title: Parental acceptability of contraceptive methods offered to their teen during a confidential health care visit.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine parental acceptability of contraceptive methods offered confidentially to their adolescent daughter.
  
  
  METHODS
  A random sample of 261 parents/guardians with a daughter aged 12-17 years completed a telephone survey examining the relationship between parental acceptability of seven contraceptive methods and adolescents' likelihood to have sex, parenting beliefs, parents' sexual health as teens, sexually transmitted infection knowledge, and demographic factors.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Acceptability was highest for oral contraceptive pills (59%) and lowest for intrauterine device (18%). Parental acceptance of teens' autonomy was significantly associated with increased acceptability of all methods. Parental knowledge of sexually transmitted infections was poor, and 51% found it acceptable for clinicians to provide their sexually active teen with condoms.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Parents were more accepting of oral contraceptive pills and condoms compared with intrauterine devices and implants. Parental recognition of their teen's autonomy was associated with greater parental acceptability of clinicians providing their adolescent with contraceptives (regardless of the specific type of method being offered).
authors: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143-0503, USA. hartmanlb@peds.ucsf.edu
authors: Lauren B
authors: LB
authors: Hartman
authors: Mary-Ann
authors: MA
authors: Shafer
authors: Lance M
authors: LM
authors: Pollack
authors: Charles
authors: C
authors: Wibbelsman
authors: Fay
authors: F
authors: Chang
authors: Kathleen P
authors: KP
authors: Tebb
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002140:California; D002648:Child; D017280:Condoms; D003219:Confidentiality; D003271:Contraceptive Agents, Female; D003273:Contraceptive Devices; D003276:Contraceptives, Oral; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007434:Intrauterine Devices; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D010290:Parents
chemical_list: D003271:Contraceptive Agents, Female; D003276:Contraceptives, Oral