FRONTIERS PROJECT
Dissemination of Knowledge of Emergency Contraception (EC) Among Service and Factory Workers

This project aimed to inform physicians, pharmacists, and female factory workers about EC through mailings of booklets and posters. Based on questionnaire responses, the booklets reached 18,000 physicians and 16,500 pharmacists. The print materials were also sent to 2,107 assembly plants located near the United States/Mexico border with an estimated audience of 1.1 million women of reproductive age. The study showed that targeted mailings to key audiences can increase awareness of EC at a relatively low cost.

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Location

Mexico

Duration

December 1998–March 1999

Population Council researcher

Ricardo Vernon

(For more information about this study, please contact frontiers@popcouncil.org.)

Donor

US Agency for International Development

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See Also

• Mexico

• Emergency Contraception

• FRONTIERS Mexico

• FRONTIERS Emergency Contraception

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