Sexual and reproductive health knowledge, contraception uptake, and factors associated with unmet need for modern contraception among adolescent female sex workers in China

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 10; no. 1; p. e0115435
• Main Authors: Lim, Megan S C, Zhang, Xu-Dong, Kennedy, Elissa, Li, Yan, Yang, Yin, Li, Lin, Li, Yun-Xia, Temmerman, Marleen, Luchters, Stanley
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 27.01.2015; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Abortion; Abortion, Induced - statistics & numerical data; Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Adolescent; Adolescents; AIDS; Alcoholic beverages; China; Condoms; Consultation; Contraception; Contraception - statistics & numerical data; Disadvantaged groups; Female; Girls; Health; Health care; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; HIV; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; Identification methods; Low level; Medical personnel; Oral contraceptives; Pregnancy; Pregnancy, Unwanted; Pregnant women; Preventive medicine; Prostitution; Recruitment; Reproduction; Reproductive health; Reproductive systems; Sampling methods; Sex; Sex industry; Sex Workers; Sexual Behavior; Surveys; Teenage girls; Teenage pregnancy; Teenagers; Workers; Working women; Young Adult

In China, policy and social taboo prevent unmarried adolescents from accessing sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services. Research is needed to determine the SRH needs of highly disadvantaged groups, such as adolescent female sex workers (FSWs). This study describes SRH knowledge, contraception...