Contraception
Volume 79, Issue 3 , Pages 199-205 , March 2009

Comprehension of a prototype emergency contraception package label by female adolescents

  • Elizabeth G. Raymond

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    • Family Health International, PO Box 13950, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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  • Kelly Ladin L’Engle

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    • Family Health International, PO Box 13950, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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  • Elizabeth E. Tolley

      Affiliations

    • Family Health International, PO Box 13950, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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  • Nancy Ricciotti

      Affiliations

    • Duramed Research, Inc., Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004, USA
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  • Martha V. Arnold

      Affiliations

    • PharmApprove, Princeton, NJ 08542, USA
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  • Sola Park

      Affiliations

    • Family Health International, PO Box 13950, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA

Received 23 May 2008 ,Revised 25 August 2008 ,Accepted 13 September 2008.

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  2. Davis TC, Wolf MS, Arnold CL, et al. Development and validation of the Rapid Estimate of Adolescent Literacy in Medicine (REALM-Teen): a tool to screen adolescents for below-grade reading in health care settings. Pediatrics. 2006;118:e1707–e1714
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  4. Batalova J, Fix M, Murray J. Measures of Change: The Demography and Literacy of Adolescent English Learners. Washington, DC: Migration Policy Institute; 2007;

☆ Support for this study was provided by Duramed Research, Bala Cynwyd, PA, USA.

☆☆ The views expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect those of Family Health International.

PII: S0010-7824(08)00455-1

doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2008.09.004

Contraception
Volume 79, Issue 3 , Pages 199-205 , March 2009

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