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Prospective Associations Among Youth Religiosity and Religious Denomination and Youth Contraception Use

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This study prospectively investigates associations among youth religiosity, religious denomination, and contraception use. Associations between youth religiosity and religious denomination, and type of contraceptive used and consistent contraceptive use among sexually active youth (N = 757) were analyzed using multinomial and binomial logistic regression. Identifying with a religious denomination was a predictor of dual contraceptive use relative to using no method of contraception (AOR = 2.17). There was no association between youth religiosity and type of contraceptive use or contraceptive consistency. Religious leaders and public health practitioners should collaborate to develop strategies to engage in conversations with sexually active youth about contraceptive use.

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This study was funded Grant 5 U01 DP000132 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and funding from the Inasmuch Foundation. The contents of this publication are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the CDC or Inasmuch Foundation.

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  1. Riley County Health Department, 2030 Tecumseh Rd., Manhattan, KS, 66502, USA

    Jennifer Green

  2. Division of Health Sciences, School of Community Health Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 North Virginia Street, Reno, NV, 89557, USA

    Roy F. Oman

  3. Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA

    Sara K. Vesely

  4. Department of Health and Exercise Science, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA

    Marshall K. Cheney

  5. Department of Health Promotion Sciences, College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA

    Leslie Carroll

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Green, J., Oman, R.F., Vesely, S.K. et al. Prospective Associations Among Youth Religiosity and Religious Denomination and Youth Contraception Use. J Relig Health 59, 555–569 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-017-0426-9

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