Correlational Methods

Unintended pregnancy correlational methods Name: Institution: Date: For healthcare providers unintended pregnancy is a significant health matter, unintended pregnancies cause stress in the life of mothers regardless of whether there is abortion at the early stages of pregnancies or termination at the time of birth. Even though, it is the choice of mothers to terminate unintended and unwanted pregnancies, there may be increased stigma directed towards such women. Thus, the healthcare sector focuses more on increasing the number of intended pregnancies and improving the quality of life and health status among childbearing women. The increase in the level of unintended pregnancy is dependent on the environment and accessibility in the use of contraceptives. Contraceptive discontinuation and unintended pregnancy: An imperfect relationship- 2011 By Sian Curtis, Emily Evens and William Sambisa. The authors of the article look into the relations between contraceptive discontinuation and the rates of intended and unintended pregnancies. The analysis of the data focuses on six countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. The selection of the surveys in the countries under study was also used two stage sampling in determining the indicators of health and reproductive health. Bangladesh was a special case among the case studies because of the sensitivity of pregnancy in unmarried women, but the other five countries reported on pregnancies for both married and unmarried women (Curtis et al., 2011). Though, the countries had varied rates of contraceptive discontinuation, most women who sought this measure wanted to get pregnant for fear of side effects and failure of the contraceptives. Thus, there is an inverse relationship between contraceptive discontinuation and unintended pregnancy. A positive orientation toward early motherhood is associated with unintended pregnancy among New Orleans youth- 2006 By Aimee Afable –Munusz, Ilene Speizer, Jeanette H Magnus and Carl Kendall The study findings related to 332 African American young women in New Orleans (Afable et al, 2006). With all the women being teenage mothers the study also sought to find out the reasons behind increase in unintended pregnancy rates among the study group. The collection and analysis of data comprised information on women who were not pregnant at any time, unintended pregnancies, intended pregnancies and both categories. The results of the study suggest that the young women had a positive attitude towards pregnancy and early motherhood. However, this attitude led to more unintended pregnancies and hence there is a need to look into the perceptions held...