The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Long-Acting Reversible Contraception Counseling and Use for Older Adolescents and Nulliparous Women.
The majority of pregnancies during adolescence are unintended, and few adolescents use long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) due in part to health care providers' misconceptions about nulliparous women's eligibility for the intrauterine device. We examined differences in LARC counseling, selection, and initiation by age and parity in a study with a provider's LARC training intervention. ⋯ Continued efforts should be made to improve counseling and access to LARC methods for nulliparous women of all ages.