US women continue to have the highest rate of unintended pregnancy and abortion in
the developed world. When initiated as, emergency contraception (EC), the copper intrauterine
device (IUD) has the potential to decrease these rates due to provision of continuing
highly effective contraception. In this study, qualitative research methods were employed
to develop a deeper and nuanced understanding about how individuals perceive EC use
and why they would consider the copper IUD as a method of EC.
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Accepted:
April 26,
2010
Received:
April 26,
2010
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© 2010 Published by Elsevier Inc.
