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Factors associated with adolescent use of family planning clinics.

J A Shea, R Herceg-Baron and F F Furstenberg, Jr

Clinic records were reviewed for a sample of 498 adolescent family planning clients to document clinic use patterns. For a subsample of 359 adolescents, relationships are explored between clinic use and contraceptive use, demographic characteristics, social relationships, and contraceptive attitudes. The average adolescent was observed for 15 months and made 3.5 visits to the clinic. Twenty-two per cent of the adolescents never returned after an initial visit. Revisits tended to occur in three-month intervals. In the first six months, the probability of making the first revisit was .70; the probability of a second revisit was .45. Adolescents whose visit patterns deviated from the routine clinic protocols were more likely to be inconsistent contraceptive users. The single significant correlate of regular clinic use was the adolescents' satisfaction with their contraceptive methods. Service providers should ensure that adolescents select a suitable contraceptive method and closely follow adolescents whose clinic use patterns deviate from standard protocols.

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