ArticleContraception2013
Interest in over-the-counter access to oral contraceptives among women in the United States.
Article in Contraception, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 72 citations in OpenAlex.
- Patient and pharmacist perspectives on pharmacist-prescribed contraception: A systematic review.Contraception · 2021Pooled it
- Should oral contraceptive pills be available without a prescription? A systematic review of over-the-counter and pharmacy access availability.BMJ global health · 2019Pooled it
- Expanding Access to Oral Contraceptive Pills: Do Consumers Prefer Over-the-Counter Availability?The patient · 2026Article
- Over-the-counter access to combined oral contraceptives for individuals with hypertension: an expert review.American journal of preventive cardiology · 2025Review
- Interest in over-the-counter progestin-only pills among transgender, nonbinary, and gender-expansive individuals in the United States.American journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2024Article
- A qualitative exploration of the over-the-counter availability of oral contraceptive pills in Australia.PloS one · 2024Article
- Exploring Contraceptive Experiences of Abortion-Fund Clients in the Rocky Mountain Region of the United States from a Reproductive Justice Lens.Women's reproductive health (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2024Article
- North Carolina Pharmacists' Support for Hormonal Contraception Prescription Status Change.Journal of pharmacy practice · 2023Article
- Dual Protection Messaging for Adolescents and Young Adults in the Setting of Over-the-Counter Hormonal Contraception: A Human-Centered Design Approach.Journal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology · 2022Article
- Reclassifying contraceptives as over-the-counter medicines to improve access.Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2022Review
- Community Pharmacists' Knowledge, Willingness, and Readiness to Prescribe Oral Contraceptives in Saudi Arabia.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Interest in Continued Use After Participation in a Study of Over-the-Counter Progestin-Only Pills in the United States.Women's health reports (New Rochelle, N.Y.) · 2022Article
- Extended Access to Hormonal Contraception in Pharmacies: A Survey among Swiss Pharmacists.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Opposition to Pharmacist Contraception Services: Evidence for Rebuttal.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Bills as Band-Aids: Hopes and Challenges of Expanding Pharmacists' Prescriptive Authority to Include Contraceptives.HEC forum : an interdisciplinary journal on hospitals' ethical and legal issues · 2019Article
- Contraceptive Desert? Black-White Differences in Characteristics of Nearby Pharmacies.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2019Article
- Unmet demand for short-acting hormonal and long-acting reversible contraception among community college students in Texas.Journal of American college health : J of ACH · 2018Article
- Women's Knowledge of and Support for Abortion Restrictions in Texas: Findings from a Statewide Representative Survey.Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health · 2016Article
- Trends in the use of oral contraceptives among adolescents and young women in Spain.Reproductive health · 2016Article
- Combined hormonal contraception use in reproductive-age women with contraindications to estrogen use.American journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundA growing body of evidence indicates that over-the-counter (OTC) access to oral contraceptive pills (OCPs) is safe and effective. STUDY
designWe performed a nationally representative survey of adult women at risk of unintended pregnancy using a probability-based online panel. In November-December 2011, 2046 eligible women completed the survey. Weighted proportions were calculated, and logistic regression was used to identify covariates associated with support for and interest in using an OTC OCP.
resultsA total of 62.2% said they were strongly (31.4%) or somewhat (30.9%) in favor of OCPs being available OTC. A total of 37.1% of participants reported being likely to use OCPs if available OTC, including 58.7% of current users, 28.0% using no method and 32.7% using a less effective method. Covariates associated with a higher odds of reporting interest in using OTC OCPs were younger age; being divorced, being separated or living with a partner (versus married); being uninsured or having private insurance (versus public insurance); living in the south (versus northeast); and current use of OCPs or less effective methods, or nonuse of contraception (versus use of another hormonal method or intrauterine device). Among respondents who said they were likely to use OTC OCPs, the highest amount they were willing to pay was on average $20.
conclusionsUS women are supportive of OTC access to OCPs, and many would obtain refills OTC or start using OCPs if they were available OTC.
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