Title: Knowledge and use of emergency contraception among women in the Western Cape province of South Africa: A cross-sectional study Authors
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Authors Landon Myer MA, MPhil, PhD Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Unit, School of Public Health & Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa Regina Mlobeli, BA, Hons Women’s Health Research Unit, School of Public Health & Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa Di Cooper, PhD Women’s Health Research Unit, School of Public Health & Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa Jennifer Smit, BPharm, MSc, PhD Reproductive Health and HIV Research Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of the Witwatersrand, Durban, South Africa Chelsea Morroni MPH, MPhil, PhD Women’s Health Research Unit, School of Public Health & Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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Knowledge and use of emergency contraception among women in the Western Cape province of South Africa: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND Emergency contraception (EC) is widely available free of charge at public sector clinics in South Africa. At the same time, rates of teenage and unintended pregnancy in South Africa remain high, and there are few data on knowledge of EC in the general population in South Africa, as in other resource-limited settings. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional, interviewer-administered ...
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