Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on Emergency contraception among preparatory, and high school female students in Debrezeit town Oromia Regional state, Ethiopia
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2010-06
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Addis Abeba Universty
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Introduction: - Maternal mortality in Ethiopia is one of the highest in the world.
Surveys conducted on issue related to abortion and unwanted pregnancy
suggests that the magnitude of unwanted pregnancy and unsafe abortion are
among the main cause of maternal mortality in Ethiopia. Emergency
contraceptive can serve as back up method to reduce the occurrence of un
wanted pregnancy and its out come following un protected sex.
Objectives: -To assess level of awareness, attitude and utilization of emergency
contraceptives and factor influencing knowledge, attitude and practice of
emergency contraceptive among preparatory & high school female students.
Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted during April 2009. There were
a total of 3792 female students in one preparatory & two high schools of
Debrezeit town. Three hundred eighty four of them were sampled for the study
with response rate of 91.1% . Self administered questionnaire was used to collect
data
Result: The magnitude of unwanted pregnancy for those who practiced sex was
33.3%. Among all respondents 213(60.9%) had knowledge about emergency
contraception; Correct timing of emergency contraception was reported by 149
(70%) and only 25 (7.1%) of them had ever used emergency contraception. Oral
contraceptive pill was the most widely used 24(96%). About one third 111 (31.7%)
had this information from School education. Two hundred (77.1%) of the
respondents had good attitude towards the use of emergency contraception.
Knowledge of emergency contraceptive was significantly higher of those in higher class
OR =3.4(95% CI 1.58 -7.51).
Conclusion: even though there is a favorable number of knowledge on ECs by
respondents, utilization of emergency is un satisfactory. Hence Youth friendly
service should be strengthened as they are considered a major contributor on
practicing modern contraception including EC, also by considering the importance of
prevention of STD and HIV/AIDS.
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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on Emergency contraception