Attitudes toward the vaginal ring and transdermal patch among adolescents and young women.

Purpose: The vaginal ring and the transdermal patch offer important contraceptive options for women at high risk for unintended pregnancy. Little is known about what adolescents and young women think about these methods and why use of the ring has been relatively low compared with the patch. We sought to examine young women's attitudes and perceptions about the ring and the patch to better understand the relationship between perceptions of these methods and decisions to use them.

Adolescent experiences with the vaginal ring.

Purpose: To understand racial/ethnic minority adolescent females' experiences with the vaginal ring.

Methods: We conducted in-depth interviews with a clinic-based sample of 32 young women aged 15-24 years who had used the vaginal ring.

Results: Qualitative analysis using grounded theory revealed that adolescents undergo a multi-stage process when trying the ring and adopting ring use.