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0005/2020 - Emergency contraceptive use among women attending primary health care services in Brazil.
Uso da anticoncepção de emergência entre mulheres usuárias de Unidades Básicas de Saúde em três capitais Brasileiras.

Author:

• Ana Luiza Vilela Borges - Borges, A.L.V - <alvilela@usp.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2807-1762

Co-author(s):

• Renata Ferreira Sena Gonçalves - Gonçalves, R.R.S - <renata_ferreiralves@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8370-3948
• Christiane Borges do Nascimento Chofakian - Chofakian, C.B.N - <christianeborges@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5953-3296
• Natália de Castro Nascimento - Nascimento, N.C - <natalia.castro.nascimento@usp.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2498-5281
• Regina Maria Mac Dowell de Figueiredo - Figueiredo, R.M.M.D - São Paulo, - <reginafigueiredo@uol.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9880-7045
• Elizabeth Fujimori - Fujimori, E. - <efujimor@usp.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7991-0503
• Osmara Alves dos Santos - Santos, O.A - <osmara.alves@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6360-861X
• Eveline Do Amor Divino - Do Amor Divino, E - <evedad@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0037-0557


Abstract:

Few evidences are available around the use of emergency contraception by young and adult womendifferent regions in Brazil. We analyzed the use of emergency contraception as well as the use of contraceptive methods before and after. This cross-sectional study assessed the use of emergency contraception by interviewing 2,051 women attending 76 primary health care facilities in three capitals: São Paulo/SP, Aracaju/SE and Cuiabá/MT. Correlates of the use of emergency contraception were analyzed by multiple logistic regression. More than half reported the use of emergency contraception (56.7%). Higher educated women (OR=2.63;CI95%1.76-3.94), beingwealthiest socioeconomic groups (OR=1.92;CI95%1.27-2.90), working paid jobs (OR=1,25; CI95%1,01-1,57) and those who had more than two partners in lifetime (OR=1.95;CI95%1.48-2.57) were more likely to have used emergency contraception while the oldest (OR=0.21;CI95%0.14-0.30) and married women (OR=0,61;IC95%0,46-0,80) were less likely. At the last time emergency contraception was used, 53.2% were using other contraceptives, like condoms and the oral pill. Among those who were not using contraceptives when used emergency contraception, 51.7% started using contraceptives after that. It seems that emergency contraception is widely used and does not contribute to stop the use of regular contraceptives.

Keywords:

Contraception, Postcoital; Sexual and Reproductive Health, Women\'s Health, Family Planning (Public Health)

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Borges, A.L.V, Gonçalves, R.R.S, Chofakian, C.B.N, Nascimento, N.C, Figueiredo, R.M.M.D, Fujimori, E., Santos, O.A, Do Amor Divino, E. Emergency contraceptive use among women attending primary health care services in Brazil.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2020/Jan). [Citado em 04/07/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/emergency-contraceptive-use-among-women-attending-primary-health-care-services-in-brazil/17487?id=17487



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