Knowledge, attitude and practice towards emergency contraceptives among female students at college of art and social science of Adi keyh
Corresponding Author(s) : Lidia Ghirmai
International Journal of Allied Medical Sciences and Clinical Research,
Vol. 8 No. 3 (2020): 2020 Volume - 8 Issue-3
Abstract
Background
Emergency contraception refers to specific contraceptive methods that are used as emergency measures to prevent pregnancy after unprotected intercourse. Sexually active young women are at greater risk for unintended pregnancy which can lead to unsafe abortions and increase their risk of morbidity and mortality.
Objective
To assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of female college students towards emergency contraceptives in CASS (Adi keyh College of Arts and Social Sciences).
Methodology
A descriptive cross-sectional quantitative study design was employed among female college students of CASS from October to January, 2018 on a total of 289 students selected through systematic random sampling. A structured questionnaire was used to generate a quantitative data. Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal-Wallis, t-test, ANOVA, and chi-square tests were used using SPSS (Version 22) for data analysis in this study.
Result
The median level of knowledge on EC (Emergency Contraceptives) was 5/10 (IQR=1). The mean attitude score was 13.96/20 (SD=3.67). More than sixty percent (78.2%) were aware of emergency contraception. Correct timing of emergency contraception was addressed by 95.1% of the respondents. The majority (73.9%) of the respondents agreed with advising their friends to use EC (Emergency Contraceptives) whenever they face a problem. Only 7.3% of them used EC when needed. The most common method of EC used by students were EC pills (95.2%) and only 14.3% used Intrauterine device. Friends and peers were the main source of information (80.0%). The score of knowledge on EC was found to vary across the categories of age group (p=0.002), marital status (p=0.020), history of sexual intercourse (p=0.001), and age at first sexual intercourse (p=0.002). Attitude on EC scores also varied across the categories of religion (p=0.001), ethnicity (p=0.035), and history of sexul intercourse (p=0.007). Practice on EC was significantly associated with age group (p=0,048), marital status (p=0.007), mothers educational level (p=0.014), and history of sexual intercourse (p<0.001).
Conclusion
The level of knowledge, attitude and practice on EC of the students was not satisfactory. There is a need of raising the knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding EC to the young females and the community in general through collaborative effort of the ministries and mass media
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2. Temesgen K, Workie A, Tsegaye D. Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice towards emergency
contraceptives and associated factors among Wollo University (Dessie Campus) undergraduate female students in
Dessie, Ethiopia. J Epidemiol Public Health Rev. 2017;2(3).
3. Yimer BT, Atsbeha BW, Getaw NS. Knowledge, attitude and practice of emergency contraceptives among female
university students in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Ethiop J Reprod Health. 2017;9(1):12.
4. Kebede A. Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on emergency contraception among secondary,
preparatory, technical and vocational school female students in Maichew town, Southern zone of Tigray, Ethiopia.
Int J Grad Stud. 2009.
5. Ahmed FA, Moussa KM, Petterson KO, Asamoah BO. Assessing knowledge, attitude, and practice of emergency
contraception: a cross-sectional study among Ethiopian undergraduate female students. BMC Public Health.
2012;12(1):110. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-110, PMID 22321964.
6. Nyambura MG, Kiarie. JN, Orang’o O, Okube OT. Knowledge and utilisation of emergency contraception pills
among female undergraduate students at the University of Nairobi, Kenya. Open J Obstet Gynecol. 2017;7(9):989-
1005.
7. Worku A. Knowledge, attitude and practice of emergency contraceptives among female college students in Arba
Minch Town, Southern Ethiopia. Ethiop J Health Dev. 2011;25(3):176-83.
8. Ministry of Health, EPHS E. Asmara: Ministrry of health, Statistics office; 2010.
9. Kumar A, Keerti CP, Jain CK. A study of knowledge, attitudes and practice of emergency contraceptive pills
among female College Students in Udaipur, RJ. Commun Med. 2012;3(4):576-80.
10. Abrha S, Zeratsion F, Molla F, Eticha T, Assen A, Melkam W. Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice
among regular female preparatory school students towards emergency contraceptives in Mekelle, Northern
Ethiopia. IJPSR. 2014;5(11):856-64.
11. Manzoor R, Tazion S, Anjum N. Emergency contraception: knowledge, attitude and practice among women of
childbearing-age at a Teaching Hospital of Lahore. Pak J Med Health Sci. 2017;11(4):1512-7.
12. Kivila SK. Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices regarding emergency contraceptive pills among female
undergraduate students of Makerere University; 2011.