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Pill scare: communication conundrum.
Adverse publicity for combined oral contraceptives (COCs) has led to pill scares on numerous occasions such as reproductive cancers in 1983 and venous thromboembolism (VTE) in 1995. Misinformation should be avoided, especially through the correct interpretation of relative risk to avoid confusion and decrease unnecessary anxiety. Reassurance is usually important, as the absolute risk is infinit...
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Hazard notifications routinely occur as part of the identification or management of a hazard. It is argued that a series of such notifications a hazard sequence may affect public responses to future notifications about that hazard and also that hazard sequences can help explain patterns of risk amplification, particularly how a risk becomes normalised. Exploration of the hazard sequence also me...
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This paper provides a general formulation of the regression discontinuity (RD) design and shows its general applicability to many epidemiological problems. It then applies the RD method to estimate the effects of the 1995 pill scare in the UK, using individual birth records and aggregate monthly statistics. The results show that, following the announcement of the health warning on the “third ge...
متن کاملThe immediate effects of the pill safety scare on usage of combined oral contraceptives in north east England.
In October 1995, following advice from the Committee on Safety of Medicines, the Department of Health issued a press release concerning the use of seven brands of combined oral contraceptive pills. All pills carry an increased risk of venous thromboembolic events," though the absolute risk is low and considerably less than the health risks associated with an unwanted pregnancy or abortion. Rece...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1471-1893
DOI: 10.1783/147118909787931582