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YEAR: 2005

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Awareness of emergency contraception.

AUTHORS

Mathew S; Urquhart R

SOURCE

Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care. 2005;31(2):113-114.

ABSTRACT

The objective was to study the level of awareness and use of emergency contraception (EC) in women attending a

pregnancy termination clinic. A questionnaire was handed to all women attending the clinic for termination of

pregnancy and related advice during the month of February 2003. Completed questionnaires were collected before

the women left the clinic and the data analysed. A total of 78 women received the questionnaire and all except two

were returned. Fifty-nine (78%) women were familiar with EC. Sixty percent of women felt that EC was easily

accessible, but only 37% of them had ever used it. However, 90% of the women questioned would consider using EC

in the future. Despite the level of awareness of EC in Fife being quite good, EC is underused for many reasons.

(PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT1T 70-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Awareness of emergency contraception.", is(are) Mathew

S; Urquhart R. The source of this article is "Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care.

2005;31(2):113-114.". This article was published in 2005 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID:

CONT1T 70-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 70

This article is peer-reviewed.

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