These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: [Who are the users of emergency contraception?].
    Author: Hansen CC, Svare EI, Petersen RH, Bock JE.
    Journal: Ugeskr Laeger; 2002 Oct 21; 164(43):5003-5. PubMed ID: 12422390.
    Abstract:
    INTRODUCTION: A user profile is necessary in order to direct future campaigns for emergency contraception (EC). MATERIAL AND METHODS: Over a three-month period, 423 women with prescriptions for EC were consecutively entered in the study, which was carried out in four inner-city pharmacies in Copenhagen, Denmark. RESULTS: The median age was 24 years (range 13-50 years). Most women (73%) were first-time users of EC. The reason for the current need for EC was most often condom failure (54%) or non-use of any contraceptive method (41%). Only six women (1.4%) reported non-use of contraception because of their knowledge of EC and only four women (0.9%) reported EC as the usual method of contraception. Knowledge about EC more often came from family or friends (51%) and advertising (47%), than from general practitioners (26%) or through sex education in schools (3%). Altogether 282 women (69%) received EC from a doctor in the medical emergency service or a casualty ward. DISCUSSION: Overall, EC is used as recommended. Its availability does not seem to reduce the use of safer contraceptive methods. The mandatory sex education in school should include information on EC.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]