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(Birth Control) and Family Planning".
Contraception (birth control)
is a regimen of one or more actions, devices, or medications followed in
order to deliberately prevent or reduce the likelihood of a woman
becoming pregnant or giving birth. Therefore contraception is the
utilization of various and sundry surgical procedures, devices,
practices, agents, or drugs with the intention of preventing conception
or impregnation (pregnancy). Methods and intentions typically termed
birth control may be considered a pivotal ingredient to family
planning. Birth control is a controversial political and ethical
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| Raising awareness of emergency contraception. |
| COMMUNITY NURSE. 1997 Aug;3(7):28-9. |
| An informal survey conducted in comprehensive schools in Oxfordshire, UK, revealed a lack of awareness of the |
| availability of emergency contraception on the part of young people. Of the 111 respondents, 95 (85%) had heard of |
| emergency contraception, but only 34 (30%) knew the correct timing for the treatment and just 33 (29%) were aware |
| the method was available locally. Only 27 (24%) were aware the treatment is highly efficacious, 54 (49%) did not |
| know if it carried any health risks, and 18 (16%) thought it had to be paid for. Obstacles reported included |
| embarrassment, lack of assertiveness in pressing for care from service staff, lack of privacy, and a poor fit between |
| the day the family planning clinic was held (Wednesday) and the day of greatest need (Monday). In response to these |
| findings, an action plan was adopted to: 1) alert all possible service providers to the problem; 2) design emergency |
| contraception protocols and train family planning, accident and emergency, genitourinary medicine, and clinic |
| nurses to use them; 3) reinforce the clinical skills of involved professionals; 4) enlist the support of service |
| receptionists; 5) design a card with basic information that could be used as a "passport" for making appointments, |
| thus avoiding embarrassing explanations; 6) develop a distribution network of youth workers, schools, and clubs for |
| the card; and 7) reinforce knowledge of emergency contraception services through school sessions and clinic visits. |
| In addition, an after-school family planning clinic was established on Mondays. Since the card distribution program |
| was launched in 1996, increasing numbers of young people have presented for emergency contraception--within the |
| time limits--from all relevant services. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 1029-06) |
| PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Raising awareness of emergency contraception.", is(are) |
| Bullock J. The source of this article is "COMMUNITY NURSE. 1997 Aug;3(7):28-9.". This article was published in |
| 1997 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 1029-06. All rights reserved with |
| PubHealth.info) PIN: 6029 |
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