Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Emergency Contraception among Female High School Students in Lideta Sub-city, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2020/21 G.C.
| dc.contributor.advisor | Dr.Negash, Shiferaw (M.D, Associate Professor and Gynecologic Oncologist) | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Dr.G/Hiwot, Yirgu(M.D, Associate Professor and Gynecologic Oncologist) | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Dr. Sultan, Semir(M.D, Assistant Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Esayas, Binyam | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-27T06:42:58Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-01-08T14:27:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-01-27T06:42:58Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-01-08T14:27:19Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-09 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background: Each year, around 210 million women throughout the world get pregnant, of which 21 million girls aged 15–19 years in developing regions become pregnant. More than half of the teenage pregnancy in developing countries are unintended(1, 2). Emergency contraception is among the different methods for prevention of unintended pregnancy. Despite the existence of different modern and effective contraceptives methods worldwide, the problem of unintended pregnancy is still high (3). Objectives: To assess knowledge, attitude, and practice of Emergency Contraception in female high school students in Lideta sub-city, Addis Ababa, 2020/21 G.C. Methods: A mixed study was used. A cross-sectional, institution-based study was conducted from September 1 to November 30, 2020 E.C., and a systematic sampling technique was used for the quantitative study whereas for the qualitative study, an in-depth interview and purposive sampling techniques was used. Quantitative data were cleaned, coded and entered into, and analyzed using SPSS version 25. Data from in-depth interview was transcribed and translated to English then coded using QDA software, and categorized into similar themes. Descriptive statistics like frequency, measures of central tendencies were used to describe study participants and to summarize the results of the study. The association of the independent variables was done using logistic regression and chi-square test. Variables with P-value of ≤ 0.05 were declared as statistically significant. Result: A total of 257 female students have participated in the study with 100% total response rate. The finding of our study showed that 37.4% of the respondents have good knowledge and 47.9% have positive attitude towards the use of EC. The main source of information about EC was TV. Of the total respondents, only 8.2% have ever practiced sexual intercourse at least once in their lifetime. Of those respondents who had sexual intercourse, 66.6% have ever used EC. In the in-depth interview, when asked about the reason “why they don’t take or recommend EC “, most mentioned ineffectiveness of post-pill in preventing pregnancy. Conclusion: The result indicates that most of the respondents have heard about EC but the cumulative knowledge score is low and only around half having positive attitude about EC. Only a few of the respondents have used EC in their lifetime. We recommend a continuous information delivery to high school students and a separate and scaled-up study should be done to assess the knowledge, attitude, and utilization of EC among high school students. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/29742 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Abeba University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Emergency, Contraception,Female ,Students | en_US |
| dc.title | Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Emergency Contraception among Female High School Students in Lideta Sub-city, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2020/21 G.C. | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |