Does the knowledge of emergency contraception affect its use among high school adolescents?

• Main Authors: Christiane Borges do Nascimento Chofakian (Author), Ana Luiza Vilela Borges (Author), Ana Paula Sayuri Sato (Author), Gizelton Pereira Alencar (Author), Osmara Alves dos Santos (Author), Elizabeth Fujimori (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract This study aimed to test how knowledge on emergency contraception (according to age at sexual initiation, type of school, and knowing someone that has already used emergency contraception) influences the method's use. This was a cross-sectional study in a probabilistic sample of studen...