Re-audit of referral compliance of chlamydia-positive women from a family planning clinic.

Background: Chlamydia infections represent a major public health problem, with a prevalence of 6-10% in family planning clinic (FPC) attendees. There has been recent concern expressed about the management of these patients in terms of treatment and follow-up.

Objective: An audit was carried out to monitor referral compliance and outcome with care pathways of women attending our FPC who were found to be positive for chlamydia.

Coil or intrauterine device? Patient preferences for contraceptive terminology.

Objective: To discover what terminology women prefer to use when referring to contraceptive methods and to investigate the understanding of and ideas associated with contraceptive names.

Design: A self-administered questionnaire was answered by 191 new patients at family planning clinics (FPCs). Women were asked if they understood the terms used by the fpa (Family Planning Association), if they knew of any alternatives and, if so, which they preferred.

Low dose mifepristone and two regimens of levonorgestrel for emergency contraception: a WHO multicentre randomised trial.

Background: A single 10 mg dose of mifepristone, and two 0.75 mg doses of levonorgestrel 12 h apart, are effective for emergency contraception. Because no studies had compared the efficacies of both compounds, or investigated a single dose of 1.