Assessment Of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Emergency Contraceptives Among Female Students of Wolaita Sodo University
| dc.contributor.advisor | Andualem, Tamrie (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | G/Mariam, Senait | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-08-09T07:39:54Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-18T09:28:07Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-08-09T07:39:54Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-18T09:28:07Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Unwanted pregnancy which may lead to unsafe abortion is common among young adolescent women. Unwanted pregnancy can occur due to missed pills, forced sex, method failures, and condom breakage. To prevent such problem, Emergency Contraceptives are the only method that can be used ajier unprotected sex. Therefore, this cross-sectional study aimed to examine the level of knowledge, al/iludes, and Practice of emergency contraceptive pills among 330 young female students of Wolaila Sodo University, and 10 determine factors associated with the knowledge and acceptance of emergency contraceptive pill. A seif-administered questionnaire was used as an instrument for data collection and for Statistical analyses percentage, mean, standard deviation, bivariate and Binwy logistic regression was used. The findings of the study revealed, the sample group comprised 62.4% of the students aged 17-20 and 37.6% aged between21-25; 45.2% of the respondents had ever heard about Emergency Contraceptive; 28.5 % had good knowledge of EC, and 67.5% hadfavorable attilude toward EC. In the binwy logistic analysis, some variables have become significant predictors of awareness of EC including: discussion of reproductive issues with mother and jhend, induced abortion, chewing 'Khat', taking alcohol and mother 's education level. Finally, there is gap between knowledge and al/itude among respondents so the study call for concerned bodies to take some important measures such as; provision of continuous sex education, guidance and counseling services especially during the first year and increasing easy accessibility of the Emergency Contraceptive and other preventive methods to the users. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/11382 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | emergency contraceptives among female | en_US |
| dc.title | Assessment Of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Emergency Contraceptives Among Female Students of Wolaita Sodo University | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |