Emergency Contraception Considerations and Use Among College Women
| Autor: | Eve Waltermaurer, Louise-Anne McNutt, Robert A. Bednarczyk, Helene M. Doleyres |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Health Knowledge
Attitudes Practice medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Universities Cross-sectional study Sexual Behavior media_common.quotation_subject medicine.medical_treatment Population Fertility Condoms Young Adult symbols.namesake Predictive Value of Tests Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans Emergency contraception Poisson regression Students education Contraception Behavior Contraceptives Postcoital media_common Gynecology education.field_of_study business.industry General Medicine United States Cross-Sectional Studies Sexual Partners Hormonal contraception Family planning Family medicine symbols Female Contraception Postcoital business Developed country |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Women's Health. 22:141-146 |
| ISSN: | 1931-843X 1540-9996 |
| DOI: | 10.1089/jwh.2012.3780 |
| Popis: | Emergency contraception (EC) has been available behind the counter without a prescription since 2006. Evidence has shown increased use of EC among young women, but no recent findings have been published to date of current use.This cross-sectional study surveyed 482 college heterosexually active college women attending a large public university who either visited the college-based health clinic or were enrolled in selected undergraduate classes. Prediction models were created for each outcome, EC consideration and use, using Poisson regression with robust variance estimates.Just over 58% of college women sampled reported ever considering EC, and just under 47% reported actual use. Consideration and actual EC use were highest for students who were nonwhite and who reported more sexual partners. Although female students who did not use condoms were more likely to use EC, there was no difference in EC relative to hormonal contraception use.As EC becomes both better known and more readily available, use is expected to grow. Moving forward, greater attention is needed to the efficacy of EC use on preventing unwanted pregnancies. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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