Publications by authors named "Tierney E Wolgemuth"
Background: Women veterans who use the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System theoretically have access to the full range of contraceptive methods. This study explores match between currently used and self-reported "ideal" methods as a potential marker of contraceptive access and preference matching.
Methods: This mixed methods study uses data from a nationally representative survey of reproductive-aged women veterans who use the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System for primary care, including 979 participants at risk of unintended pregnancy.
Context: Women may be at risk for unintended pregnancy if they forgo contraception or use ineffective methods because they erroneously believe they are unlikely to conceive. However, the relationship between perceived susceptibility to pregnancy and contraceptive use is not fully understood.
Methods: Data collected in 2014-2016 for the Examining Contraceptive Use and Unmet Needs study were used to examine perceived susceptibility to pregnancy among 969 women veterans aged 20-45 who were at risk for unintended pregnancy and received primary care through the U.
Background: Although many studies evaluate factors influencing contraceptive use, little is known about barriers and facilitators that may be specific to or prevalent among women veterans using the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System (VA).
Design: Semistructured telephone interviews with a national sample of 189 women veterans at risk for unintended pregnancy who receive care in the VA were used to explore barriers and facilitators to contraceptive use as well as elicit suggestions for improving VA contraceptive care. The sample consisted primarily of women with risk factors for adverse reproductive health outcomes, including belonging to ethnic/racial minority groups, having a medical or mental health condition(s), and/or reporting a history of military sexual trauma.
Objective: Following the 2016US presidential election, social media posts and news stories amplified concerns about the potential for reduced access to contraception under the incoming administration and urged women to seek long-acting reversible contraception. We aimed to describe women's concerns about future access to contraception, in their own words.
Study Design: A social-media-based, anonymous online survey assessing thoughts and concerns about future access to contraception was distributed to reproductive-aged US women for 1 week in mid-January 2017.