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Opportunities for improving provision of emergency contraception in California
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010782422001020No data is associated with this publication.
Abstract
Objectives
To assess emergency contraception (EC) service provision by California's family planning clinics.Study design
We made 2 scripted calls to a random sample of 309 family planning clinics.Results
We reached one hundred ninety-four clinics on 2 occasions, although only 183 (59%) could be reached with the information provided online by California's office of family planning. Of these 194 clinics, 27% responded that the clinic did not provide EC and 43% offered only levonorgestrel EC. Only 1 clinic asked about recent sexual assault and one other about their weight.Conclusions
Prompt access to effective EC remains challenging in California. Clinic staff responding to requests for EC should provide trauma-informed care.Many UC-authored scholarly publications are freely available on this site because of the UC's open access policies. Let us know how this access is important for you.