Adolescents and young adults’ sources of contraceptive information

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About The Study: This study’s results suggest discrepancies between preferred and actual sources of contraceptive information for assigned female at birth adolescents and young adults in the U.S. Findings underscore the role of clinicians in supporting informed contraceptive decision-making among adolescents and young adults. Clinicians were the most commonly preferred source, and receiving information from them was associated with having sufficient information to choose a contraceptive method; however, clinicians were the source with the largest discrepancy between preferred and actual use. 

Corresponding Author: To contact the corresponding author, Elizabeth Pleasants, DrPH, MPH, email b_pleasants@berkeley.edu.

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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.33310)

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