ArticleJournal of community health2016
Knowledge and Usage of Emergency Contraceptives Among University Students in Ghana.
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- Over-the-counter procured emergency contraception among undergraduate students in a public University in Ghana.Contraception and reproductive medicine · 2024Article
- Acceptability of an on-demand pericoital oral contraceptive pill: a systematic scoping review.Reproductive health · 2024Article
- Young nursing and medical students' knowledge and attitudes towards sexuality and contraception in two spanish universities: an inferential study.BMC medical education · 2023Article
- KNOWLEDGE OF EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION AND PREDICTORS OF ITS USE AMONG FEMALE UNDERGRADUATES IN TWO NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES.Annals of Ibadan postgraduate medicine · 2022Article
- Knowledge of Sexuality and Contraception in Students at a Spanish University: A Descriptive Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Impact of COVID-19 on the Use of Emergency Contraceptives in Ghana: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2022Article
- Contraceptive and abortion practices of young Ghanaian women aged 15-24: evidence from a nationally representative survey.Reproductive health · 2021Article
- Linking Female Adolescents' Knowledge, Attitudes and Use of Contraceptives to Adolescent Pregnancy in Ghana: A Baseline Data for Developing Sexuality Education Programmes.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Young Nursing Student's Knowledge and Attitudes about Contraceptive Methods.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Sexuality and contraceptive knowledge in university students: instrument development and psychometric analysis using item response theory.Reproductive health · 2019Article
- The context of emergency contraception use among young unmarried women in Accra, Ghana: a qualitative study.Reproductive health · 2018Article
- Contraceptive use and unintended pregnancy among young women and men in Accra, Ghana.PloS one · 2018Article
- Varying family planning strategies across age categories: differences in factors associated with current modern contraceptive use among youth and adult women in Luanda, Angola.Open access journal of contraception · 2016Article
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Abstract
Contraceptive use is an important strategy for the prevention of unwanted pregnancy and avoidance of induced abortion. Of all the contraception methods, emergency contraceptive (EC) offers the last chance to achieve this. However, few studies have documented the use of EC among young people in Ghana. This study explored knowledge and usage of EC as well as the factors associated with it among University of Cape Coast students. Data were obtained on the knowledge and usage of ECs among University of Cape Coast students in 2013. Logistic regression analysis was used to investigate the association between students' socio-demographic characteristics and EC knowledge and use. More male students (72%) than females (59%) were sexually active. Fifty-seven percent of the respondents had ever heard of EC and 36% had ever used EC. Although males were more likely to be sexually active, females were more likely to have knowledge of EC use compared to males. The study underscores the need to increase awareness regarding EC among University students in order to offer them the opportunity that EC provides if other forms of contraceptives are missed.
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