Knowledge, attitudes, and use of emergency contraception among hispanic women of North Carolina

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-20

  Galvin, Shelley L ^a,b   Fagan, E Blake ^a  

^a MAHEC   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency contraception; Hispanic women; Survey research

Indexed keywords

POSTCOITUS CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BIRTH CONTROL; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MORALITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; RELIGION; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTIVES, POSTCOITAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; NORTH CAROLINA; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 59249098476     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e318187e7aa     Document Type: Article

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