'But you can't reverse a hysterectomy!' Perceptions of long acting reversible contraception (LARC) among young women aged 16-24 years: a qualitative study.

Objectives: Long Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) methods are highly effective in reducing the incidence of unwanted pregnancy. Recent data indicates that the rate of abortion in Grampian, North East of Scotland is above the Scottish average and LARC uptake among young women low. This study sought to explore young women's perceptions of LARC, with the aim of developing a strategy to increase LARC uptake.

The effect of misunderstanding the chemical properties of environmental contaminants on exposure beliefs: a case involving dioxins.

Chemical properties of contaminants lead them to behave in particular ways in the environment and hence have specific pathways to human exposure. If residents of affected communities lack awareness of these properties, however, they could make incorrect assumptions about where and how exposure occurs. We conducted a mailed survey of 904 residents of Midland and Saginaw counties in Michigan, USA to assess to what degree residents of a community with known dioxin contamination appear to understand the hydrophobic nature of dioxins and the implications of that fact on different potential exposure pathways.

British adults with chronic health conditions or impairments face significant barriers to accessing health services.

Objectives: To quantify the extent to which adults with chronic health conditions or impairments in Great Britain experience barriers to accessing health services in comparison to adults without impairments.

Study Design: Secondary analysis of cross-sectional population-based survey data from the Life Opportunities Survey.

Methods: The Life Opportunities Survey interviewed a nationally representative sample of 37,513 individuals age 16 or older from 19,951 households.

Health inequalities experienced by children and young people with intellectual disabilities: a review of literature from the United Kingdom.

This literature review aimed to synthesize evidence on the prevalence and determinants of health conditions and impairments among children and young people with intellectual disability in the United Kingdom. Several databases were systematically searched for studies conducted with children under the age of 18 living in the United Kingdom and published in 2010-11. Evidence from a 2002 and a 2010 literature review on health inequalities among individuals of all ages with intellectual disability was also reviewed.

FFPRHC Guidance (July 2005): The use of contraception outside the terms of the product licence.

This Guidance provides information for clinicians and women considering the use of contraception outside the terms of the product licence. A key to the grades of recommendations, based on levels of evidence, is given at the end of this document. Details of the methods used by the Clinical Effectiveness Unit (CEU) in developing this Guidance and evidence tables summarising the research basis of the recommendations are available on the Faculty website (www.