Parents have the primary role of educating their children about their sexuality. But cultural beliefs and taboos about sex can work strongly against their efforts.
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Adolescents and young adults who reported having experienced sexual violence were more likely to have also had an unintended pregnancy.
COVID-19 is not only disrupting services for people with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) and their families, but may also be linked to an increase in rates due to an uptick in alcohol use.
When does supporting women who use drugs so they can avoid unplanned pregnancies turn into something more coercive?
Students in Nigeria used home remedies to prevent pregnancy after sex and had doubts about the efficacy of medically approved pills.
Women should not be blamed for getting pregnant accidentally, because factors outside their control are frequently at play.
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Associate research scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Finkel Professor of Global Health, Monash University
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Senior Research Fellow, Global and Women's Health, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
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Senior Research Fellow, Jean Hailes Research Unit, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University
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Senior Research Fellow, Deakin University
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Research Director, University of Stirling
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Lecturer, University of Nigeria
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Policy research officer, African Population and Health Research Center
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Lecturer in Criminology, University of Stirling
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Adjunct Professor, Psychology, Laurentian University
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Public health physician, Simon Fraser University
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Researcher, University of Nigeria
