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REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
Emergency Contraception

Publications/Resources
Council researchers' names and programs appear in boldface type.

2007
Yam, Eileen A., Georgiana Gordon-Strachan, Garth McIntyre, Horace Fletcher, Sandra G. García, Davida Becker, and Enrique Ezcurra. "Jamaican and Barbadian health care providers' knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding emergency contraceptive pills," International Family Planning Perspectives 33(4): 160–167. (abstract) (offsite PDF)

2006
"Facts about emergency contraceptive pills," fact sheet. New York: Population Council. (PDF) (PDF en español)

García, Sandra G., Diana Lara, Sarah H. Landis, Eileen A. Yam, and Suyapa Pavón. "Emergency contraception in Honduras: Knowledge, attitudes, and practice among urban family planning clients," Studies in Family Planning 37(3): 187–196. (abstract)

"Male involvement in EC/L'implication des hommes dans la contraception d'urgence," ECafrique Bulletin 4(1): 1–16. (PDF)

Westley, Elizabeth and Laura Raney. "Emergency contraception: A necessary component of postabortion family planning services," PAC in Action 10: 1–2, November. (PDF)

2005
"ECafrique: Meeting an unmet need," Momentum, December 2005. New York: Population Council. (full text)

"EC and young people/La jeunesse et le EC," ECafrique Bulletin 3(1): 1–20. (PDF)

"Emergency contraception and emergency contraceptive pills (ECPs)," transparencies to accompany Emergency Contraceptive Pills: South East Asia Regional Training Manual. (presentation) (presentation in PowerPoint)

"Emergency contraception's mode of action clarified," Population Briefs 11(2): 3. (full text) (PDF en español)

Hossain, Sharif Mohammed Ismail, M.E. Khan, Moshiur Rahman, and Mary Philip Sebastian. Emergency Contraceptive Pills: South East Asia Regional Training Manual.  New Delhi: Population Council. (PDF) (more)

Khan, M.E., Sharif Mohammed Ismail Hossain, and Md. Nizamuddin Bhuiyan. "Building national capacity to deliver emergency contraception services in Bangladesh," FRONTIERS Research Update no. 3. Dhaka: Population Council. (PDF)

Sebastian, Mary P., Shiv Kumar, M.E. Khan, Chander Shekhar, and N.K. Gupta. "Studying the utilization of emergency contraceptive services through paramedics in India," FRONTIERS Research Update no. 5. New Delhi: Population Council. (PDF)

2004
"Bangladesh: Clients and providers see benefits of emergency contraception pills," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 48. Washington, DC: Population Council. (full text)

"Defining quality of care/Définir la qualité des soins," ECafrique Bulletin 2(3): 1–16. (PDF)

"EC and care for sexual assault/EC et soins des agressions sexuelles," ECafrique Bulletin 2(2): 1–16. (PDF)

"In the private sector/Quid de secteur privé?" ECafrique Bulletin 2(1): 1–16. (PDF)

Kestler, Edgar and Lilian Ramirez. “Informing the medical community in Guatemala about emergency contraception,” FRONTIERS Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF)

Khan, M.E., Sharif Mohammed Ismail Hossain, and Moshiur Rahman. “Introduction of emergency contraception in Bangladesh: Using operations research for policy decisions,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF)

2003
"'Ex Africa semper aliquid novi,'" ECafrique Bulletin 1(1): 1–20. (PDF)

Gainer, Erin, Jennifer Blum, Else-Lydia Toverud, Nuno Portugal, Tanja Tyden, Britt-Ingjerd Nesheim, Margareta Larsson, Duarte Vilar, Pernille Nymoen, Gunilla Aneblom, Arielle Lutwick, and Beverly Winikoff. "Bringing emergency contraception over the counter: Experiences of nonprescription users in France, Norway, Sweden, and Portugal," Contraception 68(2): 117–124.*

Schenk, Katie. "Emergency contraception: Lessons learned from the UK," Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care 29(2): 35–40.*

2002
"Does easy accessibility of emergency contraception increase sexual risk-taking?" Momentum, October 2002. (full text)

Khan, M.E. and Sharif Mohammed Ismail Hossain. "Training service providers on emergency contraception: Lessons learned from an OR study," FRONTIERS Research Update no. 2. Dhaka: Population Council. (PDF)

2001
Khan, M.E. and Sharif Mohammed Ismail Hossain. "Introducing emergency contraception in Bangladesh: A feasibility study," FRONTIERS Research Update no.1. Dhaka: Population Council. (PDF)

Skibiak, John P., Mangala Chambeshi-Moyo, and Yusuf Ahmed. "Testing alternative channels for providing emergency contraception to young women." Nairobi: Population Council. (PDF)

2000
Ellertson, Charlotte, Tara Shochet, Kelly Blanchard, and James Trussell. "Emergency contraception: A review of the programmatic and social science literature," Contraception 61(3): 145–186.* 

Muia, Esther, Fariyal F. Fikree, and Joyce Olenja. "Enhancing the use of emergency contraception in a refugee setting: Findings from a baseline survey in Kakuma refugee camps, Kenya." Nairobi: Population Council. (PDF)

1999
Ahmed, Yusuf, John P. Skibiak, and M. Ketata. "Comparing alternative products in the provision of emergency contraception," Africa OR/TA Project II Final Report. Nairobi: Population Council. (PDF

Galvão, Loren, Juan Díaz, Margarita Díaz, Maria José Osis, Shelley Clark, and Charlotte Ellertson. "Emergency contraception: Knowledge, attitudes and practices among Brazilian obstetrician-gynecologists," International Family Planning Perspectives 25(4): 168–171.*

Skibiak, John P., Yusuf Ahmed, and M. Ketata. "Testing strategies to improve access to emergency contraception pills: Prescription vs. prophylactic distribution," Africa OR/TA Project II Final Report. Nairobi: Population Council. (PDF)

Vernon, Ricardo. "Mexico: Informing service providers and factory workers about emergency contraception," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF)

1998
Blanchard, Kelly. "Improving women’s access to emergency contraception: Innovative information and service delivery strategies," Journal of the American Medical Women’s Association 53(5): 238–241.*

Ellertson, Charlotte, James Trussell, Felicia H. Stewart, and Beverly Winikoff. "Should emergency contraceptive pills be available without prescription?" Journal of the American Medical Women’s Association 53(5): 226–229.*

1997
Trussell, James, Jacqueline Koenig, Charlotte Ellertson, and Felicia Stewart. "Preventing unintended pregnancy: The cost-effectiveness of three methods of emergency contraception," American Journal of Public Health 87(6): 932–937.*

Vernon, Ricardo, Rafaella Schiavon, and Silvia Elena Llaguno. "Emergency contraception as an element in the care of rape victims," INOPAL Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF)

* Not available from the Population Council.



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20 February 2008