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Title The best intentions : unintended pregnancy and the well-being of children and families / Committee on Unintended Pregnancy, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Institute of Medicine ; Sarah S. Brown and Leon Eisenberg, editors
Published Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1995

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Description ix, 380 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. Demography of Unintended Pregnancy -- 3. Consequences of Unintended Pregnancy -- 4. Patterns of Contraceptive Use -- 5. Basic Requirements: Contraceptive Knowledge and Access -- 6. Personal and Interpersonal Determinants of Contraceptive Use -- 7. Socioeconomic and Cultural Influences on Contraceptive Use -- 8. Programs to Reduce Unintended Pregnancy -- 9. Conclusions and Recommendations -- App. A: Commissioned and Contributed Papers -- App. B: The Political Storms over Family Planning: Supplement to Chapters 1 and 7 -- App. C: The National Survey of Family Growth: Principal Source of Statistics on Unintended Pregnancy: Supplement to Chapter 2 -- App. D: Tables of Odds Ratios: Supplement to Chapter 3 -- App. E: Technical Notes on the Recalculation Exercise: Supplement to Chapter 3 -- App. F: Summaries of Evaluated Programs: Supplement to Chapter 8 -- App. G: Assessing Program Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness Supplement to Chapter 8
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Also available in an online version
Subject Birth control clinics -- Utilization -- United States.
Birth control -- Government policy -- United States.
Unwanted pregnancy -- Government policy -- United States.
Author Brown, Sarah S.
Eisenberg, Leon, 1922-2009.
Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Unintended Pregnancy.
LC no. 95012064
ISBN 0309052300