Background- At the local, regional, national and global levels, unsafe abortion takes a
tremendous toll on girls, women, families, communities, health systems and nations.
An estimated 46 million induced abortions are performed annually with 78,000 deaths
globally each year. In Ethiopia, unsafe abortion accounts for nearly 60% of all
gynaecological admissions and almost 30.0% of all obstetric admission, about 22-54%
of direct obstetric deaths are due to unsafe abortion. EC is increasingly regarded as a
means to reduce abortion rates
Objective – The aim of this study is to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of
female college students’ towards sex and emergency contraceptives so as to prevent
unintended pregnancy.
Methods – A descriptive cross sectional survey was conducted among 352 sampled
female college students of Dessie, Ethiopia from June 4 to June 5/2012. Selfadministered
questionnaire was used to collect the data. Data was entered into a
computer using Microsoft Excel 2007 and analyzed using SPSS version 16.0 statistical
software and Binary logistic regression analyses are used to measure the associations.
Result- The age of students ranged from 18 to 25 years. Of the total respondents
36.6% ever had sexual experience, 53.3% know at least one regular modern
contraceptive method, 69.9% heard about emergency contraceptives (EC) but, only
33.9 % had good knowledge about EC and 15.4% of them had ever used it.
Conclusion & recommendation- Less than fifty percent of the respondents were
knowledgeable about EC. The correct knowledge of the method such as the time limit is
lacking for most of the students.
Information, education & communication to increase awareness and knowledge about
emergency contraceptive is important. Contraception information sessions should address; full details how the EC works and full details of how the contraceptives should
be taken / Health Studies / M.A. (Public Health)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/11860 |
| Date | 17 October 2013 |
| Creators | Wendwosen Teklemariam Nibabe |
| Contributors | Mgutshini, T. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
| Format | 1 online resource (vi, 90 leaves) : illustrations, color graphs, application/pdf |
| Rights | University of South Africa |
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