2013-09-192013-09-192001http://hdl.handle.net/11212/267http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/journals/3320601.pdfAdverse childhood experiences such as physical abuse and sexual abuse have been shown to be related to subsequent unintended pregnancies and infection with sexually transmitted diseases. However, the extent to which sexual risk behaviors in women are associated with exposure to adverse experiences during childhood is not well-understood. A total of 5,060 female members of a managed care organization provided information about seven categories of adverse childhood experiences: having experienced emotional, physical or sexual abuse; or having had a battered mother or substance-abusing, mentally ill or criminal household members.pdfAbuse-sexual -- physicalBehaviorEffects -- Adverse childhoodText