Knowledge and use of emergency contraception among women in the Western Cape province of South Africa: A cross-sectional study

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Myer, Landon ^a,b   Mlobeli, Regina ^a   Cooper, Di ^a   Smit, Jennifer ^c   Morroni, Chelsea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; FEMALE STERILIZATION; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTION, POSTCOITAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC SECTOR; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 35448989702     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6874-7-14     Document Type: Article

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