Women's Health Issues
Volume 18, Issue 6 , Pages 471-481 , November 2008

The Influence of Nurse Home Visits, Including Provision of 3 Months of Contraceptives and Contraceptive Counseling, on Perceived Barriers to Contraceptive Use and Contraceptive Use Self-Efficacy

  • Alan L. Melnick, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Alan L. Melnick, MD, MPH, Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd., Mail Code: FM, Portland, OR 97239; Phone: 503-494-0756; Fax: 503-494-2746.
    • ,
  • Rebecca E. Rdesinski, MSW

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon
    • ,
  • E. Dawn Creach, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon
    • ,
  • Dongseok Choi, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon
    • ,
  • S. Marie Harvey, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Oregon State University, Portland, Oregon

Received 31 October 2007 ,Revised 10 July 2008 ,Accepted 24 July 2008.

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 Supported by the National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (R01- HD042423-03) and the Family Medicine Research Program at the Oregon Health and Science University

PII: S1049-3867(08)00103-5

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2008.07.011

Women's Health Issues
Volume 18, Issue 6 , Pages 471-481 , November 2008

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