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Opportunities for improving provision of emergency contraception in California
Anita S Hargrave1, Allison Ong2, Zahra Raza3
1Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). San Francisco, CA United States.
Objectives:
To assess emergency contraception (EC) service provision by California's family planning clinics.
Study Design:
We made 2 scripted calls to a random sample of 309 family planning clinics.
Results:
We reached one hundred ninety-four clinics on 2 occasions, although only 183 (59%) could be reached with the information provided online by California's office of family planning. Of these 194 clinics, 27% responded that the clinic did not provide EC and 43% offered only levonorgestrel EC. Only 1 clinic asked about recent sexual assault and one other about their weight.
Conclusions:
Prompt access to effective EC remains challenging in California. Clinic staff responding to requests for EC should provide trauma-informed care.
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