ArticleAmerican journal of pharmaceutical education2009
Pharmacy students' knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding emergency contraception.
Article in American journal of pharmaceutical education, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Pooled it
- Knowledge and attitudes toward emergency contraception among pharmacy students and community pharmacists in Poland.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Knowledge of Oral Emergency Contraception Among Pharmacy Students.Women's health reports (New Rochelle, N.Y.) · 2024Article
- After morning, phew! A knowledge, attitudes, and practices survey related to emergency oral contraception in Thai pharmacists.Journal of pharmaceutical policy and practice · 2023Article
- Active-learning instruction on emergency contraception counseling.American journal of pharmaceutical education · 2013Article
- Evaluation of clinical reasoning in basic emergencies using a script concordance test.American journal of pharmaceutical education · 2010Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo determine pharmacy students' knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding emergency contraception.
methodsA cross-sectional survey was conducted among a convenience sample of students prior to a regular class period. The 16-item survey instrument included both multiple-choice and true/false questions to assess knowledge and Likert-type scale questions regarding attitudes and behaviors. Frequency and descriptive statistics were calculated for all variables.
resultsThree hundred one pharmacy students were surveyed. Eighty-seven percent knew that Plan B had been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for nonprescription use, yet 33% believed that it worked by disrupting a newly implanted ovum. On a scale from 1-5 on which 5 = strongly agree, the mean item score was 1.5 for whether nonprescription emergency contraception should be available without counseling by a pharmacist, yet only 26.7% believed they were competent instructing patients on the use of emergency contraception.
conclusionsAdditional education is needed to prepare pharmacy students to provide informed pharmaceutical care to patients seeking emergency contraception, especially given the passage of legislation making the pharmacy the point of access for some emergency contraception products.
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