Knowledge and attitudes on contraceptives among undergraduates in the state universities of the Western Province
| Autor: | Upuli Perera, chrishantha Abeysena |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of the College of Community Physicians, Vol 25, Iss 2, Pp 72-79 (2019) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1391-3174 2579-1451 |
| DOI: | 10.4038/jccpsl.v25i2.8180 |
| Popis: | Objective: To describe knowledge and attitudes on contraceptives among undergraduates in the state universities of the Western Province Methods: A descriptive cross sectional study was conducted among 1575 second and third year undergraduates using stratified cluster sampling of the selected universities. A pre-tested self-administered questionnaire was administered to assess knowledge and attitudes on contraceptives. Scores were given. Percentage of knowledge and attitude categories was calculated. The associations of knowledge and attitude categories with selected variables were assessed. Results: Only 28.4% (n=447) had good knowledge on contraception while 27.3% (n=430) had satisfactory knowledge and 44.3% (n=698) had poor knowledge. Students who studied in Bio-Science streams showed higher percentage of (71%, n=176) good knowledge than the non-Bio-Science streams (20.2%, n=271) (P |
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