Literature Review on Provision of Appropriate and Accessible ...
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• C<strong>on</strong>tracepti<strong>on</strong> in women with mild intellectual disability was<br />
less dependent <strong>on</strong> the factors associated with c<strong>on</strong>tracepti<strong>on</strong><br />
am<strong>on</strong>gst women with moderate or severe intellectual disability.<br />
The authors suggest that the reas<strong>on</strong>s for this may be women with<br />
mild intellectual disability’s greater decisi<strong>on</strong>-making capacity,<br />
thereby making them less dependent <strong>on</strong> the choices <strong>of</strong> the<br />
facility.<br />
Support to People with an Intellectual Disability who are<br />
<strong>Accessible</strong><br />
<strong>and</strong> <strong>Appropriate</strong> <strong>of</strong> Provisi<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Review</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Literature</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
Experiencing Crisis Pregnancy<br />
• Existence <strong>of</strong> a sex educati<strong>on</strong> programme seemed to be associated<br />
with a decreasing probability <strong>of</strong> Depot Medroxyprogester<strong>on</strong>e<br />
Acetate usage, especially for women with moderate intellectual<br />
disability.<br />
Some research findings highlight how important sex educati<strong>on</strong> training<br />
<strong>and</strong> programmes are for women with intellectual disability. Cheng <strong>and</strong><br />
Udry’s research (2005) examined a l<strong>on</strong>gitudinal survey <strong>of</strong> adolescent<br />
health in the US, identifying 422 adolescents with low cognitive<br />
abilities. [15]<br />
Findings in relati<strong>on</strong> to birth c<strong>on</strong>trol included:<br />
• Mental ability was positively associated with birth c<strong>on</strong>trol: the<br />
higher the mental ability the greater the likelihood <strong>of</strong> using birth<br />
c<strong>on</strong>trol; for example, am<strong>on</strong>gst sexually experienced girls <strong>on</strong>ly 38<br />
percent <strong>of</strong> those with low cognitive abilities used birth c<strong>on</strong>trol for<br />
their first experience <strong>of</strong> sex, <strong>and</strong> 39 percent for their most recent<br />
sexual experience, compared with 63 per cent <strong>and</strong> 65 per cent for<br />
girls with average intelligence.<br />
• Almost half <strong>of</strong> the girls with low cognitive abilities c<strong>on</strong>sistently<br />
did not use any protecti<strong>on</strong> during sex; results showed that the<br />
likelihood <strong>of</strong> these girls not using any birth c<strong>on</strong>trol for their first<br />
or most recent sexual experience was five times greater that for<br />
girls with average intelligence.<br />
15 Cognitive abilities were measured using Add Health Picture Vocabulary Test<br />
(AHPVT); those resp<strong>on</strong>dents who scored below 70 comprised their research<br />
sample.