Text messages can help boost teen birth control compliance

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Sending teen girls periodic text messages reminding them to follow through on their clinic appointments for periodic birth control injections can go a long way toward improving timing and adherence to contraception in an age group that is notoriously noncompliant, according to a small study.
SOURCE: Children’s Health News — ScienceDaily – Read entire story here.

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