Feasibility of a Telephone Follow-Up on Use of Emergency Contraceptive Pills in a College Health Center |
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| Authors: | Robin G Sawyer PhD Diane Fong CRNP Lisa R Stankus CRNP Anne Anderson-Sawyer MA Kiabi D Long Pregnancy Counselor BS |
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| Institution: | 1. University of Maryland , College Park, USA;2. Department of Health Education , University of Maryland , College Park, USA;3. Health center , University of Maryland , College Park, USA;4. Sexuality Programs , University of Maryland , College Park, USA;5. University of Maryland , College Park, USA |
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| Abstract: | Abstract The authors examined the feasibility and effectiveness of a telephone follow-up procedure on use of emergency contraceptive pills (ECP) at a college health center. They made 264 telephone calls to the 97 women who had received ECPs during one 16-week academic semester and were successful in reaching 65 (67%) of the women, who responded with information about their experiences with ECPs. The women demonstrated a high rate of adherence to the medical regimen and reported very few side effects from ECPs; a majority said that ECPs did not affect their ability to carry out daily activities. On weighing the relative absence of problems following ECP distribution against the time, effort, and cost required to reach just over two thirds of the women, the researchers concluded that an ECP telephone follow-up procedure was neither cost-effective nor particularly useful. |
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| Keywords: | college health centers college students emergency contraceptive pills follow-up procedure morning-after pill postcoital contraception |
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