LNG- Emergency Contraceptive Pills: What do Argentinean healthcare students know?

Highlights • Healthcare students are highly aware that emergency contraception exists. • But they showed important misconceptions and knowledge deficits regarding the topic. • Students and their patients may be subjected to misinformation and under-prescription for EC. • This can result in unintende...

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Veröffentlicht in:Sexual & reproductive healthcare 2017-06, Vol.12, p.93-99
Hauptverfasser: Provenzano-Castro, Belén, Oizerovich, Silvia, Stray-Pedersen, Babill
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Highlights • Healthcare students are highly aware that emergency contraception exists. • But they showed important misconceptions and knowledge deficits regarding the topic. • Students and their patients may be subjected to misinformation and under-prescription for EC. • This can result in unintended pregnancies. • There is an urgent need to improve students’ overall knowledge of EC. • Medical schools should ensure that their faculties rely upon evidence-based EC information.
ISSN:1877-5756
1877-5764
DOI:10.1016/j.srhc.2017.03.006