Results 21 to 30 of about 16,497 (212)
The Pan African Medical Journal, 2016 INTRODUCTION: unintended pregnancy and unsafe abortion pose a major reproductive health challenge to adolescents. Emergency contraception is safe and effective in preventing unplanned pregnancy.
Oluwole Adeyemi Babatunde +6 more
doaj +1 more source
Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2010 O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar as diferenças regionais de conhecimento, opinião e uso de anticoncepção de emergência entre universitários brasileiros.
Flávia Calanca da Silva +5 more
doaj +1 more source
Awareness of young women about emergency contraception in the temporal aspect
Медицинский совет, 2022 Introduction. Bearing in mind functional features of the reproductive system at every stage of a woman’s life, as it grows and develops, accomplishes its purpose and early fades away, its high vulnerability becomes obvious. Therefore, what emerges is the
N. I. Sviridova +2 more
doaj +1 more source
BMC Research Notes, 2019 Objective The aim of the study was to assess utilization and associated factors of emergency contraception among women seeking abortion services in Health Institutions of Dessie town, North East Ethiopia, 2018. Results Among the interviewed 784 women 400
Asres Eshetie Feleke +2 more
doaj +1 more source
Emergency Contraception: a survey of Hospital Emergency Departments Staffs
Emergency Care Journal, 2011 The World Health Organization defines emergency contraception (EC) as a means to prevent unwanted pregnancy. In countries where EC is dispensed behind the counter, emergency departments are a preferred point of care for its prescription and dispensing ...
Marco Bo +4 more
doaj +3 more sources
Does the knowledge of emergency contraception affect its use among high school adolescents?
Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2016 This study aimed to test how knowledge on emergency contraception (according to age at sexual initiation, type of school, and knowing someone that has already used emergency contraception) influences the method’s use.
Christiane Borges do Nascimento Chofakian +5 more
doaj +1 more source
Emerging Options for Emergency Contraception [PDF]
Clinical Medicine Insights: Reproductive Health, 2013 Emergency post-coital contraception (EC) is an effective method of preventing pregnancy when used appropriately. EC has been available since the 1970s, and its availability and use have become widespread. Options for EC are broad and include the copper intrauterine device (IUD) and emergency contraceptive pills such as levonorgestrel, ulipristal ...
Atsuko Koyama +2 more
openaire +4 more sources
Emergency contraception among young people [PDF]
Гинекология, 2016 Purpose of the study is to determine the frequency of the use of emergency contraception among young people and awareness of the emergency contraception in the youth environment. Material and methods.
S S Aganezov +2 more
doaj
Questionnaire on the Midwives’ Knowledge about Oral Emergency Contraception
Acta Clinica Croatica, 2018 The aim of the study was to assess the level of knowledge of midwives working in different clinical settings about oral emergency contraception. The study included 225 midwives; during the period from December 2015 to February 2016, they completed a 16 ...
Dinka Pavičić Baldani +5 more
doaj +1 more source
Access to emergency contraception [PDF]
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 2006 AbstractThe introduction of emergency contraception (EC) has encountered barriers derived from the erroneous perception of EC as an abortificient and conservative attitudes. In several countries, “prolife” groups have initiated lawsuits against national regulatory bodies for approving EC.
V, Schiappacasse, S, Diaz
openaire +2 more sources