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Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science

Women's Health

“What pharmacists and other health care professionals don’t know may limit access to care for women,” states Deborah Sturpe, PharmD, assistant professor regarding her research in emergency contraception (EC). Sturpe’s survey of students enrolled in health professions programs at the University of Maryland Baltimore found that students generally do not have accurate knowledge about EC. This deficit could create a barrier to care for women. EC education has stepped up in response to a recent Food & Drug Administration decision to move the drug behind the counter.

Emergency contraception is just one of the many women’s health issues Sturpe approaches to in her clinical practice at the University of Maryland College Park student health unit.

Her experiences and those of her colleagues are noted in recent PPS publications below:

Downing D, Sturpe DA. Emergency contraception. In: Hansen LB, O’Connell MB, Smith J, Kalis C, eds. Women's health across the lifespan: a pharmacotherapeutic approach. 1st ed. ASHP.

Hemstreet B, Rochester CD.  Digestive disorders: irritable bowel syndrome. In: Hansen LB, O’Connell MB, Smith J, Calis K, editors. Women’s health across the lifespan: a pharmacotherapeutic approach. 2007.

McIntosh J, Sturpe DA, Khanna N. Human papillomavirus and cervical cancer prevention: practice and policy implications for pharmacists. J Am Pharm Assoc 2008;48(1):e1-e17.

McIntosh J, Sturpe DA, Khanna N. Human papillomavirus vaccine and cervical cancer prevention: practice and policy implications for pharmacists. Pharmacy Today 2007;13(12):67-83.

Sturpe DA, Alperovitz-Bichell K. Pregnancy and lactation: therapeutic considerations. In: Chisholm MA, Wells BG, Schwinghammer TL, et al., editors. Pharmacotherapy principles & practice. 1st ed. New York: McGraw-Hill; 2007. p. 721-36.

Sturpe DA. Endometriosis. In: Dipiro JT, Talbert  RL, Yee GC, Matzke GR, Wells BG, Posey LM, editors. Pharmacotherapy: a pathophysiologic approach, 7th edition, New York: McGraw-Hill; 2008.

Rochester CD. Irritable bowel syndrome: is the treatment different for women? Maryland Pharmacist 2008;84(1):7-9.