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ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care

Knowledge and Use of Emergency Contraceptive Pill: An Analysis of Perception and Practice among Unmarried Urban Women.

Neetu Purohit, Rakhi Mathur, Priyanka Bakhshi

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Article in Journal of family medicine and primary care. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Neetu PurohitDepartment of Research, Indian Institute of Health Management Research, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
Rakhi MathurDepartment of Research, Indian Institute of Health Management Research, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
Priyanka BakhshiDepartment of Research, Indian Institute of Health Management Research, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
IIHMR University · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe objective of this study was to collect evidence with respect to perception and practice of unmarried women toward the use of emergency contraceptive pills (ECPs). MATERIALS AND

methodsNon-probability purposive sampling was used to select respondents. A total of 250 respondents were administered the tools for the study, of which 228 were considered for analysis. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: Descriptive statistics showed that nearly 87% of the respondents were aware of ECPs and there was a significant difference in the knowledge of ECP of the respondents by type of the institution they had studied. More than half of the (52%) respondents admitted to have boyfriends of which 16% were sexually involved and were using some form of contraception. Nearly 84% of the respondents used ECP, which superseded the use of other contraceptives. It was further found that around two-third respondents were using ECP regularly. The reason that "ECP did not hinder pleasure" and that it was handy in case of "unplanned contact" were the most cited reasons for using ECP as a regular contraceptive.

conclusionThe fact that ECPs was preferred over condom and was used regularly shows that the respondents were at a risk of sexually transmitted infection/human immunodeficiency virus. Health-care providers could be the most authentic source of information for orienting young women toward the use of safe sexual practices.

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Contraceptivesemergency contraceptive pillrisk of sexually transmitted infection/human immunodeficiency virusunmarried women

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PMID26664845
PMCPMC4649883
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