Team # 367 -- Improving Access to Emergency Contraception
Student Affairs
February 2000
Objective
Our process to obtain emergency contraception was altered to have appointments by phone with a nurse. Also, new medications have been made available with fewer side effects.Team Membership
- University Health Services, Sponsor
- Alicia Lentz, Leader
- Jennifer Brooks, Member
- Shelley Haffner, Member
- Debra Kustenbauder, Member
- Sheila Simcox, Member
Results Achieved to Date
- Altered the process to obtain emergency contraception by taking appointments by phone with a nurse
- A comparison of the percentage of Penn State students reporting side effects that interfered with their daily activities to nationally published data proved that fewer side effects were experienced; In the 1999 study, 40% complained of side effects compared to national data of 50%
Contact
Office of Planning and Institutional Assessment
The Pennsylvania State University
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University Park, PA 16802-4819
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Fax: (814) 863-7031
Email: psupia@psu.edu
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