Title The best intentions : unintended pregnancy and the well-being of children and families / Committee on Unintended Pregnancy, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Institute of Medicine ; Sarah S. Brown and Leon Eisenberg, editors.

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Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1995.

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University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	304.66 B561B	Check Shelf

Description	ix, 380 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	1. Introduction -- 2. Demography of Unintended Pregnancy -- 3. Consequences of Unintended Pregnancy -- 4. Patterns of Contraceptive Use -- 5. Basic Requirements: Contraceptive Knowledge and Access -- 6. Personal and Interpersonal Determinants of Contraceptive Use -- 7. Socioeconomic and Cultural Influences on Contraceptive Use -- 8. Programs to Reduce Unintended Pregnancy -- 9. Conclusions and Recommendations -- App. A: Commissioned and Contributed Papers -- App. B: The Political Storms over Family Planning: Supplement to Chapters 1 and 7 -- App. C: The National Survey of Family Growth: Principal Source of Statistics on Unintended Pregnancy: Supplement to Chapter 2 -- App. D: Tables of Odds Ratios: Supplement to Chapter 3 -- App. E: Technical Notes on the Recalculation Exercise: Supplement to Chapter 3 -- App. F: Summaries of Evaluated Programs: Supplement to Chapter 8 -- App. G: Assessing Program Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness Supplement to Chapter 8.
Subject	Unwanted pregnancy -- Government policy -- United States.
	Birth control -- Government policy -- United States.
	Birth control clinics -- Utilization -- United States.
	Family Planning Services. (DNLM)D005193
	Pregnancy, Unwanted. (DNLM)D011275
	Family Planning Policy. (DNLM)D016656
	United States. (DNLM)D014481
	Birth control clinics -- Utilization. (OCoLC)fst00833243
	Birth control -- Government policy. (OCoLC)fst00833168
	Unwanted pregnancy -- Government policy. (OCoLC)fst01075171
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	Brown, Sarah S.
	Eisenberg, Leon, 1922-2009.
	Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Unintended Pregnancy.
Other Form:	Online version: Best intentions. Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1995 (OCoLC)608853474
	Online version: Best intentions. Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1995 (OCoLC)624384776
ISBN	0309052300
	9780309052306
Sudoc No.	NA 4.2/2:B 46

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