title: Female adolescents' compliance with contraceptive regimens.
abstract: Although today's adolescents have access to a variety of contraceptive options, they remain inconsistent and suboptimal users of these methods. A particularly frustrating problem for those caring for adolescents is the issue of noncompliance with contraceptives, which is an important antecedent of adolescent pregnancy. In the future, new fertility-related developments such as subdermal hormonal implants may reduce the likelihood of noncompliance. For the present, however, systematic monitoring rather than only when noncompliance is suspected is essential in enhancing adolescents' contraceptive compliance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Jay
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: DuRant
authors.forename: I F
authors.initials: IF
authors.lastname: Litt
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D003268:Contraception Behavior; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010553:Personality Development; D011247:Pregnancy; D011336:Probability; D011606:Psychosexual Development; D012071:Religion and Sex; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012944:Social Support; D012945:Social Values