Parent-daughter communication about abortion among nonpregnant African-American adolescent females.

Purpose: To identify correlates of parent-daughter communication about abortion among nonpregnant adolescents.

Methods: Nonpregnant African-American females aged 14-17 years attending one of three charter schools on Chicago's South Side were recruited and surveyed regarding parental relationship quality, attitudes toward sexual health, and communication about sexual health. We calculated odds ratios (ORs) for ever discussing abortion using multivariable logistic regression.

Use of the intrauterine device among adolescent and young adult women in the United States from 2002 to 2010.

Purpose: Long-acting contraceptives, such as the intrauterine device (IUD), show potential for decreasing the incidence of unintended pregnancy. However, use among adolescent and young adult women remains low. We determined factors associated with IUD use among young women.

Is continuous monitoring the answer to incidentally observed fetal heart rate decelerations?

Objective: We examined the interventions and outcomes of pre-term patients with an incidentally identified fetal heart rate (FHR) deceleration and otherwise reassuring FHR pattern admitted for continuous FHR monitoring (FM).

Methods: A case series was compiled of patients with at least 36 h of continuous FM secondary to a FHR deceleration. Data on demographics, delivery and perinatal outcomes, medical and obstetric history were extracted from medical records.