Emergency Contraception in Emergency Departments in Oregon, 2003

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ID11027434
AuthorsKenneth D Rosenberg (0000-0002-6533-1236, At the time of the study, Kenneth D. Rosenberg and Jihong Liu were with the Oregon Department of Human Services, Office of Family Health, Portland, Oregon. Kenneth D. Rosenberg and Jodi K. DeMunter are with Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland.), Jodi K DeMunter (At the time of the study, Kenneth D. Rosenberg and Jihong Liu were with the Oregon Department of Human Services, Office of Family Health, Portland, Oregon. Kenneth D. Rosenberg and Jodi K. DeMunter are with Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland.), Jihong Liu (0000-0001-8685-3036, At the time of the study, Kenneth D. Rosenberg and Jihong Liu were with the Oregon Department of Human Services, Office of Family Health, Portland, Oregon. Kenneth D. Rosenberg and Jodi K. DeMunter are with Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland.)
Year2005
Volume95
Issue8
Pages1453-1457
Publication date2005-08-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2004.046433
PMID15985646
PMCIDPMC1449380
OpenAlexW2138129425
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited8

Objectives. We sought to learn about access to emergency contraception (EC) in Oregon emergency departments, both for women who are rape patients and for women who have had consensual unprotected sexual intercourse (“nonrape patients”). Methods. We interviewed emergency department staff in 54 of Oregon’s 57 licensed emergency departments in February–March 2003 (response rate = 94.7%). Results. Only 61.1% of Oregon emergency departments routinely offered EC to rape patients. Catholic hospitals were as likely as non-Catholic hospitals to routinely offer EC to rape patients. The hospitals most likely to routinely offer EC to rape patients had a written protocol for the care of rape patients that included offering EC (P = .02) and access to staff with specialized sexual assault training (P=.002). For nonrape patients, 46.3% of emergency departments discouraged the prescribing of EC. Catholic hospitals were significantly less likely than non-Catholic hospitals to provide access to EC for nonrape patients (P=.05). Conclusions. Oregon emergency departments do not routinely offer EC to women who have been raped or to women who have had consensual unprotected sexual intercourse

Emergency contraception · Emergency department · Environmental health · Family medicine · Family planning · Medical emergency · Poison control · Population · Psychiatry · Research methodology · Sexual assault · Sexual intercourse · Suicide prevention · Emergency Medicine · Medicine · Reproductive Health and Contraception · Sex work and related issues · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies

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