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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Patient Educ Couns. 2010 Jun 16;82(2):254–259. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2010.05.015

Table 2.

Characteristics of Clinicians and Practice Settings, n = 31

Number of participants
Professional Title
Physicians (n=10)
     Obstetrician-gynecologist 7
     Family medicine 3
Advance Practice Clinicians (n=21)
     Nurse practitioner1 14
     Certified nurse-midwife 7
Practice type2
   Non-profit/public (n = 24)
     Community health clinics 12
     Family planning clinics3 12
   University 5
   Private 2
Geographic area
   Rural 8
   Suburban/Urban 23
Median Age [Range 32–62] 48
Gender
   Female 28
   Male 3
Race/ethnic identity
   White 16
   African-American 8
   Latino 4
   Asian 2
   Multi/other 1
1

One nurse practitioner (classified as such in this table) was also a certified nurse-midwife.

2

13 of the 31 practices received Title X Funding

3

8 of these are Planned Parenthood clinics