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YEAR: 2004

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Emergency contraceptive pills in Sweden: evaluation of an information

campaign.

AUTHORS

Larsson M; Eurenius K; Westerling R; Tyden T

SOURCE

BJOG. an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 2004

Aug;111(8):820-827.

ABSTRACT

The objective was to evaluate a community-based intervention regarding emergency contraceptive pills, including a

mass media campaign and information to women visiting family planning clinics. Design: Quasi-experimental.

Setting: Two counties in Sweden. Population: Eight hundred randomly selected women aged 16-30 years, 400

women in the intervention group and 400 in a comparison group. Methods: Postal questionnaires before (2002) and

after (2003) the intervention. Main outcome measures: Exposure to the intervention, knowledge, attitudes, practices

and intention to use emergency contraceptive pills. Before the intervention, the response rate was 71% (n = 564);

after the intervention, the corresponding figure was 83% (n = 467); overall response rate 58%. Two-thirds (64%) of the

targeted women had noticed the information campaign. One out of six who had visited a family planning clinic during

the intervention year recalled being given information about emergency contraceptive pills. Specific knowledge and

attitudes improved over time in both groups, but there was no difference in change between the groups. The

proportion of women who had used emergency contraceptive pills increased from 27% to 31% over time. Intention to

use emergency contraceptive pills in case of need was reported by 74% of the women and remained stable over time,

but logistic regression showed that information during the previous year contributed to willingness to use the method

in the intervention group. Knowledge, attitudes and practices about emergency contraceptive pills increased in both

groups. Emergency contraceptive pills is gradually becoming a more widely known, accepted and used contraceptive

method in Sweden, a trend that may have limited the impact of the intervention. (PubHealth.info Document ID:

CONT1T 547-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Emergency contraceptive pills in Sweden: evaluation of an

information campaign.", is(are) Larsson M; Eurenius K; Westerling R; Tyden T. The source of this article is

"BJOG. an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 2004 Aug;111(8):820-827.". This article was

published in 2004 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT1T 547-06. All rights reserved with

PubHealth.info) PIN: 547

This article is peer-reviewed.

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