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dc.contributor.authorHope, D.
dc.contributor.authorHattingh, Laetitia
dc.contributor.authorKing, M.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T13:00:38Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T13:00:38Z
dc.date.created2016-02-02T19:30:21Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.citationHope, D. and Hattingh, L. and King, M. 2016. Australian pharmacy students’ knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours regarding emergency contraception. Pharmacy Education. 16 (1): pp. 11-17.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27697
dc.description.abstract

Background: Pharmacists are critical in providing timely access to emergency contraception (EC) and their knowledge and counselling on EC is paramount. Aims: To describe pharmacy students’ knowledge of, attitudes toward, and behaviours related to EC in the Australian context. Methods: A questionnaire was distributed to five year levels of pharmacy students at an Australian university in 2011. Participants were asked multiple response and true/false questions on EC knowledge and behaviours. A 5-point Likert scale was used to determine attitudes about EC. Results: Of 356 students present at survey distribution, 347 (97.5%) responded. Progression through the pharmacy programme correlated with increasing knowledge regarding EC for most questions (p<0.01). As students advanced in the programme their self-perception of competence to counsel EC increased (p<0.001) and they were more likely to agree that EC should be available without prescription, but with requisite pharmacist counselling (p<0.001). Conclusion: Focused teaching impacts on students’ knowledge of EC and intentions to comply with professional responsibilities in supplying and counselling EC.

dc.relation.urihttp://pharmacyeducation.fip.org/pharmacyeducation/article/view/437
dc.titleAustralian pharmacy students’ knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours regarding emergency contraception
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume16
dcterms.source.number1
dcterms.source.startPage11
dcterms.source.endPage17
dcterms.source.issn1477 2701
dcterms.source.titlePharmacy Education
curtin.departmentSchool of Pharmacy
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