Sex education and contraceptive methods: knowledge and sources of information among the Estonian population.

A survey on sex education and contraceptive methods was carried out within a monthly EMOR Omnibus Survey. By using a questionnaire, knowledge and attitudes, as well as the main sources of information on contraceptive methods and sex education, among the Estonian adult population (n = 618) was investigated. Of the respondents, 68% were female and 32% were males: the mean age was 34 years.

[The self-perception of their professional role of the primary care physicians of Estonia and Finland].

Objective: To find out how experienced primary care physicians working in different societies see themselves as doctors.

Design: A cross-sectional study.

Setting: Primary health care in Estonia and Finland.

How Estonian and Finnish primary care doctors rate their need for common drugs.

Objective: To compare ratings of the necessity of drugs in the daily practice of experienced primary care doctors in Estonia and Finland to find out the differences and similarities in the therapeutic traditions of the two different societies.

Methods: A questionnaire was sent to all Estonian district doctors born in the 1940s and to all Finnish specialized general practitioners born in the 1940s, who then evaluated the necessity of the listed drugs on a visual analogue scale. The ratings, from 0 to 100, were entered into a computer, using a graphic tablet and a pressure sensitive pointer.