Exploring emergency contraception knowledge, prescription practices, and barriers to prescription for adolescents in the emergency department

Pediatrics

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 765-770

  Goyal, Monika ^a,b   Zhao, Huaqing ^b   Mollen, Cynthia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency contraception; Postcoital contraception; Prescription practices

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; POSTCOITUS CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CONTRACEPTIVES, POSTCOITAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; PRESCRIPTIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 63149117439     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-0193     Document Type: Article

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