%0 Journal Article %T Effects of immediate postpartum contraceptive counseling on long-acting reversible contraceptive use in adolescents %A Kasemsis Kaewkiattikun %J Archive of "Adolescent Health, Medicine and Therapeutics". %D 2017 %R 10.2147/AHMT.S148434 %X Adolescent pregnancy is a global public health problem, particularly repeated pregnancy. The best strategy to lower prevalence of adolescent pregnancy and repeated pregnancy is promoting highly effective long-acting contraceptive methods along with special counseling programs. Long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) is the ideal contraceptive of choice for adolescents. It is not known whether immediate postpartum contraceptive counseling increases postpartum LARC use in adolescents %K long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) %K adolescent %K contraception %K contraceptive counseling %K immediate postpartum contraceptive counseling %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5669788/