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Article: Hormonal emergency contraception: Increasing awareness and access
- Article from:
- Indian Journal of Medical Sciences
- Article date:
- June 1, 2007
- Author:
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In this issue of the journal, Puri face=+Italic; et al.face=-Italic; face=+Superscript; [1]face=-Superscript;reports on the awareness of hormonal emergency contraception among female college students at Punjab University, Chandigarh. Only around 7% had heard about emergency contraceptive pills before, let alone 'knew the details about their appropriate use.' This result is similar to the findings of a previous study amongst educated working women at a teaching hospital, also in Chandigarh, in which 11% reported awareness of hormonal emergency contraception and most of them were nursing staff.face=+Superscript; [2]face=-Superscript;These two studies provide a valuable insight into ...