Acceptance and use of emergency contraception with standardized counseling intervention: results of a randomized controlled trial.

Objective: The objective of this work was to evaluate the acceptance, use and recall of an optional advance prescription for emergency contraception (EC).

Materials And Methods: This study used as randomized controlled trial evaluating contraceptive counseling intervention with women aged 16-44 years who were at risk for unintended pregnancy (N=737). Intervention participants (n=365) received contraceptive counseling with optional advance EC prescription.

Use of program logic models in the Southern Rural Access Program evaluation.

The Southern Rural Access Program (SRAP) evaluation team used program logic models to clarify grantees' activities, objectives, and timelines. This information was used to benchmark data from grantees' progress reports to assess the program's successes. This article presents a brief background on the use of program logic models--essentially charts or diagrams specifying a program's planned activities, objectives, and goals--for evaluating and managing a program.

Smoking, exercise and dietary behaviors among mothers of elementary school-aged children in a rural North Carolina county.

Tobacco use, poor diet, and physical inactivity are risk behaviors established during childhood and influenced by parents. Improving health habits of rural families poses particular challenges because resources may be limited in number and reach. To characterize the kinds of prevention programs needed by rural families, 501 surveys were mailed to caregivers of elementary school children living in a rural North Carolina county.