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Health care professionals' behaviour, lack of concern or bias, and their reluctance to prescribe also limited the uptake of OCs. The female groups had very positive attitudes towards OCs compared to those of the male groups. It was identified that although OCs are largely provided free of charge in Turkey, beliefs and attitudes towards them are the important factors which affect the uptake of the method.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Special efforts may be needed to educate these groups and also to teach the health professionals about family planning counselling.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1783\/147118904322995465","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2005,3,5]],"date-time":"2005-03-05T01:30:57Z","timestamp":1109986257000},"page":"95-98","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Attitudes of married individuals towards oral contraceptives: a qualitative study in Istanbul, Turkey"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"30","author":[{"given":"Melda","family":"Karavus","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sanda","family":"Cali","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sibel","family":"Kalaca","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Dilsad","family":"Cebeci","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2004,4,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"58","article-title":"Contraceptive use","volume":"39","author":"Yusuf, F.; Siedlecky, S.","year":"1995","unstructured":"Yusuf F, Siedlecky S. 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