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Research on family planning clinics has found that some population health outcomes vary with regard to proximity to reproductive health care. This research paper discusses the impacts of proximity to both Planned Parenthood clinics and Crisis Pregnancy Center locations on county-level health outcomes. Using a two-model regression, I analyzed the relationship between proximity and health outcome data concerning HIV rate and teen birth rate of 3,138 counties within the United States. These regressions controlled for relevant demographic and other factors that could influence health outcomes, such as class and race. Predicted values of HIV rates increased with proximity to Planned Parenthood clinics and increased with proximity to CPC locations. Additionally, predicted teen birth rates decreased with proximity to Planned Parenthood clinics and did not clearly increase or decrease with proximity to CPC locations. To conclude, this paper proposes various types of public health research that could help clarify the effects of proximity to CPCs and Planned Parenthood clinics on population health outcomes within the United States.

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