Teenagers' use of emergency contraception in a general practice

被引：9

作者：

Seamark, CJ ^{[1
]}

Gray, DJP ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Exeter, Postgrad Med Sch, Inst Gen Practice, Exeter EX5 4DW, Devon, England

来源：

JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE | 1997年 / 90卷 / 08期

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D O I：

10.1177/014107689709000807

中图分类号：

R5 [内科学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100201 ;

摘要：

British teenagers who become pregnant commonly express ignorance about emergency contraception. A case-note survey was conducted in a general practice serving about 14 200 people in a Devon market town. Of the 373 registered girls aged 15-19 years, 59 (16%) had consulted for emergency contraception, 19 of them more than once. The oval method (Yuzpe regimen) was prescribed eighty times and 2 girls became pregnant. 4 of the 59 girls who used emergency contraception had subsequent unwanted pregnancies. A consultation for emergency contraception presents an opportunity to discuss more reliable and acceptable methods of contraception.

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