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Intimate examinations: use of chaperones in communitybased family planning clinics
Author(s) -
Khan Noreen S.,
Kirkman Rosemary
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2000.tb11590.x
Subject(s) - ethnic group , feeling , medicine , family medicine , family planning , nursing , psychology , social psychology , population , research methodology , environmental health , sociology , anthropology
We examined women's preferences regarding the use of chaperones during intimate examinations by a female doctor or nurse in community‐based family planning clinics. An anonymous questionnaire was completed before consultation and examination by 126 women attending five family planning clinics selected to cover a range of social and ethnic groups. The questionnaire explored women's views regarding intimate examinations by a woman and the presence of a chaperone. A clear majority (107 vs 19) of our community clinic users preferred to be alone with the woman doctor or nurse during an internal examination. There was no significant difference in preference or strength of feeling when analysed by age, ethnicity or previous experience.