ArticleAfrican journal of primary health care & family medicine2014
Emergency contraception amongst female college students--knowledge, attitude and practice.
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- Knowledge and use of emergency contraceptive methods and associated factors among female youth college students in Gondar city, Northwest Ethiopia, 2023.BMC women's health · 2024Article
- Trends in Utilization of Emergency Contraceptives in Tanzania: A Retrospective Longitudinal Study From 2018 to 2023.Cureus · 2024Article
- KNOWLEDGE OF EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION AND PREDICTORS OF ITS USE AMONG FEMALE UNDERGRADUATES IN TWO NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES.Annals of Ibadan postgraduate medicine · 2022Article
- Use and awareness of emergency contraceptives among women of reproductive age in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review.Contraception and reproductive medicine · 2022Article
- Knowledge and attitudes about the use of emergency contraception among college students in Tamil Nadu, India.The Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association · 2020Article
- Risky sexual behaviour and contraceptive use in contexts of displacement: insights from a cross-sectional survey of female adolescent refugees in Ghana.International journal for equity in health · 2019Article
- Knowledge and utilization of contraceptive devices among unmarried undergraduate students of a tertiary institution in Kano State, Nigeria 2016.The Pan African medical journal · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundUnwanted teenage pregnancies have a notable detrimental impact on the learners' trajectory and have been associated with jeopardising the students' educational progress and future career prospects. These pregnancies are mostly unplanned and unintended and many are terminated, either legally or illegally.
aimThe aim of this study was to explore the contributory role played by the knowledge, attitude and practices of female college students with respect to the utilisation of emergency contraceptives.
settingThree tertiary institutions in Dessie, Ethiopia.
methodsQuantitative self-administered questionnaires were used to collect descriptive data from 352 female college students.
resultsThe study revealed that there was a high percentage (78.3%) of unwanted pregnancies amongst those engaging in sex. Significantly, nearly half (43.3%) of these unwanted pregnancies resulted in abortion. Only 10% of the students sampled admitted to ever having used emergency contraception. Even though more than half (69.9%) of the students knew about emergency contraception, only 27% of them felt confident that they understood when it was most effective.
conclusionThese and other observed findings confirm the need for improvement of female college students' knowledge and timely utilisation of emergency contraception.
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