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Colleen A Reynolds1, Brittany M Charlton2
1Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA; and Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Abstract:
Using data from the Fall 2015 through Spring 2018 National College Health Assessment, we examined receipt of pregnancy prevention information and unintended pregnancy by gender identity among participants aged 18-25years who were assigned female at birth (n=185658). Non-binary students were more likely than cisgender students to report wanting (adjusted risk ratio [ARR]: 1.12; 95% CI: 1.08-1.16), receiving (ARR: 1.09; 95% CI: 1.04-1.13), and having an unmet need for (ARR: 1.10; 95% CI: 1.02-1.19) pregnancy prevention information from their school. Transmasculine students did not significantly differ from cisgender students for these outcomes. Non-binary and transmasculine students were as likely as cisgender students to have a past-year unintended pregnancy. Non-binary and transmasculine young people are at risk for unintended pregnancy and need access to comprehensive sexual education, reproductive health counseling, and care.
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