PMID: 9170482Jun 1, 1997Paper

Little knowledge and limited practice: emergency contraceptive pills, the public, and the obstetrician-gynecologist

Obstetrics and Gynecology
S F DelbancoM D Smith

Abstract

To assess Americans' knowledge and attitudes about emergency contraceptive pills and the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of obstetrician-gynecologists with respect to emergency contraceptive pills. A random sample of a national cross-section of 2002 Americans, age 18 and older, including 1000 women and 1002 men, was surveyed by telephone between October 12 and November 13, 1994. A nationally representative sample of 307 obstetrician-gynecologists, whose names were drawn from the American Medical Association Physicians' Masterfile, was surveyed by telephone between February 1 and March 21, 1995. Both Surveys addressed knowledge and attitudes about unplanned pregnancy and contraception options, including emergency contraception. Despite response rates of 50 and 77%, respectively, both unweighted samples closely mirror the populations from which they were drawn. Americans are not well informed about emergency contraceptive pills. Only 36% of respondents indicated that they knew "anything could be done" within a few days after unprotected sex to prevent pregnancy. Fifty-five percent said they had "heard of" emergency contraceptive pills, and only 1% had ever used them. Ninety-nine percent of obstetrician-gynecologists reported ...Continue Reading

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