Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

Contraception

Decolonising Contraception—The Importance of Preventing Unethical Practice in SRH and Learning from History, British Medical Journal

Exploring Young Adults' Contraceptive Knowledge and Attitudes: Disparities by Race/Ethnicity and Age,The analysis showed lower contraceptive knowledge among teenagers and Hispanics, particularly immigrants, suggesting the importance of providing family planning information and resources to these populations as one means to address disparities in unintended pregnancy.

Social Disparities in the Receipt of Contraceptive Services Among Sexually Experienced Adolescent Females, The findings revealed no racial, ethnic, or socioeconomic disparities in adolescent females' receipt of contraceptive services. In contrast, adolescent females who had a mother with less than a high school degree were more likely to have received services than those adolescents who had a mother with a college degree or more.
Black-White Differences in Sex and Contraceptive Use Among Young Women, Black women were more likely to use less effective methods for pregnancy prevention (e.g., condoms) than white women, who tended to use more effective methods (e.g., oral contraceptives). 

Anticipated Pain During Intrauterine Device Insertion, Race was the only covariate that significantly predicted anticipated pain at IUD insertion with black women reporting a higher anticipated pain score than white women. Women with anticipated pain scores above the median had significantly higher perceived pain during all timepoints of the IUD insertion procedure.

Contraceptive Attitudes among Inner-City African American Female Adolescents: Barriers to Effective Hormonal Contraceptive Use, The major themes identified included concerns about perceived side effects and long-term health risks associated with hormonal contraception and privacy in obtaining contraception and reproductive health care, as well as concerns about ability to comply with daily and weekly hormonal contraception regimens.

Sexual Health Education

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How sex ed can (and should) advance racial justice, This article described the importance of prioritizing culturally responsive and trauma-informed sex education for black adolescents in the US.

African American and Latina women in practices, concerns, and barriers, Mothers were a primary source of explanations about tampons for European American women, but not for ethnic minority women. African American and Latina English-speaking women were more likely to report that their mothers did not approve of tampons compared to none of the European American women.

Unequal Treatment for Young Children? Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Early Childhood Health and Healthcare, The survey showed that minority children experience multiple disparities in health status and access including higher levels of uninsurance, lower parental satisfaction and less consistency in primary care providers. 

Adolescent Sexual Health and the Dynamics of Oppression, A Call for Cultural Competency, This paper describes the impact of prejudice and discrimination on youth and proposes steps that providers can follow to provide culturally competent care that empowers adolescents in their sexual health.

HPV Vaccination

Racial and Ethnic Differences in HPV Knowledge, Attitudes, and Vaccination Rates among Low-income African-American, Haitian, Latina, and Caucasian Young Adult Women, Of 132 participants, 116 (90%) stated that they were somewhat or very likely to accept HPV vaccination if offered by their physician, but only 51% initiated the vaccination over the next 5 years.

Race, Ethnicity, and Income Factors Impacting Human Papillomavirus Vaccination rates, Low-income and minority adolescents are equally or more likely to start the HPV vaccination series than are white and higher-income adolescents but are less likely to complete all 3 shots. Provider recommendation is a key factor in HPV vaccination, and minorities are less likely to report receiving recommendations for HPV vaccination.

Approaching a decade since HPV vaccine licensure: Racial and gender disparities in knowledge and awareness of HPV and HPV vaccine, National Trends Survey. Non-Hispanic Blacks were 33% and 44% less likely than non-Hispanic Whites to have heard of HPV and the HPV vaccine, respectively. Hispanics were 27% and 53% less likely than non-Hispanic Whites to have heard of HPV and the HPV vaccine, respectively.

Racial/Ethnic Disparities in HPV Vaccine Uptake Among a Sample of College Women, Blacks were significantly less likely to report initiation and completion of the three dose HPV vaccine as compared to whites.

Teen Pregnancy

Pregnancies, Births and Abortions Among Adolescents and Young Women in the United States, 2013: National and State Trends by Age, Race and Ethnicity, This article describes the national and state trends in pregnancies, births and abortions among adolescents in the US in 2013.

Black Teenage Pregnancy: A Dynamic Social Problem, SES was found to have a greater influence on rates of teenage pregnancy than race and the overall economy was also found to have an impact on rates of teenage pregnancy.

Reflections of Native American Teen Mothers, This study used semi-structured interviews of 30 self-identified Native American adult women to explore their early childbearing experiences. A main theme that arose was the presence of chaotic childhoods for participants.

Reducing Disparities in Adolescent Pregnancy Among US Tribal Youths, This study describes interviews with participants from six Tribal Personal Responsibility Education Programs (Tribal PREP). These programs were adopted by 14 tribes and tribal organizations with the goal of providing American Indian and Alaska Native adolescents with culturally relevant, evidence-informed contraceptive and abstinence education curricula. 

Trauma of Racism

Trauma of Race on Adolescents ,This compilation of papers presents evidence and case studies from England to give practitioners tools in providing care for young people that is both trauma and adversity informed. 

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care for Adolescents, A Systematic Review of the Literature, This systematic literature review identifies the extent of racial and ethnic disparities in primary care, mental health care, reproductive health care, and asthma care for adolescents independent of socioeconomic status (SES). These results suggest that racial and ethnic disparities, independent of SES, exist in selected areas of adolescent health care.

Transmitting Trauma: A systematic review of vicarious racism and child health - ScienceDirect