Attitudes and beliefs about emergency contraception among patients at academic family medicine clinics

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Campbell III, John W ^a   Busby, Stephen C ^a   Steyer, Terrence E ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Emergency contraception; Informed consent; Mechanism of action; Morning after pill; Patient education; Pharmacology; Plan B; Postcoital contraceptives; Unwanted pregnancies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; EVALUATION; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN RELATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

POSTCOITUS CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTIVES, POSTCOITAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 39049133555     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.744     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Consensus statement on emergency contraception. Contraception. 1995;52(4):211-213.
2. Swahn ML, Westlund P, Johannisson E, Bygdeman M. Effect of postcoital contraceptive methods on the endometrium and the menstrual cycle. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 1996;75(8):738-744.
3. Ling WY, Robichaud A, Zayid I, Wrixon W, MacLeod SC. Mode of action of dl-norgestrel and ethinylestradiol combination in postcoital contraception. Fertil Steril. 1979;32(3):297-302.
4. Rowlands S, Kubba AA, Guillebaud J, Bounds W. A possible mechanism of action of danazol and an ethinylestradiol/norgestrel combination used as postcoital contraceptive agents. Contraception. 1986;33(6):539-545.
5. Croxatto HB, Fuentalba B, Brache V, et al. Effects of the Yuzpe regimen, given during the follicular phase, on ovarian function. Contraception. 2002;65(5):121-128.
6. Kubba AA, White JO, Guillebaud J, Elder MG. The biochemistry of human endometrium after two regimens of postcoital contraception: a dl norgestrel/ ethinylestradiol combination or danazol. Fertil Steril. 1986;45(4):512-516.
7. Ling WY, Wrixon W, Zayid I, Acorn T, Popat R, Wilson E. Mode of action of dl-norgestrel and ethinylestradiol combination in postcoital contraception. II. Effect of postovulatory administration on ovarian function and endometrium. Fertil Steril. 1983;39(3):292-297.
8. Yuzpe AA, Thurlow HJ, Ramzy I, Leyshon JI. Post coital contraception-a pilot study. J Reprod Med. 1974;13(2):53-58.
9. Kahlenborn C, Stanford JB, Larimore WL. Postfertilization effect of hormonal emergency contraception. Ann Pharmacother. 2002;36(3):465-470.
10. Trussell J, Raymond EG. Statistical evidence about the mechanism of action of the Yuzpe regimen of emergency contraception. Obstet Gynecol. 1999;93(5 Pt 2):872-876.
11. Durand M, del Carmen Cravioto M, Raymond EG, et al. The mechanism of action of short term levonorgestrel administration in emergency contraception. Contraception. 2001;64(4):227-234.
12. Marions L, Hultenby K, Lindell I, Sun X, Stabi B, Gemzell Danielsson K. Emergency contraception with mifepristone and levonorgestrel: mechanism of action. Obstet Gynecol. 2002;100(1):65-71.
13. Taskin O, Brown RW, Young DC, Poindexter AN, Wiehle RD. High doses of oral contraceptives do not alter endometrial al and amb3 integrins in the late implantation window. Fertil Steril. 1994;61(5):850-855.
14. Raymond EG, Lovely LP, Chen-Mok M, Sepp M, Kurman RJ, Lessey BA. Effect of the Yuzpe regimen of emergency contraception on markers of endometrial receptivity. Hum Reprod. 2000;15(11):2351-2355.
15. MICROMEDEX Healthcare Series: DRUGDEX Drug Point. Levonorg- estrel. http://www.thomsonhc.com/hcs/librarian/ND-PR/Main/SBK/2/PFPUI/sV1291P1GPF3n1/ ND-PG/PRIH/CS/86A13B/ND-T/HCS/ND-P/Main/DUPLICATIONSHIELDSYNC/410FA3/ND-B/HCS/ PFActionId/hcs.common.RetrieveDocumentCommon/DocId/337200/ContentSetId/42/ SearchTerm/Levonorgestrel%20/S. Accessed: February 20, 2007.
16. Plan B. Prescribing information [package insert]. http://www.go2planb. com/ForConsumers/Resources/References.aspx. Accessed: February 20, 2007.
17. Petersen R, Albright JB, Garrett JM, Curtis KM. Acceptance and use of emergency contraception with standardized counseling intervention: results of a randomized controlled trial. Contraception. 2007;75(2):119-125.
18. Harris Interactive Poll. When does life begin? Fundamental question divides pro-life from pro-choice Americans. April 4-10, 2000. http://www.harrisinteractive.com/news/allnewsbydate.asp?NewsID = 94. Accessed: February 20, 2007.
19. As-Sanie S, Gantt A, Rosenthal MS. Pregnancy prevention in adolescents. Am Fam Physician. 2004;70(8):1517-1524.
20. American College of Clinical Pharmacists. Position statement: prerogative of a pharmacist to decline to provide professional services based on conscience. http://www.accp.com/position/pos31-200508. pdf. Accessed: February 20, 2007.
21. Burstein PD. A sad day for science at the FDA. N Engl J Med. 2005;353(24):2619-2621; author reply 2619-2621.