女性对紧急避孕的认知。
Women's knowledge of emergency contraception.
作者信息
George J, Turner J, Cooke E, Hennessy E, Savage W, Julian P, Cochrane R
机构信息
Department of General Practice and Primary Care, Joint Medical College of St. Bartholomew's, London.
出版信息
Br J Gen Pract. 1994 Oct;44(387):451-4.
BACKGROUND
More widespread use of emergency contraception could help to reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies.
AIM
The objective of this study was to assess women's knowledge of emergency contraception.
METHOD
A questionnaire was distributed to 1290 women aged between 16 and 50 years attending 14 general practice surgeries in London over a two-week period in 1990.
RESULTS
The response rate was 70%. Over three quarters of the women had heard of emergency contraception; these were mainly women who used contraception, who had higher educational qualifications or who were not Muslim. Women who were the most likely to need and to use emergency contraception--those using barrier methods--had no more accurate knowledge than women using any other method of contraception. Only 53% of barrier method users knew emergency contraception could be used as a backup when other methods failed. Only one fifth of women had heard about this method from their general practitioner or any other health professional, while half had obtained their information from the media.
CONCLUSION
These results suggest that including information on emergency contraception in consultations with users of barrier methods of contraception is a small step which general practitioners and practice nurses could take to increase the use of emergency contraception.
背景
更广泛地使用紧急避孕法有助于减少意外怀孕的数量。
目的
本研究的目的是评估女性对紧急避孕法的了解情况。
方法
1990年，在两周时间内，向伦敦14家全科诊所的1290名年龄在16至50岁之间的女性发放了问卷。
结果
回复率为70%。超过四分之三的女性听说过紧急避孕法；这些女性主要是使用避孕措施的女性、具有较高学历的女性或非穆斯林女性。最有可能需要并使用紧急避孕法的女性——即使用屏障避孕法的女性——对紧急避孕法的了解并不比使用其他避孕方法的女性更准确。只有53%的屏障避孕法使用者知道在其他避孕方法失败时可以将紧急避孕法作为备用方法。只有五分之一的女性从她们的全科医生或其他任何健康专业人员那里听说过这种方法，而一半的女性是从媒体获得相关信息的。
结论
这些结果表明，在与使用屏障避孕法的使用者进行咨询时纳入紧急避孕法的信息，是全科医生和执业护士为增加紧急避孕法的使用可以采取的一小步措施。
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