{"id":2893,"date":"2014-09-19T08:13:50","date_gmt":"2014-09-19T08:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2893"},"modified":"2024-02-22T18:41:31","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T18:41:31","slug":"sexual-health-week-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/sexual-health-week-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Sexual Health Week 2014: Emergency Contraception"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>All this week has been Sexual Health Week, the focus this year is on emergency contraception. &nbsp;You may have seen some of our tweets. &nbsp;Sexual Health Week is organised by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fpa.org.uk\" rel=\"nofollow\">FPA<\/a> every year to raise issues surrounding sexual health.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/data-2-1024x518.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7621\" width=\"768\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/data-2-1024x518.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/data-2-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/data-2-768x388.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/data-2-1536x777.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/data-2-2048x1036.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A survey of 2,000 women has been published by the charity to help myth-bust the issues surrounding contraception and emergency contraception. &nbsp;Here is what the survey found:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>35% of women aged 16 to 54 have had unprotected sex in the last two years when not planning a pregnancy, 83% of them did not use emergency contraception<\/li><li>The preferred method of emergency contraception is the pill (85%) then the coil (5%). &nbsp;Most women go to a pharmacy (55%)<\/li><li>36% still think you need to have a prescription for Emergency Contraception (not any more)<\/li><li>39% of women felt that asking for Emergency Contraception was embarrassing and that there was a stigma around it, this rose to 52% of 16-24 year olds<\/li><li>18% of women said they would like to be able to keep emergency contraception pills at home in case they needed them, but only 4% did<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>To see the full survey please click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fpa.org.uk\/sites\/default\/files\/sexual-health-week-2014-emergency-contraception-survey-results.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Better2Know is an STI testing service and we do not offer Emergency Contraception. &nbsp;Please go to your local pharmacist who will be able to help you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you need emergency contraception, then you are also at risk of STIs including HIV. &nbsp;Please make sure you get tested to protect you and your future partner&#8217;s long term health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All this week has been Sexual Health Week, the focus this year is on emergency contraception. &nbsp;You may have seen some of our tweets. &nbsp;Sexual Health Week is organised by the FPA every year to raise issues surrounding sexual health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[568,661,1129,570,563,3364,1794,629],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2893"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2893"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7777,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2893\/revisions\/7777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2893"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=2893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}