Brittany M Charlton1, Colleen A Reynolds2, Elizabeth Janiak3, Amy D DiVasta4, Rachel K Jones5, Jorge E Chavarro6, Vishnudas Sarda7, S Bryn Austin8. 1. Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States; Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States; Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States; Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States. Electronic address: bcharlton@mail.harvard.edu. 2. Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States; Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States. 3. Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States; Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, Boston, MA, United States. 4. Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States; Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States. 5. Research Division, Guttmacher Institute, New York, NY, United States. 6. Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States; Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States; Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States. 7. Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States. 8. Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States; Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States; Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States; Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To examine contraceptive methods used by adolescent/young adult women of diverse sexual orientations. STUDY DESIGN: We collected data from 12,902 females, born 1982-1995, from the longitudinal Growing Up Today Study. RESULTS: Compared to heterosexuals, lesbians were half as likely to use contraceptives; other sexual minority subgroups (e.g., bisexuals) were more likely to use contraceptives, particularly long-acting reversible contraceptives. CONCLUSIONS: Many sexual minority women use contraception throughout adolescence/young adulthood, though use is low among lesbians. IMPLICATIONS: With limited contraception use, lesbians miss opportunities for care and need to be brought into the healthcare system in other ways.
OBJECTIVES: To examine contraceptive methods used by adolescent/young adult women of diverse sexual orientations. STUDY DESIGN: We collected data from 12,902 females, born 1982-1995, from the longitudinal Growing Up Today Study. RESULTS: Compared to heterosexuals, lesbians were half as likely to use contraceptives; other sexual minority subgroups (e.g., bisexuals) were more likely to use contraceptives, particularly long-acting reversible contraceptives. CONCLUSIONS: Many sexual minority women use contraception throughout adolescence/young adulthood, though use is low among lesbians. IMPLICATIONS: With limited contraception use, lesbians miss opportunities for care and need to be brought into the healthcare system in other ways.
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