法医护士对紧急避孕机制的理解:对获得紧急避孕的含义
Nancy R Downing1, Elaine Avshman2, Julie L Valentine3
1Author Affiliations: School of Nursing, Texas A&M University.
Journal of forensic nursing
|August 17, 2023
概括
性侵犯护士检查员经常误解紧急避孕 (EC) 机制,可能会限制访问. 提高EC (levonorgestrel和ulipristal酸盐) 的知识可以减少与强奸有关的怀孕.
科学领域:
- 生殖健康 生殖健康
- 法医护理 在法医护理.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 在美国,每年约有25,000例怀孕是由性侵犯引起的.
- 专业组织主张紧急避孕 (EC) 作为攻击后的标准护理.
- 关于EC的作用机制的误解可能会阻碍患者的使用.
研究的目的:
- 评估性侵犯护士考试人员对口头EC机制的理解.
- 具体评估了对莱沃诺格斯特勒 (LNG) 和乌利普里斯塔酸盐 (UPA) 的理解.
主要方法:
- 对性侵犯护士检查员进行了横截面调查.
- 通过国际法医护士协会收集的数据.
主要成果:
- 在173名受访者中,超过96%的受访者在考试期间处方或放弃了EC.
- 勒沃诺格斯特雷尔 (LNG) 的处方比乌利普里斯塔酸盐 (UPA) 的处方更频繁.
- 显著的多数人错误地认为LNG和UPA可以破坏已建立的怀孕.
结论:
- 关于EC的作用机制的错误信息在医疗保健提供者中很普遍.
- 提高提供者的知识和获得EC的机会可以降低与强奸有关的怀孕率.
- 人们注意到对可能限制EC访问的州法律的担忧.
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