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YEAR:

2005

CATEGORY:

Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Are women ready for more liberal delivery of emergency contraceptive pills?

AUTHORS

Wan RS; Lo SS

SOURCE

Contraception. 2005;71:432-437.

ABSTRACT

The objective was to investigate the knowledge, use and attitudes towards emergency contraception (EC) among

women attending family planning clinics. Design: Self-administered questionnaire survey. Settings: Eight birth

control clinics and three youth health care centers of The Family Planning Association of Hong Kong. A total of 2454

women aged 15 to 53 attending the clinics between 1 November 2003 and 13 December 2003 were recruited. A total

of 1405 completed questionnaires were analyzed. 63.7% of women had heard of EC and 51.8% knew that they had to

take it within 72 h. 15.7% had used EC before. More advertising on EC was considered desirable by 46.3% of

subjects. 48.7% of subjects supported advanced provision of emergency contraceptive pills (ECPs) and 25.7%

supported over-the-counter sales. The awareness and use of EC were low in our study population. They were not

ready for more liberal delivery of ECPs as less than 50% of women supported these new delivery modes and their

knowledge on ECPs use was inadequate. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT1T 66-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Are women ready for more liberal delivery of emergency

contraceptive pills?", is(are) Wan RS; Lo SS. The source of this article is "Contraception. 2005;71:432-437.". This

article was published in 2005 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT1T 66-06. All rights

reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 66

This article is peer-reviewed.

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