ArticleBMJ (Clinical research ed.)2005
Impact on contraceptive practice of making emergency hormonal contraception available over the counter in Great Britain: repeated cross sectional surveys.
Article in BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Review of services provided by pharmacies that promote healthy living.International journal of clinical pharmacy · 2012Pooled it
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- Provision of the progestogen-only pill by community pharmacies as bridging contraception for women receiving emergency contraception: the Bridge-it RCT.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2021Trial
- Demographic and health impacts of women's bodily autonomy: switching prescription requirements for emergency contraceptives.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2026Article
- Characterization of the Use of Emergency Contraception from Sentinel Pharmacies in a Region of Southern Europe.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Emergency contraception from the pharmacy 20 years on: a mystery shopper study.BMJ sexual & reproductive health · 2021Article
- Pharmacists as youth-friendly service providers: documenting condom and emergency contraception dispensing in Kenya.International journal of public health · 2020Article
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- Where do women and men in Britain obtain contraception? Findings from the third National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal-3).BMJ sexual & reproductive health · 2018Article
- Role of the pharmacist in reducing healthcare costs: current insights.Integrated pharmacy research & practice · 2017Review
- Trends in the use of emergency contraception in Britain: evidence from the second and third National Surveys of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles.BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2016Article
- Association between Increased Emergency Contraception Availability and Risky Sexual Practices.Health services research · 2015Article
- Advancing sexual health through human rights: the role of the law.Global public health · 2015Article
- Association between increased availability of emergency contraceptive pills and the sexual and contraceptive behaviors of women.Journal of public health policy · 2014Article
- Over-the-Counter Sale of Emergency Contraception: A Survey of Pharmacists in Delhi.Sexual medicine · 2013Article
- Obstetrician-gynecologist physicians' beliefs about emergency contraception: a national survey.Contraception · 2010Article
- Use of simulated patients to assess the clinical and communication skills of community pharmacists.Pharmacy world & science : PWS · 2010Article
- ["Emergency contraception 2010"].Atencion primaria · 2010Article
- Delivery of chlamydia screening to young women requesting emergency hormonal contraception at pharmacies in Manchester, UK: a prospective study.BMC women's health · 2009Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine the impact on contraceptive practice of making emergency hormonal contraception available over the counter.
designAnalysis of data on contraceptive practice for women aged 16-49 years in the period 2000-2 from the Omnibus Survey, a multipurpose survey in which around 7600 adults living in private households are interviewed each year.
settingPrivate households in Great Britain.
main outcome measuresUse of different types of contraception and rates of unprotected sex.
resultsAfter emergency hormonal contraception was made available over the counter, levels of use of different types of contraception by women aged 16-49 remained similar. No significant change occurred in the proportion of women using emergency hormonal contraception (8.4% in 2000, 7.9% in 2001, 7.2% in 2002) or having unprotected sex. A change did, however, occur in where women obtained emergency hormonal contraception; a smaller proportion of women obtained emergency hormonal contraception from physicians and a greater proportion bought it over the counter. No significant change occurred in the proportion of women using more reliable methods of contraception, such as the oral contraceptive pill, or in the proportion of women using emergency hormonal contraception more than once during a year.
conclusionsMaking emergency hormonal contraception available over the counter does not seem to have led to an increase in its use, to an increase in unprotected sex, or to a decrease in the use of more reliable methods of contraception.
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