Knowledge, Awareness, Perceptions, and Use of Emergency Contraceptives among Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence
The study examines emergency contraception (EC) knowledge, awareness, perceptions, and prior use and identifies predictors of EC use among a sample of survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV). The majority (66.2%) of 154 survivors at risk of pregnancy reported EC awareness, only 15.3% reported p...
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| author | Kathleen J. Wilder Jeane-Marie Guise Nancy A. Perrin Ginger C. Hanson Rebecca Hernandez Nancy Glass |
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| description | The study examines emergency contraception (EC) knowledge, awareness, perceptions, and prior use and identifies predictors of EC use among a sample of survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV). The majority (66.2%) of 154 survivors at risk of pregnancy reported EC awareness, only 15.3% reported prior EC use. Logistic regression identified perceived abusive intimate partner approval (OR = 2.25; 95% CI = 1.15–4.41) and lack of moral/religious objections (OR = 12.83; 95% CI = 5.48–30.03) as the strongest predictors of EC use. Health care provider interventions acknowledging barriers to EC use, such as partner approval, and education that improves awareness of and knowledge about EC, may have the impact of empowering survivors in their reproductive choices, reducing unwanted pregnancies. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-aaf01b4159c745b38fa7f37f729e2fe22025-02-03T07:23:48ZengWileyObstetrics and Gynecology International1687-95891687-95972009-01-01200910.1155/2009/625465625465Knowledge, Awareness, Perceptions, and Use of Emergency Contraceptives among Survivors of Intimate Partner ViolenceKathleen J. Wilder0Jeane-Marie Guise1Nancy A. Perrin2Ginger C. Hanson3Rebecca Hernandez4Nancy Glass5Department of OB/GYN, Northern Navajo Medical Center, Indian Health Service, Shiprock, NM 87420, USADepartment of OB/GYN, Oregon Health and Sciences University School of Medicine, Portland, OR 97239, USACenter for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Portland, OR 97227, USACenter for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Portland, OR 97227, USACenter for Intercultural Teaching and Learning, School of Nursing, Goshen College 1700 S. Main Street Goshen, IN 46526, USAJohns Hopkins Center for Global Health, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, 525 North Wolfe Street, Rm 433, Baltimore, MD 21205, USAThe study examines emergency contraception (EC) knowledge, awareness, perceptions, and prior use and identifies predictors of EC use among a sample of survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV). The majority (66.2%) of 154 survivors at risk of pregnancy reported EC awareness, only 15.3% reported prior EC use. Logistic regression identified perceived abusive intimate partner approval (OR = 2.25; 95% CI = 1.15–4.41) and lack of moral/religious objections (OR = 12.83; 95% CI = 5.48–30.03) as the strongest predictors of EC use. Health care provider interventions acknowledging barriers to EC use, such as partner approval, and education that improves awareness of and knowledge about EC, may have the impact of empowering survivors in their reproductive choices, reducing unwanted pregnancies.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/625465 |
| spellingShingle | Kathleen J. Wilder Jeane-Marie Guise Nancy A. Perrin Ginger C. Hanson Rebecca Hernandez Nancy Glass Knowledge, Awareness, Perceptions, and Use of Emergency Contraceptives among Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence Obstetrics and Gynecology International |
| title | Knowledge, Awareness, Perceptions, and Use of Emergency Contraceptives among Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence |
| title_full | Knowledge, Awareness, Perceptions, and Use of Emergency Contraceptives among Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence |
| title_fullStr | Knowledge, Awareness, Perceptions, and Use of Emergency Contraceptives among Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence |
| title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge, Awareness, Perceptions, and Use of Emergency Contraceptives among Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence |
| title_short | Knowledge, Awareness, Perceptions, and Use of Emergency Contraceptives among Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence |
| title_sort | knowledge awareness perceptions and use of emergency contraceptives among survivors of intimate partner violence |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/625465 |
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