Rights. Respect. Responsibility.® Emergency Contraception Campaign—Make EC Available Without a Doctor's Prescription for ALL Women
Conduct a Survey to Assess How Available EC Is in Your Community
It is important to find out how accessible emergency contraception (EC) is in your community. Some youth activists have posed as potential patients, calling providers for an appointment to get EC and then recording: how they were treated; whether EC was available; whether they could get an appointment within the five day time frame; and whether the provider used a sliding fee schedule for youth. Below are sample surveys you can use to ask different types of health care providers if and how they provide EC.
- School nurses—Coming soon!
- Pharmacists
- Health care clinics—School clinics, Planned Parenthood clinics, and private doctors' offices—Coming soon!
- Hospital emergency rooms—Coming soon!
Once you have collected the information, you can use it to educate your friends about where to get EC in your community. You can also use it to advocate for improved EC availability. Some ideas on how to do this include:
- Hold a community or campus forum to educate the participants about the importance of EC and to share with them your findings. Engage other youth to help you advocate for better services.
- Write an article or submit a letter to the editor of your local or school newspaper with the information you found.
- Talk with the health care providers you surveyed. Share with them your results and discuss ways they can make their EC services more youth-friendly.
- Write a letter or visit the director of your local health department to discuss your findings and to advocate for additional youth-friendly EC services.
Need more help? Contact Advocates for Youth and/or join Advocates' Youth Activist Network to share ideas
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