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. 2018 Nov;55(5):736-746.
doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2018.08.001.

Clinic-Based Programs to Prevent Repeat Teen Pregnancy: A Systematic Review

Brittni N Frederiksen  1 , Maria I Rivera  2 , Katherine A Ahrens  3 , Nikita M Malcolm  4 , Anna W Brittain  2 , Julia M Rollison  4 , Susan B Moskosky  3
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Clinic-Based Programs to Prevent Repeat Teen Pregnancy: A Systematic Review

Brittni N Frederiksen et al. Am J Prev Med. 2018 Nov.

Abstract

Context: The purpose of this paper is to synthesize and evaluate the evidence on the effectiveness of repeat teen pregnancy prevention programs offered in clinical settings.

Evidence acquisition: Multiple databases were searched for peer-reviewed articles published from January 1985 to April 2016 that included key terms related to adolescent reproductive health services. Analysis of these studies occurred in 2017. Studies were excluded if they focused solely on sexually transmitted disease/HIV prevention services, or occurred outside of a clinic setting or the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia, or New Zealand. Inclusion and exclusion criteria further narrowed the studies to those that included information on at least one short-term (e.g., increased knowledge); medium-term (e.g., increased contraceptive use); or long-term (e.g., decreased repeat teen pregnancy) outcome, or identified contextual barriers or facilitators for providing adolescent-focused family planning services. Standardized abstraction methods and tools were used to synthesize the evidence and assess its quality. Only studies of clinic-based programs focused on repeat teen pregnancy prevention were included in this review.

Evidence synthesis: The search strategy identified 27,104 citations, 940 underwent full-text review, and 120 met the adolescent-focused family planning services inclusion criteria. Only five papers described clinic-based programs focused on repeat teen pregnancy prevention. Four studies found positive (n=2) or null (n=2) effects on repeat teen pregnancy prevention; an additional study described facilitators for helping teen mothers remain linked to services.

Conclusions: This review identified clinic-based repeat teen pregnancy prevention programs and few positively affect factors that may reduce repeat teen pregnancy. Access to immediate postpartum contraception or home visiting programs may be opportunities to meet adolescents where they are and reduce repeat teen pregnancy.

Theme information: This article is part of a theme issue entitled Updating the Systematic Reviews Used to Develop the U.S. Recommendations for Providing Quality Family Planning Services, which is sponsored by the Office of Population Affairs, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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No financial or other disclosures of conflicts of interest were reported by the authors of this paper.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Adolescent-focused systematic review analytic framework. aIndicates a new outcome added to the updated review. KQ, key question.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Repeat teen pregnancy PRISMA diagram.
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