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She begs the GP not to tell her parents as they are very
religious and she is scared about what they would do if
they knew she was going to have sex.
Mature Minor OR
Gillick Competent
Discuss
What criteria is applied to assess the
adolescent?
Does it just apply to the prescribing of
contraception?
Contraceptive Methods
Emergency Contraception
Unintended Pregnancies
What are the barriers to reducing rates?
Unintended Pregnancies
What are the barriers to reducing rates?
Lack
of
confid
ential
sexual
health
advice
Lack of
universal
access to
contraception
bulk
billing
is
unava
ilable
family
planni
ng
servic
es
hundr
eds of
kms
away
concer
ns
about
confid
entialit
y,
privac
y and
judgm
ental
attitud
es
limite
d
numb
ers of
GPs &
long
waitin
g
times
for
appoin
tment
newer
contrac
eptives
are not
subsidi
sed by
the PBS
Unintended Pregnancies
What can we do?
emerg
Subsid
ised
access
to
newer
contra
ceptiv
e
metho
ds
Teleph
one,
ehealth
& web
based
faciliti
es for
sexual
health
consul
ECP
options
subsidis
ed or
free for
women
who are
socioeco
nomicall
y
disadvan
taged
ency
contra
ceptio
n to be
availab
le offtheshelf
(rather
than
overthecounte
r)
assista
nce
with
pregna
ncy
termina
tion
public
information
campaign
should
training address the
health misconcepti
ons
nurses
&
practice
nurses
to
provide
contrac
eptive
informat
ion and
insert
long
acting
method
s
increase
d uptake
of LARC
methods
Emergency Contraception
The emergency
contraceptive pill (ECP)
has been available over
the counter (OTC) to
Australian women from
pharmacies for almost a
decade. Yet the rate of
unplanned pregnancy
remains high