Citation
Kreitzer, Rebecca J.; Smith, Candis Watts; Kane, Kellen A.; & Saunders, Tracee M. (2021). Affordable but Inaccessible? Contraception Deserts in the US States. Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law, 46(2), 277-304.Abstract
CONTEXT: This article focuses on whether, and the extent to which, the resources made available by Title X-the only federal policy aimed specifically at reproductive health care-are equitably accessible. Here, equitable means that barriers to accessing services are lowest for those people who need them most.METHODS: The authors use geographic information systems (GIS) and statistical/spatial analysis (specifically the integrated two-step floating catchment area [I2SFCA] method) to study the spatial and nonspatial accessibility of Title X clinics in 2018.
FINDINGS: The authors find that contraception deserts vary across the states, with between 17% and 53% of the state population living in a desert. Furthermore, they find that low-income people and people of color are more likely to live in certain types of contraception deserts.
CONCLUSIONS: The analyses reveal not only a wide range of sizes and shapes of contraception deserts across the US states but also a range of severity of inequity.
URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/03616878-8802186Reference Type
Journal ArticleYear Published
2021Journal Title
Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and LawAuthor(s)
Kreitzer, Rebecca J.Smith, Candis Watts
Kane, Kellen A.
Saunders, Tracee M.