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YEAR:

2004

CATEGORY:

Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

The North Carolina DIAL EC project: increasing access to emergency

contraceptive pills by telephone.

AUTHORS

Raymond EG; Spruyt A; Bley K; Colm J; Gross S

SOURCE

Contraception. 2004 May;69(5):367-372.

ABSTRACT

The objectives were to evaluate a telephone prescription service designed to increase access to emergency

contraceptive pills (ECPs) in North Carolina. Women who wanted ECPs called a toll-free number and were screened

over the telephone. Prescriptions were faxed to pharmacies chosen by callers. In 29 months, the service issued 9745

prescriptions to 7774 callers. Forty percent of callers were teens. Only 16% of callers received more than one

prescription. Most callers heard about the service through referrals from Planned Parenthood staff and word-of-mouth.

This service was successful in providing prompt access to ECPs to women throughout the state. Frequent use of

the service by individual women was uncommon. Callers preferred to obtain ECPs from local pharmacies rather than

from Planned Parenthood health centers, despite generally higher prices at pharmacies. (PubHealth.info Document

ID: CONT1T 592-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "The North Carolina DIAL EC project: increasing access to

emergency contraceptive pills by telephone.", is(are) Raymond EG; Spruyt A; Bley K; Colm J; Gross S. The

source of this article is "Contraception. 2004 May;69(5):367-372.". This article was published in 2004 in English

language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT1T 592-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 592

This article is peer-reviewed.

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