Emergency Contraceptives: Knowledge and Practice towards Its Use among Ethiopian Female College Graduating Students

Autor: Kirubel Minsamo Mishore, Abebaw Demissie Woldemariam, Solomon Assefa Huluka
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: International Journal of Reproductive Medicine, Vol 2019 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2356-7104
2314-5757
DOI: 10.1155/2019/9397876
Popis: Introduction. Ethiopia has a high incidence of unwanted pregnancies and incomplete and unsafe abortions, particularly among adolescents. This can be avoided by using different contraceptive methods including emergency contraceptives (EC). This study aimed to assess the knowledge and practice of EC among female college graduating students in Harar, Eastern Ethiopia. Methods. Institution based cross-sectional study was conducted on 214 female students selected from two randomly selected colleges. Data was collected using a self-administered questionnaire and analyzed using SPSS for Windows version 20.1. Level of significance was taken at P
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