Psychology 2075 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Female Condom, Combined Oral Contraceptive Pill, Fallopian Tube

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2075
• Professor: William Fisher

Document Summary

Can put barriers to egg and sperm contact (a female condom, the cervix, male condom) Can use hormonal treatment (not down to a science yet)-stopping sperm production is not. Performing a vasectomy generally accepted (too many side effects) Contribution of baseline economic status > contribution of adolescent childbearing: social and economic support available (day care centres in high schools) Adolescent pregnancy, birth, and abortion rates per 1,000 15-19 year old canadian females, 49. 2/1000 teens became pregnant in 1994, 50% drop in 2003 (32) and this continues to decline- a receding problem not one that is getting worse. Adolescent birthrates per 1,000, canada, us, sweden, uk. Canada is doing as well as sweden in teenage pregnancy (and significantly better than the us) Things are becoming better in terms of not becoming a mother or father until you are an adult. Teenagers in canada are having initial sexual intercourse slightly later than before and with fewer partners.