Assessment of Knowledge and Perception of Emergency Contraception among Health Care providers in Addis Ababa
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2008-12
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Addis Abeba Universty
Abstract
Background: Emergency Contraception gives a second chance to
women who do not want to be pregnant after unprotected sexual
intercourse. It has been estimated that almost two in every five
pregnancies worldwide are unplanned thus most of these pregnancies
ends with induced abortion. To lower rates of unintended pregnancy,
women need better access to both regular contraception and
emergency contraception. Thus increasing the knowledge of providers
to emergency contraception and trying to improve the service delivery
quality is one way of tackling the inaccessibility of this service to the
women. This study will help to identify the KAP gap of providers to
emergency contraception and to act accordingly by the responsible
organizations.
Objective: To assess the knowledge and perception of health care
providers about emergency contraception in Addis Ababa
Methods: This study used cross-sectional quantitative type of study
design. A standardized self administered questionnaire was used to
collect data from a total of 366 health workers at selected health
institutions in Addis Ababa.
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Result: From the total study participants 160(37.2%) were
knowledgeable about EC and 156(42.6%) have positive attitude
towards EC. Health care providers working in pharmacies and drug
stores were found to be more likely to have knowledge than health
care providers working in government health facilities AOR=4.5(95%
CI=1.7-11.5). Males had more positive perception towards EC than
female health workers AOR=1.7(95% CI=1.1-2.7).
Conclusion: Generally the knowledge and perception of health care
providers towards this method is very low. To improve their knowledge
and to clarify the misperception about emergency contraception
among the health care providers training is essential.
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Assessment of Knowledge and Perception