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YEAR: 2004

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Emergency contraceptive pills over-the-counter: a population-based survey of

young Swedish women.

AUTHORS

Larsson M; Eurenius K; Westerling R; Tydén T

SOURCE

Contraception. 2004 Apr;69(4):309-315.

ABSTRACT

One year after emergency contraceptive pills (ECP) had become prescription-free, we sent a questionnaire to 800

randomly selected women in mid-Sweden. The aim was to investigate women's knowledge, attitudes and practices

regarding the method. The response rate was 71% (n = 564). The majority of the women, 65%, would prefer to

purchase ECP over-the-counter (OTC) in a pharmacy. Attitudes toward the method were predominantly positive, but

one fourth (24%) had worries about side effects and one third (33%) considered ECP to be a kind of abortion. Logistic

regression showed that correct knowledge of and positive attitudes toward ECP contributed to estimated future use

of ECP. Although women favored the OTC option, persistent misunderstanding about ECP implies that routine

information from gynecologists and health professionals as well as media campaigns is needed along with the

deregulation in order to make ECP an accepted and properly used contraceptive method. (PubHealth.info Document

ID: CONT1T 548-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Emergency contraceptive pills over-the-counter: a

population-based survey of young Swedish women.", is(are) Larsson M; Eurenius K; Westerling R; Tydén T. The

source of this article is "Contraception. 2004 Apr;69(4):309-315.". This article was published in 2004 in English

language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT1T 548-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 548

This article is peer-reviewed.

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