ArticleThe Pan African medical journal2016
Knowledge and use of emergency contraception among students of public secondary schools in Ilorin, Nigeria.
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- Emergency contraception knowledge, utilization and its determinants among selected young females in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Contraception and reproductive medicine · 2025Article
- Sexual and reproductive health service use of unmarried adolescents in Morogoro, Tanzania: insights from a cross-sectional household survey.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2025Article
- Less than one in five teenage women in Ethiopia know about emergency contraception.Frontiers in global women's health · 2024Article
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- Factors influencing the use of emergency contraceptives among reproductive age women in the Kwadaso Municipality, Ghana.PloS one · 2022Article
- Factors associated with the awareness of contraceptive methods, understanding the prevention of HIV/AIDS and the perception of HIV/AIDS risk among secondary school students in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.Journal of rural medicine : JRM · 2020Article
- Emergency contraceptive knowledge, utilization and associated factors among secondary school students in Wolkite town, southern Ethiopia, cross sectional study.Contraception and reproductive medicine · 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
- Anaemia at antenatal care initiation and associated factors among pregnant women in West Gonja District, Ghana: a cross-sectional study.The Pan African medical journal · 2019Article
- Use of non-emergency contraceptive pills and concoctions as emergency contraception among Nigerian University students: results of a qualitative study.BMC public health · 2016Article
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Abstract
introductionUnintended pregnancy and unsafe abortion pose a major reproductive health challenge to adolescents. Emergency contraception is safe and effective in preventing unplanned pregnancy. The objective of this study was to assess the student's knowledge and use of emergency contraception.
methodsThis cross-sectional study was carried out in Ilorin, Nigeria, using multi-stage sampling method. Data was collected using pre-tested semi-structured self-administered questionnaire. Knowledge was scored and analysed. SPSS version 21.0 was used for data analysis. A p-value <0.05 was considered statistically significant.
results27.8% of the respondents had good knowledge of emergency contraception. Majority of respondents (87.2%) had never used emergency contraception. Majority of those who had ever used emergency contraception (85.7%) used it incorrectly, using it more than 72 hours after sexual intercourse (p=0.928).
conclusionKnowledge about Emergency contraception and prevalence of use were low. Contraceptive education should be introduced early in the school curriculum for adolescents.
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