ArticlePediatrics2017
Access to Emergency Contraception After Removal of Age Restrictions.
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- Availability of Oral Emergency Contraception in German Community Pharmacies-A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Mystery Caller Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
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- Oral emergency contraception practices of community pharmacies: a mystery caller study in the capital of Germany, Berlin.Journal of pharmaceutical policy and practice · 2023Article
- Rural Appalachian Women Will Suffer Disproportionately if Attempts to Further Restrict Emergency Contraception are Successful.Journal of Appalachian health · 2023Article
- Trends in Emergency Contraceptive Use Among Adolescents and Young Adults, 2006-2017.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2022Article
- A Nationwide Mystery Caller Evaluation of Oral Emergency Contraception Practices from German Community Pharmacies: An Observational Study Protocol.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Rural-urban residence and emergency contraception use, access, and counseling in the United States, 2006-2017.Contraception: X · 2021Article
- Changes in use of emergency contraceptive pills in the United States from 2008 to 2015.Contraception: X · 2021Article
- Expanding Pharmacy Capacity for Patient-Centered Reproductive Health Services.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Population Geography and Emergency Contraception Access in Louisiana.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Prescription Requirements and Patient Autonomy: Considering an Over-the-Counter Default.The Hastings Center report · 2020Article
- Emergency Contraception Access and Counseling in Urban Pharmacies: A Comparison between States with and without Pharmacist Prescribing.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- "The Difference between Plan b and ella®? They're Basically the Same Thing": Results from a Mystery Client Study.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Quality of youth friendly sexual and reproductive health Services in West Gojjam Zone, north West Ethiopia: with special reference to the application of the Donabedian model.BMC health services research · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundLevonorgestrel emergency contraception (EC) is safe and effective for postcoital pregnancy prevention. Starting in 2013, the US Food and Drug Administration removed age restrictions, enabling EC to be sold over the counter to all consumers. We sought to compare the availability and access for female adolescents with the 2012 study, using the same study design.
methodsFemale mystery callers posing as 17-year-old adolescents in need of EC used standardized scripts to telephone 979 pharmacies in 5 US cities. Using 2015 estimated census data and the federal poverty level, we characterized income levels of pharmacy neighborhoods.
resultsOf 979 pharmacies, 827 (83%) indicated that EC was available. This proportion did not vary by pharmacy neighborhood income level, nor was significantly different from the 2012 study (
conclusionsA majority of pharmacies have EC available; however, barriers to and disparities in access for adolescents persist and have not changed since the previous study despite regulatory changes that were designed to improve access to EC.
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