Adolescent emergency contraception usage, knowledge, and perception.
Objective: We sought to describe the current usage patterns, knowledge regarding, and perception of emergency contraception in adolescent patients.Study Design: We surveyed female patients ages 14 to 21 seen at the Pediatric and Gynecology Clinic regarding emergency contraception. We posed questions...
| Publicado en: | Contraception Vol. 103; no. 5; pp. 361 - 367 |
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| Formato: | Journal Article |
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Elsevier B.V.
May2021
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=149633463&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 149633463 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 00107824 JC8 jtl: Contraception issn: 00107824 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: May2021 vid: 103 iid: 5 pid: 467 pub: Elsevier B.V. place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 149633463 149633463 NLM33453186 10.1016/j.contraception.2021.01.003 NLM33453186 149633463 ppf: 361 ppct: 6 formats: tig: atl: Adolescent emergency contraception usage, knowledge, and perception. aug: au: Williams, Bria Nikole Jauk, Victoria C. Szychowski, Jeff M. Arbuckle, Janeen L. affil: University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, United States sug: subj: Contraceptives, Postcoital Attitude to Health Child Young Adult Female Perception Contraception Adolescence Contraceptives, Oral Adult Personal Resource Questionnaire Child: 6-12 years Adolescent: 13-18 years Adult: 19-44 years Female ab: Objective: We sought to describe the current usage patterns, knowledge regarding, and perception of emergency contraception in adolescent patients.Study Design: We surveyed female patients ages 14 to 21 seen at the Pediatric and Gynecology Clinic regarding emergency contraception. We posed questions to understand adolescent awareness, personal usage, and means of obtaining emergency contraception. We also explored respondent knowledge of emergency contraception and potential barriers to access.Results: Of 261 patients approached, 253 completed the survey with a mean age of 16.7 ± 1.7 years. The majority of respondents (80.2%) had heard of oral emergency contraceptive pills. Among sexually active adolescents, 25.6 % reported personal use. Older adolescents (≥18 years) were more likely to have heard of emergency contraceptive pills, to know someone who used them, and to have used it themselves compared to younger adolescents (all p < 0.05). A minority of respondents knew that emergency contraception could be bought over the counter regardless of age or gender (44.3%) and that parental consent is not required (27.7%). Having ever been sexually active was associated with an increased odds of being correct with regards to the availability and timing of LNG EC. A history of LNG EC use was associated with an increased likelihood of understanding the mechanism of action and side effects of LNG EC.Conclusions: Though adolescents in our population were aware of emergency contraception, only a small portion had used it themselves. Misunderstandings regarding the availability and safety of emergency contraception were common in our population.Implications: Educating adolescents on the availability, safety, and mechanism of action of LNG EC may improve utilization of LNG EC in this population. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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