Population Geography and Emergency Contraception Access in Louisiana.

adolescent medicine emergency contraception population geography teen pregnancy

Journal

Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland)
ISSN: 2226-4787
Titre abrégé: Pharmacy (Basel)
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101678532

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
20 Nov 2020
Historique:
received: 30 09 2020
revised: 04 11 2020
accepted: 19 11 2020
entrez: 25 11 2020
pubmed: 26 11 2020
medline: 26 11 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

We assessed the same-day availability of oral emergency contraception (EC) in five Louisiana communities, and evaluated this data for relationships between availability and local population demographics. Researchers called all retail pharmacies in five municipalities of varying sizes in order to inquire about the same-day stockage of EC products and their availability to teens. Individual pharmacies were then geolocated to a census tract, and call data was analyzed against neighborhood census data regarding population size, income, gender, race, family structure, and educational level. A multivariable logistic regression model was performed to predict the same-day availability of emergency contraception. EC was available on the same day in 66% of all pharmacies. The same-day availability of EC decreased with the local population size (

Identifiants

pubmed: 33233848
pii: pharmacy8040224
doi: 10.3390/pharmacy8040224
pmc: PMC7712539
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Subventions

Organisme : David and Lucille Packard Foundation Population and Reproductive Health Program
ID : 2015-62389, 2018-67794

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Auteurs

Elvira Chiccarelli (E)

Department of Pediatrics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA.

Nikka Khorsandi (N)

School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA.

S Amanda Dumas (SA)

Department of Pediatrics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA.

James K Aden (JK)

Brooke Army Medical Center, US Army GME SAUSHEC, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234, USA.

Ryan H Pasternak (RH)

Department of Pediatrics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA.

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