Obstetrics
Studies from E.A. Yam and co-researchers in the area of obstetrics published
Published in Women's Health Weekly, March 13th, 2008
According to a study from the United States, "Little is known about health care providers' knowledge of, attitudes toward and provision of emergency contraceptive pills in the English-speaking Caribbean, where sexual violence and unplanned pregnoncies are persistent public health problems. We conducted interviewer-administered surveys of 200 Barbadian and 228 Jamaican pharmacists, general practitioners, obstetricion-gynecologists and nurses in 2005-2006."
"For each country, Pearson's chi-square tests were used to assess differences in responses among the four provider groups. Nearly all respondents had heard of emergency contraceptive pills, and large majorities of...
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