These projects involve written anonymous surveys and in-depth interviews of female adolescent in an emergency department setting about their sexual health and knowledge and beliefs of emergency contraception as a pregnancy prevention option. The studies explore the barriers to emergency contraception, the usefulness of offering sexual education interventions in the emergency department, and preferences for a particular modality of intervention delivery.
Adolescent Sexual Health
Effective interventions aimed at reducing unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among adolescents will likely have a major impact on public health. Disproportionately high rates of STIs among adolescents and a rising teenage birth rate have resulted in significant social and economic burdens. PolicyLab’s research and intervention work seeks to improve adolescent STI and pregnancy prevention by focusing on the use of non-primary care sites as intervention locations. |
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