Enqueselassie, Fikre (PhD)Tekalign, Netsanet2018-09-242023-11-052018-09-242023-11-052008-12http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/12194Background: 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. PDF Creator - PDF4Free v2.0 http://www.pdf4free.com viii 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.enAssessment of Knowledge and PerceptionThesis