Women's Health Issues
Volume 19, Issue 6 , Pages 373-380 , November 2009

Exploring Emergency Contraception Knowledge among Florida Pharmacy School Students: A Preliminary Assessment

  • Alice R. Richman, PhD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Alice R. Richman, PhD, MPH, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health, 310A Rosenau Hall CB7440, Chapel Hill, NC 27599. Phone: (919) 843-8962; Fax: (919)966-2921.
    • ,
  • Ellen M. Daley, PhD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community and Family Health, University of South Florida College of Public Health, Tampa, Florida

Received 23 June 2009 ,Revised 27 July 2009 ,Accepted 30 July 2009.

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 Partially supported by Planned Parenthood Federation of America. The funding agreement for the focus groups ensured the authors' independence in designing the study, interpreting the data, writing, and publishing the report.

PII: S1049-3867(09)00078-4

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2009.07.010

Women's Health Issues
Volume 19, Issue 6 , Pages 373-380 , November 2009

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