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Highlights include widespread nonuse of preferred contraception, privacy concerns, lack of awareness, and affordability gaps, as well as delays in care linked to depression, anxiety, and stress. 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Wade.  \nIntroduction  \nCommunity college students need access to comprehensive reproductive health care to support them in achieving both their educational and reproductive goals. This brief highlights barriers to contraceptive access among young people attending community college and outlines policies and programs that can support access. Drawing on data from a longitudinal study conducted with more than 2,000 female community college students in Texas and California, challenges to accessing contraceptive care are widespread and exist in states with both supportive and restrictive reproductive health policies.  \n90%  \nof community college students report that pregnancy prevention is important for them.  \nMore than nine million young people seek higher education through community colleges each year, but their reproductive health needs are often overlooked, and they have lower access to care than four-year college students.1 Despite having similar needs, four-year college students are much more likely to have access to reproductive health care. In a groundbreaking University of California San Francisco (UCSF) study, the vast majority of community college students surveyed said pregnancy prevention is important and that contraception could help them during their education.2  \nThis brief was done in partnership with IWPR’s Connect for Success Initiative and the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) study REACH Youth  \n1  \nYet, an array of restrictive state and campus policies, competing funding priorities, stigma, and misinformation3 increase barriers to contraception and make preventing an undesired pregnancy more difficult.  \nContraceptive access has been further undermined in the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning the constitutional right to abortion.4 States with restrictive abortion policies also tend to underfund contraceptive programs, which has resulted in a decline in contraceptive access in restrictive states.5  \nThe findings below make the case for increasing support for community college students’contraceptive needs. This group of students has high aspirations and believes strongly in the promise of education as a means of economic advancement. Yet, they face more barriers and challenges than other cohorts of students. The policies outlined in this brief offer college leaders, advocates, and policymakers ways to expand supports in order to bridge the gap between students’ immediate needs and ultimate goals.  \nLow Use of Preferred Contraceptive Method  \nBeing able to use a preferred method of contraception isan important measure of the extent to which people are facing barriers to contraceptive access. In the United States, approximately 25 percent of women aged 15–44 are not using their preferred method of contraception.6 Among the community college students surveyed in Texas and California,  \nmore than half (53 percent) were not using their preferred method (Figure 1) .7  \nKey barriers to contraception for community college students include:  \n• Privacy concerns;  \n• Not knowing where to get contraceptives; and  \n• Affordability—only 13 percent of students were aware of state programs8 that help cover the cost.9  \nFigure 1. Most Community College Students Are Not Using Their Preferred Method of Contraception  \nTexas students were less likely to be using their preferred method than California students, and uninsured students were even less likely:  \n• In Texas, 72 percent and in California, 46 p","cbCaiqvgTGMRhVwT","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiqvgTGMRhVwT","pdf",950228,"English","# Key Findings\n# Introduction\n# Low Use of Preferred Contraceptive Method\n## Awareness and affordability barriers\n## Uninsured and state differences\n# Delays in Seeking Contraception\n## Mental health and other risk factors\n## Telehealth access and uptake","[{\"question\":\"What barriers prevent community college students from getting contraception?\",\"answer\":\"Common barriers include privacy concerns, not knowing where to obtain contraceptives, and affordability limitations. Only a small share of students were aware of programs that help cover costs.\"},{\"question\":\"How common is delaying contraceptive care among the students studied?\",\"answer\":\"More than one-third (35%) reported delaying contraceptive care they felt they needed. Delays were associated with mental health distress and other factors such as food insecurity and living in Texas.\"},{\"question\":\"How do policies and telehealth affect contraceptive access?\",\"answer\":\"Supportive state policies may reduce barriers, but gaps remain across settings, especially amid underfunding after restrictive abortion policies. Telehealth has promise, yet few students used it and many reported difficulty accessing it, particularly those with food or housing insecurity.\"}]","RESEARCH BRIEF - IWPR B395 January 2025 - Contraceptive Challenges Facing Community College Students | PDF",18]