Female college students' knowledge, attitude and practice towards sex and emergency contraceptives
Background- At the local, regional, national and global levels, unsafe abortion takes a tremendous toll on girls, women, families, communities, health systems and nations. An estimated 46 million induced abortions are performed annually with 78,000 deaths globally each year. In Ethiopia, unsafe a...
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ndltd-netd.ac.za-oai-union.ndltd.org-unisa-oai-umkn-dsp01.int.unisa.ac.za-10500-118602016-04-16T04:08:19Z Female college students' knowledge, attitude and practice towards sex and emergency contraceptives Nibabe Wendwosen Teklemariam Mgutshini, T. Attitude Emergency Contraceptives Knowledge Practice 613.94320963 Emergency contraceptives -- Ethiopia Women -- Ethiopia -- Attitudes College students -- Ethiopia -- Attitudes Background- At the local, regional, national and global levels, unsafe abortion takes a tremendous toll on girls, women, families, communities, health systems and nations. An estimated 46 million induced abortions are performed annually with 78,000 deaths globally each year. In Ethiopia, unsafe abortion accounts for nearly 60% of all gynaecological admissions and almost 30.0% of all obstetric admission, about 22-54% of direct obstetric deaths are due to unsafe abortion. EC is increasingly regarded as a means to reduce abortion rates Objective – The aim of this study is to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of female college students’ towards sex and emergency contraceptives so as to prevent unintended pregnancy. Methods – A descriptive cross sectional survey was conducted among 352 sampled female college students of Dessie, Ethiopia from June 4 to June 5/2012. Selfadministered questionnaire was used to collect the data. Data was entered into a computer using Microsoft Excel 2007 and analyzed using SPSS version 16.0 statistical software and Binary logistic regression analyses are used to measure the associations. Result- The age of students ranged from 18 to 25 years. Of the total respondents 36.6% ever had sexual experience, 53.3% know at least one regular modern contraceptive method, 69.9% heard about emergency contraceptives (EC) but, only 33.9 % had good knowledge about EC and 15.4% of them had ever used it. Conclusion & recommendation- Less than fifty percent of the respondents were knowledgeable about EC. The correct knowledge of the method such as the time limit is lacking for most of the students. Information, education & communication to increase awareness and knowledge about emergency contraceptive is important. Contraception information sessions should address; full details how the EC works and full details of how the contraceptives should be taken Health Studies M.A. (Master of Public Health) 2013-10-16T13:10:48Z 2013-10-16T13:10:48Z 2013-10-16 2013-10-17 Dissertation http://hdl.handle.net/10500/11860 en University of South Africa 1 online resource (vi, 90 leaves) |
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Background- At the local, regional, national and global levels, unsafe abortion takes a
tremendous toll on girls, women, families, communities, health systems and nations.
An estimated 46 million induced abortions are performed annually with 78,000 deaths
globally each year. In Ethiopia, unsafe abortion accounts for nearly 60% of all
gynaecological admissions and almost 30.0% of all obstetric admission, about 22-54%
of direct obstetric deaths are due to unsafe abortion. EC is increasingly regarded as a
means to reduce abortion rates
Objective – The aim of this study is to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of
female college students’ towards sex and emergency contraceptives so as to prevent
unintended pregnancy.
Methods – A descriptive cross sectional survey was conducted among 352 sampled
female college students of Dessie, Ethiopia from June 4 to June 5/2012. Selfadministered
questionnaire was used to collect the data. Data was entered into a
computer using Microsoft Excel 2007 and analyzed using SPSS version 16.0 statistical
software and Binary logistic regression analyses are used to measure the associations.
Result- The age of students ranged from 18 to 25 years. Of the total respondents
36.6% ever had sexual experience, 53.3% know at least one regular modern
contraceptive method, 69.9% heard about emergency contraceptives (EC) but, only
33.9 % had good knowledge about EC and 15.4% of them had ever used it.
Conclusion & recommendation- Less than fifty percent of the respondents were
knowledgeable about EC. The correct knowledge of the method such as the time limit is
lacking for most of the students.
Information, education & communication to increase awareness and knowledge about
emergency contraceptive is important. Contraception information sessions should address; full details how the EC works and full details of how the contraceptives should
be taken === Health Studies === M.A. (Master of Public Health) |
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Female college students' knowledge, attitude and practice towards sex and emergency contraceptives |
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