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Young women's perceptions and experiences with contraception supply in community pharmacies.
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- Contraception and abortion information and care in community pharmacy for adolescents: a systematic review.EClinicalMedicine · 2025Review
- Adolescents' Perceptions of Contraception Access through Pharmacies.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Contraceptive Desert? Black-White Differences in Characteristics of Nearby Pharmacies.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2019Article
- A practice tool for initiating and managing combined hormonal contraceptives for contraception: Assessment, decision-making and monitoring.Canadian pharmacists journal : CPJ = Revue des pharmaciens du Canada : RPCArticle
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backgroundUnintended pregnancy is a major public health problem in the United States.Correct contraceptive use can reduce the rate of unintended pregnancy. Community pharmacies are well positioned to provide contraceptives and advice about contraception.
objectivesTo determine young women's perceptions and experiences with contraception supply in community pharmacies and to identify whether pharmacy characteristics predicted very positive experiences.
designThis study comprised two cross-sectional surveys including an online women's pharmacy perceptions and experiences (PPE) survey and a faxed/observed survey of community pharmacies.
settingOne county in Michigan.
participantsYoung women and community pharmacies.
main outcome measureThe two surveys were merged to explore pharmacy characteristics that may impact women's perceptions and experiences with community pharmacies. Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to explore relationships between pharmacy characteristics and positive outcomes.
resultsThe response rate for the PPE survey was 54% (n = 343/637). Data from all community pharmacies in the county was retrieved via fax (n = 41/94, 43.6%) or observation (n = 53/94, 56.4%). Women were included in this analysis if they indicated a regular pharmacy (one they go to most often) in the county of interest (n = 210). More than 50% of women (n = 125/210) visited a pharmacy more than once per month. Sixty percent of women were currently using something to prevent pregnancy (n = 124/210, 60.8%). Thirty-five percent of women had a positive experience (n = 73/210, 34.8%). In the multiple logistic regression, women who visited a chain pharmacy had almost 65% lower odds of an overall positive experience with their regular pharmacy compared with women who visited a grocery or mass merchandise pharmacy (odds ratio 0.35 [95% CI 0.16], P = 0.75).
conclusionYoung women visit community pharmacies and use contraceptives frequently. Interventions need to be developed and implemented to improve young women's perceptions and experiences with contraception at community pharmacies.
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