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The objective of this study was to discover if there are barriers to access and to determine if such barriers vary based on the gender of the person making the purchase.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Materials and Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A male and female caller contacted 146 Richmond, Virginia pharmacies listed on the Plan B One Step\n                      <jats:sup>\u00ae<\/jats:sup>\n                      website. Ultimately, these callers interviewed 90 pharmacies\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">via<\/jats:italic>\n                      phone and used a rehearsed standardized script to ask eight questions regarding emergency contraception (EC) in relation to availability, age restrictions, parental consent, counseling requirements, and a male's ability to purchase the product. The statistical data were analyzed using Fisher's exact test.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Pharmacy employees provided incorrect information to both men and women regarding age restrictions for purchasing Plan B One Step 51% of the time. However, only seven of the pharmacy employees counseled that males were unable to purchase the medication. Both callers received correct information regarding parental consent and in-store counseling at the time of purchase. Pharmacy technicians provided the majority of information, and the male caller was more likely to be transferred to another person when requesting the medication (9 vs. 0 transfers for the male and female callers, respectively).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Given the inconsistent data provided to the public regarding the purchase of EC, clinicians are obligated to convey accurate up-to-date information to patients about emergency contraceptive products as part of their counseling and should not assume that consumers receive accurate information when inquiring about over-the-counter EC.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1089\/jwh.2017.6345","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,11,29]],"date-time":"2017-11-29T10:49:26Z","timestamp":1511952566000},"page":"646-650","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Single-Dose Levonorgestrel Emergency Contraception and Silent Barriers to Its Access: Is It Really Just One Step?"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"27","author":[{"given":"Amanda H.","family":"Ritter","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Virginia Commonwealth University Health System"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Christine R.","family":"Isaacs","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Virginia Commonwealth University Health System"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Stephanie M.","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Alan J.","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,5,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_2_2_2","unstructured":"Unintended Pregnancy in the United States. 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