Services Database Emergency Hormonal Contraception (Isle of Wight)

Aims and Objectives

• To increase the knowledge, especially among young people, of the availability of
  emergency contraception and contraception from pharmacies.
• To improve access to emergency contraception and sexual health advice.
• To increase the use of EHC by women who have had unprotected sex and help
  contribute to a reduction in the number of unplanned pregnancies.
• To refer clients, especially those from hard to reach groups, into mainstream
  contraceptive services.
• To increase the knowledge of risks associated with STIs.
• To refer clients who may have been at risk of STIs to an appropriate service.
• To strengthen the local network of contraceptive and sexual health services to help
  ensure easy and swift access to advice.
• To reduce the personal health and public health risk of infection by Chlamydia
  Trachomatis.
• Increase access to all methods of contraception, including long-acting reversible
  contraception (LARC) methods and emergency hormonal contraception for women of all ages and their partners.

Not known.