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Swedish teenager perceptions of teenage pregnancy, abortion, sexual behavior, and contraceptive habits - a focus group study among 17-year-old female high-school students

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Pages 980-986 | Published online: 03 Aug 2009

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Charlotte Deogan, Sven Cnattingius & Anna Månsdotter. (2012) Risk of self-reported Chlamydia trachomatis infection by social and lifestyle factors – A study based on survey data from young adults in Stockholm, Sweden. The European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care 17:6, pages 458-467.
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JillD. Daugherty. (2011) ‘Should I Tell Him?’ How Women Decide to Include or Exclude Their Partners in Emergency Contraception Decisions. International Journal of Sexual Health 23:4, pages 282-296.
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Maria Ekstrand, Camilla Engblom, Margareta Larsson & Tanja Tydén. (2011) Sex education in Swedish schools as described by young women. The European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care 16:3, pages 210-224.
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Britt-Marie Halldén, Ingela Lundgren & Kyllike Christensson. (2011) Ten Swedish Midwives’ Lived Experiences of the Care of Teenagers’ Early Induced Abortions. Health Care for Women International 32:5, pages 420-440.
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Maria Ekstrand, Tanja Tydén & Margareta Larsson. (2011) Exposing oneself and one's partner to sexual risk-taking as perceived by young Swedish men who requested a Chlamydia test. The European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care 16:2, pages 100-107.
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Gabriella Falk, Jan Brynhildsen & Ann Britt Ivarsson. (2009) Contraceptive counselling to teenagers at abortion visits – A qualitative content analysis. The European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care 14:5, pages 357-364.
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Kai Part, Kaja Rahu, Mati Rahu & Helle Karro. (2008) Factors associated with Estonian adolescents' sexuality-related knowledge: Findings from the 1994 and 1999 KISS studies. The European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care 13:2, pages 173-181.
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Maria Ekstrand, Margareta Larsson, Elisabeth Darj & Tanja Tydén. (2008) Advance provision of emergency contraceptive pills reduces treatment delay: a randomised controlled trial among Swedish teenage girls. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica 87:3, pages 354-359.
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María Angeles Gómez, Ana Sola, María José Cortés & José Joaquín Mira. (2007) Sexual behaviour and contraception in people under the age of 20 in Alicante, Spain. The European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care 12:2, pages 125-130.
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Margareta Larsson, Tanja Tydén, Ulf Hanson & Elisabet Häggström-Nordin. (2007) Contraceptive use and associated factors among Swedish high school students. The European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care 12:2, pages 119-124.
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Maria Ekstrand, Tanja Tydén, Elisabeth Darj & Margareta Larsson. (2007) Preventing pregnancy: a girls' issue. Seventeen-year-old Swedish boys' perceptions on abortion, reproduction and use of contraception. The European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care 12:2, pages 111-118.
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Caroline Thorsén, Gunilla Aneblom & Kristina Gemzell-Danielsson. (2006) Perceptions of contraception, non-protection and induced abortion among a sample of urban Swedish teenage girls: Focus group discussions. The European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care 11:4, pages 302-309.
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