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  • Title: Improving access to emergency contraception.
    Journal: Contracept Technol Update; 2000 Aug; 21(8):93-4. PubMed ID: 12349760.
    Abstract:
    Reproductive health centers are finding successful ways to improve access to emergency contraceptive pills (ECPs) in an effort to reduce the high rate of unplanned pregnancies in the US. In a study by the Pacific Institute for Women's Health and the Family Planning Council, it was noted that there is a specific need for a clear, concise manual for family planning clinicians that would promote awareness of the method and ease the introduction of ECPs into clinical practice. To this effect, the institute and its partners published the manual, "A Clinician's Guide to Providing Emergency Contraceptive Pills". This manual offers tips on policies, organizational and management issues, staff training, and billing and insurance procedures to clinicians. On the other hand, the Planned Parenthood of Los Angeles designed a campaign in which affiliated clinics offered ECPs to most of their patients to take home with them at the time of their clinic visit. Reports from clinic officials indicate that in the campaign's first month of operation, the number of patients who took home ECPs doubled.
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