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YEAR: 2004

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Failure of family-planning referral and high interest in advanced provision

emergency contraception among women contacted for STD partner notification.

AUTHORS

Golden MR; Whittington WL; Handsfield HH; Clark A; Malinski C

SOURCE

Contraception. 2004 Mar;69(3):241-246.

ABSTRACT

Few data are available on the risk of unintended pregnancy in women with STD or how contraceptive services can be

integrated into STD control activities. To define the risk for unintended pregnancy and assess the effectiveness of

family-planning (FP) referral and interest in advanced provision emergency contraception (APEC) among women with

gonorrhea or chlamydial infection. Female participants in a randomized trial of different approaches to partner

notification were interviewed, offered referral for FP services and asked if they would want APEC. Among participants

ages 14-24, the observed past pregnancy rate and age-adjusted anticipated past pregnancy rate were, respectively,

196 and 72 per 1000 women-years. Of 474 non-pregnant participants who did not desire pregnancy, 127 (34%) were

using no contraception or condoms alone, of whom 8 (6%) requested a FP appointment and 81% wanted APEC.

Women treated for STD are at high-risk for unintended pregnancy. Although referral for FP was ineffective, interest in

APEC was very high. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT1T 557-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Failure of family-planning referral and high interest in

advanced provision emergency contraception among women contacted for STD partner notification.", is(are) Golden

MR; Whittington WL; Handsfield HH; Clark A; Malinski C. The source of this article is "Contraception. 2004

Mar;69(3):241-246.". This article was published in 2004 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID:

CONT1T 557-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 557

This article is peer-reviewed.

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