Contraception.
Prescribing and reviewing contraceptive methods with adolescents involves a significant amount of time and resources. Health care providers need to be familiar with how teens think about sex and birth control, what their beliefs are, and how individual teens may make different choices based on their lifestyles. Barrier methods remain popular in that they are accessible and do not require a clinician visit. The hormonal choices need to be explained fully in plain language and selections based on these sessions made appropriately. Teens can be effective users of contraception if they are given the appropriate tools, access, and knowledge.
Department of Pediatrics, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, USA.
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D000293:Adolescent; D003267:Contraception / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011606:Psychosexual Development; D012736:Sex Education