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Contraception and Adolescents: Trends, Barriers, and Attitudes of Physicians
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  • Amber Edinoff,
  • Natalie Wu,
  • Jordan Cross,
  • Maggie Ross,
  • Caroline Burroughs,
  • Elyse Cornett,
  • Mila Shah-Bruce,
  • Adam Kaye,
  • Alan Kaye
Amber Edinoff
LSU Health Shreveport

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Natalie Wu
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport
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Jordan Cross
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport
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Maggie Ross
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport
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Caroline Burroughs
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport
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Elyse Cornett
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport
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Mila Shah-Bruce
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport
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Adam Kaye
University of the Pacific Thomas J Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
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Alan Kaye
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport
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Abstract

Contraception use is something that most women utilize during childbearing years. In this regard, unintentional teen pregnancies are divided in half between contraception misuse and contraception nonuse. Barriers to adolescents’ use of more effective contraception methods such as intrauterine devices (IUDs) have been found in both the patients’ and providers’ experience and knowledge of the contraceptives. Two previous surveys showed that a minority of physicians believe implants and IUDs are appropriate in adolescents as most believe abstinence is the most effective. Providers play a critical role in preventing unintended teen pregnancies.