Associations Between Race, Education Level, Socioeconomic Status and Contraceptive Disontinucation after 1 year of Free Contraceptives in Salt Lake county

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Publication Type honors thesis
School or College College of Social & Behavioral Science
Department Gender Studies
Faculty Mentor Claudia Geist
Creator Cordova, Lauren A.
Title Associations Between Race, Education Level, Socioeconomic Status and Contraceptive Disontinucation after 1 year of Free Contraceptives in Salt Lake county
Date 2020
Description Unplanned pregnancies make up nearly half of all pregnancies. This prompted the HER Salt Lake Project to offer free contraceptives to women in Salt Lake County, Utah. Discontinuation or switching of free contraceptives is linked to race, education level, socioeconomic status, and the choice of contraceptive method at enrollment. Women of lower education, women of color, and women of higher SES were more likely to discontinue or switch their contraceptive method than were white women, women of higher education, and women of lower SES. Understanding the sociodemographics associated with discontinuation can help researchers and healthcare providers attempt to provide better education about and access to appropriate contraceptive methods for women of various sociodemographics.
Type Text
Publisher Univertsity of Utah
Language eng
Rights Management (c) Lauren A. Cordova
Format Medium application/pdf
Permissions Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6810mcq
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Setname ir_htoa
ID 1575283
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6d27gdr
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