Impact of a women's counselling programme on combined hormonal contraception in Portugal - The IMAGINE Study

European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 409-417

  Costa, Ana Rosa R ^a   Palma, Fátima ^a   Śa, José Luís ^a   Vicente, Lisa ^a   Bombas, Teresa ^a   Nogueira, Ana Maria ^b   Rocha, Pedro ^c  

^a Núcleo de Estudos de Contracepção ^*  (Portugal)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c Scientific Consulting   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Combined hormonal contraceptives; Combined oral contraceptive; Contraceptive counselling; Transdermal patch; Vaginal ring

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; COMBINED HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRACEPTIVE COUNSELING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT; TRANSDERMAL PATCH; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VAGINA RING;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES, FEMALE; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, COMBINED; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, HORMONAL; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PORTUGAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRANSDERMAL PATCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80955122823     PISSN: 13625187     EISSN: 14730782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13625187.2011.608441     Document Type: Conference Paper

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