Practices and Challenges of Utilizing Emergency Contraceptive; The Case of First Year Female Undergraduate Regular Students of Addis Ababa University
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2014-06
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Addis Ababa University
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The purpose of this research was to investigate the practice and challenges of utilizing
emergency contraceptive (EC) by first year regular female students OF Addis Abeba university.
To this end, descriptive survey design methods were employed. Sources of data were first year
female regular students from two colleges, nurses and pharmacist of AAU clinical from the main
campus. Data collection tools were questionnaire, semi: structured interview and document
analysis.
The data analysis led to the following major findings; Out of the total 90 female first year of
AAU students 67(74.4%) of them ever had sexual intercourse at age 16-23 . Out of 40(44.4%) of
the whole respondents who had ever heard about, 40% knew at least one correct method of EC
while only 25% correctly identified 72 hours as the time limit for the method use. The key
informants’ interview among health care providers also ascertained lack of adequate knowledge
and experience on EC regimens.
There is lack of adequate knowledge of EC among both female and the service Providers.
Therefore, there is a need to address first year students by expanding information and education
about EC methods and to build providers capacity through trainings
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Addis Ababa University First Year Female Undergraduate Regular Students