Contraception
Volume 75, Issue 2 , Pages 119-125 , February 2007

Acceptance and use of emergency contraception with standardized counseling intervention: results of a randomized controlled trial

Preliminary findings from this project were presented at the 133rd Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Philadelphia, PA, December 12, 2005.

  • Ruth Petersen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
    • UNC Center for Women's Health Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
    • Cecil Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Center for Women's Health Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB 7521, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7521, USA. Tel.: +1 919 966 7924; fax: +1 919 843 3120.
    • ,
  • Jennifer B. Albright

      Affiliations

    • UNC Center for Women's Health Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
    • Cecil Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
    • ,
  • Joanne M. Garrett

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
    • UNC Center for Women's Health Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
    • Cecil Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
    • ,
  • Kathryn M. Curtis

      Affiliations

    • Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30342, USA

Received 28 June 2006 ,Revised 31 July 2006 ,Accepted 21 August 2006.

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☆ This project was made possible through a cooperative agreement (award no. U50/CCU300860 TS-0768) between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Association for Prevention, Teaching and Research (APTR).

☆☆ The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official views of the CDC or the APTR.

PII: S0010-7824(06)00329-5

doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2006.08.009

Contraception
Volume 75, Issue 2 , Pages 119-125 , February 2007

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