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Question: Among adolescents 15–19 years old, does the removal of financial and access barriers to long-acting, reversible contraception result in lower teen pregnancy, birth, and abortion rates?
Question type: Intervention
Study design: Prospective cohort
Investigators from Washington University, St. Louis, sought to determine whether adolescents provided with counseling and access to long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) at no cost would have lower pregnancy, birth, and abortion rates compared to national rates. LARC methods include intrauterine devices (IUDs) and implants. The data for this study were collected as part of the Contraceptive CHOICE project in which females, 14–45 years old, from the St. Louis area who were already or were planning to be sexually active with a male partner in the next 6 months, and who did not desire pregnancy for at least …
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