
Contraceptive use at first sexual intercourse among adolescent and young adult women with disabilities: The role of formal sex education.
Article in Contraception, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.
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- Predictors of male partners' behavioral intentions and cognitive readiness toward maternal health service utilization in rural Tanzania: an application of the theory of planned behavior.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Access to sexual and reproductive health and rights services among women with disabilities: a cross-sectional study from Murang'a South, Central Kenya.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Assessing the Impact of Lack of Sex Education in the Nigerian Secondary School Education Curriculum on Early Pregnancy and School Dropout in Girls.Archives of sexual behavior · 2026Article
- Inclusive Intimacy: Sexual Experiences, Debut, and Partners Among Females Ages 15-25 with and Without Disability, NSFG 2011-2019.Sexuality and disability · 2026Article
- Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Receipt Among Male Adolescents and Young Adults With Disabilities: Analysis of National Survey of Family Growth Data, 2011-2019.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2025Article
- Spatial Pattern and Decomposition Analysis of the Educational Status Gap in Factors Associated with Risky Sexual Behavior Among Women with Disabilities in Ten African Countries.Archives of sexual behavior · 2025Article
- Pregnancy Intendedness Among Racial and Ethnically Minoritized Women with Disabilities.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2024Article
- Breaking the taboo: qualitative analysis of the sexuality in people with acquired motor disability.BMC psychology · 2023Article
- Birth intentions among US fathers with disabilities.Disability and health journal · 2021Article
- "It Would Have Been Nice to Have a Choice": Barriers to Contraceptive Decision-making among Women with Disabilities.Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's HealthArticle
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Abstract
objectivesThis study examines receipt of formal sex education as a potential mechanism that may explain the observed associations between disability status and contraceptive use among young women with disabilities. STUDY
designUsing the 2011-2017 National Survey of Family Growth, we analyzed data from 2861 women aged 18 to 24 years, who experienced voluntary first sexual intercourse with a male partner. Women whose first intercourse was involuntary (7% of all women reporting sexual intercourse) were excluded from the analytic sample. Mediation analysis was used to estimate the indirect effect of receipt of formal sex education before first sexual intercourse on the association between disability status and contraceptive use at first intercourse.
resultsCompared to nondisabled women, women with cognitive disabilities were less likely to report receipt of instruction in each of 6 discrete formal sex education topics and received instruction on a fewer number of topics overall (B = -0.286, 95% CI = -0.426 to -0.147), prior to first voluntary intercourse. In turn, the greater number of topics received predicted an increased likelihood of contraceptive use at first voluntary intercourse among these women (B = 0.188, 95% CI = 0.055-0.321). No significant association between noncognitive disabilities and receipt of formal sex education or contraceptive use at first intercourse was observed.
conclusionsGiven the positive association between formal sex education and contraceptive use among young adult women with and without disabilities, ongoing efforts to increase access to formal sex education are needed. Special attention is needed for those women with cognitive disabilities.
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