title: Characteristics of injectable contraceptive users in a low-income population in Texas.
abstract: Among 600 women at 17 family planning clinics in Texas who expressed interest in using the hormonal injectable depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA), 536 (89%) actually received the injectable. Thirty percent of the DMPA recipients were younger than 21 and 77% were not married. The average numbers of pregnancies and births were 1.9 and 1.2 per woman; one-third of the women had had at least one abortion. The majority of women receiving DMPA (66%) were using it to space births. Their main sources of information about the method were friends (42%) and health care providers (37%), and the most commonly reported reason for its use was dissatisfaction with previous contraceptive methods.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sangi-Haghpeykar
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Poindexter
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Moseley
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bateman
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Reid
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001721:Birth Intervals; D002755:Choice Behavior; D003271:Contraceptive Agents, Female; D003692:Delayed-Action Preparations; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections; D017258:Medroxyprogesterone Acetate; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011203:Poverty; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013781:Texas
chemical_list: D003271:Contraceptive Agents, Female; D003692:Delayed-Action Preparations; D017258:Medroxyprogesterone Acetate