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topics under category "Contraception
(Birth Control) and Family Planning".
Contraception (birth control)
is a regimen of one or more actions, devices, or medications followed in
order to deliberately prevent or reduce the likelihood of a woman
becoming pregnant or giving birth. Therefore contraception is the
utilization of various and sundry surgical procedures, devices,
practices, agents, or drugs with the intention of preventing conception
or impregnation (pregnancy). Methods and intentions typically termed
birth control may be considered a pivotal ingredient to family
planning. Birth control is a controversial political and ethical
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Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning |
| Do Mexico City pharmacy workers screen women for health risks when they sell |
| oral contraceptive pills over-the-counter? [¿El personal de farmacia de |
| Ciudad de México realiza detección de riesgos de salud entre las mujeres |
| cuando les venden píldoras anticonceptivas de venta libre?] |
| Becker D; Garcia SG; Ellertson C |
| Contraception. 2004 Apr;69(4):295-299. |
| In Mexico, oral contraceptives (OCs) are available to women over-the-counter in pharmacies. While past research has |
| suggested that nonmedical providers, such as pharmacy workers, are capable of screening women for |
| contraindications to OCs, little is known about their practices. After selecting a 10% random sample of all |
| pharmacies in Mexico City (n = 108), we surveyed the first available pharmacy worker to learn more about pharmacy |
| workers' screening practices when selling OCs over-the-counter to women. While nearly all of the pharmacy workers |
| surveyed had sold OCs without a prescription, only 31% reported asking women any questions before selling pills. |
| Among those who asked questions, the most commonly asked questions were about other medications a woman |
| was taking, about blood pressure and about alcohol intake. Pharmacy workers did not ask these questions |
| consistently to all clients. Training pharmacy workers might be one strategy to improve screening of women for pill |
| contraindications. However, pharmacy workers may lack the time and motivation to carry out such screening. An |
| alternative strategy might be to better inform women to self-screen for pill contraindications. (PubHealth.info |
| Document ID: CONT1T 526-06) |
| PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Do Mexico City pharmacy workers screen women for health |
| risks when they sell oral contraceptive pills over-the-counter? [¿El personal de farmacia de Ciudad de México realiza |
| detección de riesgos de salud entre las mujeres cuando les venden píldoras anticonceptivas de venta libre?]", |
| is(are) Becker D; Garcia SG; Ellertson C. The source of this article is "Contraception. 2004 Apr;69(4):295-299.". |
| This article was published in 2004 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT1T 526-06. All |
| rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 526 |
| This article is peer-reviewed. |
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