Impact of New Zealand teenagers' fertility intentions on childbearing.

Objective: To assess the impact of age 15 fertility intentions on childbearing outcomes three decades later.

Background: Evidence is mixed about the implications of teenage fertility intentions on later childbearing. Taking a prospective life course approach to assessing intentions and outcomes may help clarify these mixed findings.

Sexual and reproductive health knowledges: a study with Pacific young people enrolled in an Aotearoa New Zealand tertiary institution.

Pacific young people living in Aotearoa New Zealand experience disparities in their sexual and reproductive health outcomes, thought to stem from cultural differences and educational inequities. Although these barriers have been characterised in literature, their influence on Pacific youth's understandings of sexual and reproductive health have been relatively unexplored. This study investigated the sexual and reproductive health knowledge of Pacific students enrolled at a university in Aotearoa New Zealand in 2020 and where they gained this knowledge.

The role of menstrual apps in healthcare: provider and patient perspectives.

Aim: This study aimed to understand the role that menstrual apps ("period tracking apps" or "fertility apps") could perform in healthcare.

Methods: Expert stakeholders including healthcare providers, app users, and patients offered perspectives on potential benefits, concerns, and role of apps in healthcare. Responses from an online qualitative survey (N=144) and three online focus groups (N=10) were analysed using reflexive thematic analysis.

Unplanned pregnancies of women with chronic health conditions in New Zealand.

Aim: Chronic health conditions can pose risks for pregnancy and childbearing which may be mitigated by preconception care and pregnancy planning. The objective of this study is to identify the proportion of pregnancies reported as unplanned among women in New Zealand with chronic health conditions and the co-occurrence of these pregnancies with socioeconomc disadvantage.

Method: This study included 6,822 pregnant women in the Growing Up in New Zealand study.

Unplanned pregnancies in New Zealand.

Background: Unplanned pregnancies can bring risk. It is important to have an accurate count of unplanned pregnancies, but to date there is no precise number for New Zealand or Australia.

Aims: This analysis estimates the number and proportion of pregnancies in New Zealand that are unplanned.