College Students' Perceptions of Emergency Contraception Provision
dc.contributor.author | Vahratian, Anjel | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Patel, Divya A. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Wolff, Kristen | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Xu, Xiao | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-07-10T19:15:44Z | |
dc.date.available | 2009-07-10T19:15:44Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2008-01-01 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Vahratian, Anjel; Patel, Divya A.; Wolff, Kristen; Xu, Xiao (2008). "College Students' Perceptions of Emergency Contraception Provision." Journal of Women's Health 17(1): 103-111 <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/63435> | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/63435 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=18240987&dopt=citation | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | ABSTRACT Background and objective: The authors examined college students' perceptions regarding emergency contraception (EC) provision in light of the then pending U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) decision about the over-the-counter (OTC) status of EC. Methods: We randomly sampled 7000 male and female students who were enrolled full-time at the University of Michigan during the winter 2006 semester. A total of 1585 (22.6%) students responded to our web-based survey and were included in these descriptive analyses. Results: Nearly all (94%) respondents knew of EC. When asked whether EC should be made available OTC, 60% of respondents agreed, 23% disagreed, and 17% were unsure. If EC were to be made available OTC, 34% of respondents indicated that they (or their partner) would purchase EC in advance of need, and 44% stated that they would purchase it only after unprotected sexual intercourse or contraceptive failure. Advance discussion and provision of EC is underused. Only 10% of all female respondents indicated that their current healthcare provider had spoken to them about EC in a routine health visit, and just 5% of female respondents were offered a supply of EC in advance of need. Conclusions: Continued efforts are needed to ensure timely access to EC in this population. | en_US |
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dc.publisher | Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers | en_US |
dc.title | College Students' Perceptions of Emergency Contraception Provision | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Health Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.identifier.pmid | 18240987 | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/63435/1/jwh.2007.0391.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | doi:10.1089/jwh.2007.0391 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Journal of Women's Health | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Journal of Women's Health | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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