TY - JOUR
T1 - Politics and practice
T2 - Introducing Norplant into a school-based health center in Baltimore
AU - Beilenson, P. L.
AU - Miola, E. S.
AU - Farmer, M.
PY - 1995
Y1 - 1995
N2 - As one element of Baltimore's effort to combat its high rate of teenage pregnancy, the Baltimore City Health Department added the implantable contraceptive Norplant to the array of services offered at one of its school- based health centers in early 1993. The initial findings with the adolescents who received this contraceptive at the school were favorable, particularly regarding condom use, parental involvement and patient acceptance of the contraceptive. This new policy garnered a significant amount of attention, both nationally and locally. It attempts to address problems that have complicated etiologies as well as diverse clinical, social, and ethical ramifications, all complicated by political realities. The Norplant experience offers useful lessons regarding controversial health initiatives that address problems facing public health practitioners today.
AB - As one element of Baltimore's effort to combat its high rate of teenage pregnancy, the Baltimore City Health Department added the implantable contraceptive Norplant to the array of services offered at one of its school- based health centers in early 1993. The initial findings with the adolescents who received this contraceptive at the school were favorable, particularly regarding condom use, parental involvement and patient acceptance of the contraceptive. This new policy garnered a significant amount of attention, both nationally and locally. It attempts to address problems that have complicated etiologies as well as diverse clinical, social, and ethical ramifications, all complicated by political realities. The Norplant experience offers useful lessons regarding controversial health initiatives that address problems facing public health practitioners today.
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U2 - 10.2105/AJPH.85.3.309
DO - 10.2105/AJPH.85.3.309
M3 - Comment/debate
C2 - 7892910
AN - SCOPUS:0028948481
SN - 0090-0036
VL - 85
SP - 309
EP - 311
JO - American journal of public health
JF - American journal of public health
IS - 3
ER -