{"title":"Frequency and patterns of emergency contraceptive demand among users of a UK-based free online sexual and reproductive health service: an observational study using routinely collected health data.","authors":"Paula Baraitser, Shaun Anthony Brown","doi":"10.1136/bmjsrh-2025-202737","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsrh-2025-202737","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To describe patterns of oral emergency contraception (EC) orders among users of a free service, commissioned by the UK National Health Service, ordered online and delivered by post.</p><p><strong>Study design: </strong>Routinely collected anonymised data from an online sexual health service in the UK from 1 January to 31 December 2023 were analysed. The number of times EC was ordered and prescribed was calculated and the age and level of deprivation assigned to the postcode where the user resided were extracted. Individual time lines were developed for those prescribed more than 10 times in 12 months.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>During 2023 there were 32 659 oral EC requests from 19 501 users, resulting in 29 073 prescriptions from 17 576 users. Ulipristal acetate (UPA) was prescribed in 90% of the orders. The majority of users (n=12 238; 69.63%) received EC once a year, 5237 (29.80%) received it more than once and 101 (0.57%) received it more than 10 times. The mean (SD) number of prescribed orders per user was 1.65 (1.49) and the highest was 29. Oral EC had been used in the previous week by 794 of the 17 576 users (4.5%) and nine (0.05%) were prescribed more than 150 mg of UPA in 30 days.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>A small group of people order EC repeatedly, sometimes within the same cycle, putting them at increased risk of pregnancy. A minority of people order doses of UPA of >150 mg in 30 days.</p>","PeriodicalId":9219,"journal":{"name":"BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144179678","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Biani Saavedra-Avendano, Karen Cárdenas-Garzón, Paola Montenegro-Ramírez, Guillermo Antonio Ortiz-Avendaño
{"title":"Adherence to first-trimester medication abortion in telemedicine versus in-person care: a prospective cohort study in Colombia, 2024.","authors":"Biani Saavedra-Avendano, Karen Cárdenas-Garzón, Paola Montenegro-Ramírez, Guillermo Antonio Ortiz-Avendaño","doi":"10.1136/bmjsrh-2025-202796","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsrh-2025-202796","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9219,"journal":{"name":"BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144085880","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ending nuclear weapons, before they end us.","authors":"Chris Zielinski","doi":"10.1136/bmjsrh-2025-202876","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsrh-2025-202876","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9219,"journal":{"name":"BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144076042","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sarah Munro, Catherine L Satterwhite, Megha Ramaswamy
{"title":"Expanding insurance coverage to include newly available over-the-counter contraceptives in the United States.","authors":"Sarah Munro, Catherine L Satterwhite, Megha Ramaswamy","doi":"10.1136/bmjsrh-2024-202381","DOIUrl":"10.1136/bmjsrh-2024-202381","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9219,"journal":{"name":"BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142388138","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gillian Matthews, Claire Cousins, Lesley Regan, Edward Mullins
{"title":"Undergraduate midwifery contraception training in England and Wales.","authors":"Gillian Matthews, Claire Cousins, Lesley Regan, Edward Mullins","doi":"10.1136/bmjsrh-2024-202461","DOIUrl":"10.1136/bmjsrh-2024-202461","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9219,"journal":{"name":"BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142458417","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Providers' perspectives on the barriers to post-20-week Ground C abortion in Scotland.","authors":"Lucy Grieve, Jeni Harden, Nicola Boydell","doi":"10.1136/bmjsrh-2024-202529","DOIUrl":"10.1136/bmjsrh-2024-202529","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9219,"journal":{"name":"BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142715402","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hannat Akintomide, Catherine McLoughlin, Nataliya Brima, Kathryn Mary Clement
{"title":"Implementing routinely discussing and offering local anaesthesia for intrauterine device insertions.","authors":"Hannat Akintomide, Catherine McLoughlin, Nataliya Brima, Kathryn Mary Clement","doi":"10.1136/bmjsrh-2024-202672","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsrh-2024-202672","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9219,"journal":{"name":"BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143966063","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The digital transformation of sexual and reproductive health care.","authors":"Paula Baraitser","doi":"10.1136/bmjsrh-2025-202735","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsrh-2025-202735","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9219,"journal":{"name":"BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143969976","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reflections and future directions for patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE) in abortion research and service improvement.","authors":"Nicola Boydell, Rebecca Blaylock","doi":"10.1136/bmjsrh-2024-202441","DOIUrl":"10.1136/bmjsrh-2024-202441","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9219,"journal":{"name":"BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health","volume":" ","pages":"83-85"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142909304","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yat Yee Shizuka Chan, Siu Fan Rebecca Wan, Hang Wun Raymond Li, Sue Seen-Tsing Lo
{"title":"A revisit of knowledge, attitude and practice of emergency contraception in Hong Kong.","authors":"Yat Yee Shizuka Chan, Siu Fan Rebecca Wan, Hang Wun Raymond Li, Sue Seen-Tsing Lo","doi":"10.1136/bmjsrh-2024-202331","DOIUrl":"10.1136/bmjsrh-2024-202331","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To revisit women's knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) regarding emergency contraception (EC) in Hong Kong. The research sought to provide insights for improving the accessibility and quality of EC services.</p><p><strong>Study design: </strong>A cross-sectional study, where self-administered questionnaires were distributed at a major community sexual and reproductive health service in Hong Kong over a 3-month period between July 2023 and October 2023. Descriptive and regression analyses were used.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 1127 respondents, the majority (n=1057, 93.8%) reported using contraception and 513 (45.6%) had used EC. The main contraceptive methods used were male condoms and oral contraceptive pills. The majority (n=1035, 91.8%) of respondents demonstrated awareness about EC and 938 (83.2%) participants correctly reported the timeframe for oral EC. Around two-thirds reported the internet as being their leading source of EC knowledge. Over 93% of respondents advocated for enhancing public awareness. Acceptance of non-traditional means of obtaining EC, such as over-the-counter provision (51.3%), pharmacy provision (49.8%) and telemedicine consultation (43.1%), were higher than face-to-face EC consultations (32.9%).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Family planning service users' characteristics and KAP regarding EC have significantly changed over the last 20 years. Women now demonstrate greater awareness, knowledge and openness regarding EC, indicating improved readiness for more liberal delivery of EC nowadays. This study highlights the need for restructuring EC service provision in Hong Kong to address women's changing preferences and contraceptive needs, and to minimise barriers to EC access. We recommend reclassifying emergency contraceptive pills as non-prescription drugs in Hong Kong to align with international practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":9219,"journal":{"name":"BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health","volume":" ","pages":"122-128"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142280457","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}