Mengistu, Seife (2007) Assessment of Level of Awareness and Utilization of Emergency Contraception, among College Female Students in Oromia Regional State, Arsi Zone, Asella Town South-East Ethiopia. Masters thesis, Addis Ababa University.
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Abstract
Background: Emergency contraception refers to type of contraception that is used as an emergency procedure to prevent unintended pregnancy following an unprotected act of sexual intercourse. Every year, unintended pregnancies lead to at least 20 million unsafe abortions, resulting in the death of some 80,000 women. There is low utilization of emergency contraception, while awareness is relatively high. Objective: To assess level of awareness, attitude and utilization of emergency contraception and factors influencing knowledge, attitude and practice. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted on February 2007. There were a total of 2167 female students in 10 colleges in Asella town. Eight hundred thirty three of them were sampled for the study. Self administered questionnaire and in-depth interview was used to collect data. Result: The magnitude of sexual violence was as high as 47.9% and unwanted pregnancy was 16.9% for those who practiced sex. From 833 respondents 228 (27.4%) have knowledge about emergency contraception; Correct timing of emergency contraception was reported only by 82 (9.8%) and 20 (2.4%) of them had ever used emergency contraception. Oral contraceptive pill was the most widely used 13 (65.0%). Health professionals were main source of information 126 (55.3%), but some of the health workers have no in-service training on emergency contraception. About 548 (65.8%) of the respondents had favorable attitude towards the use of emergency contraception. All of the health institutions were not providing family planning or emergency contraception services for college students, beside the clinics in the college had no family planning program. Conclusion: There is high sexual violence & sexual harassment (high rate of unintended sex); low awareness, knowledge and utilization of emergency contraceptives among college female students and no favorable access to the service. Hence there is a need for collaborated effort to improve service quality and prevent female students/women from life threatening behaviors.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
| Divisions: | Africana |
| Depositing User: | Emmanuel Ndorimana |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Nov 2018 10:42 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Nov 2018 10:42 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/7488 |
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