A study on emergency contraceptive practice among nursing staff in Sikkim, India-A cross sectional study

Rahaman, H Sk; Renjhen, Prachi; Kumar, Ashwini; Pattanshetty, Sanjay; Sagir, Afrin; Dubey, Himanshu

doi:10.4066/amj.2010.362

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“…A similar study carried out in Sikkim reported that only 28% had actual knowledge on EC and 40% had a positive attitude towards EC [6]. In our study 30.81% of the participants were aware that EC was available OTC but 74% in the above study had awareness about its availability [6].…”

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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Emergency Contraception on Nursing Personnel

Shanthini¹

2014

JCDR

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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Emergency Contraception on Nursing Personnel

Shanthini¹

2014

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“…However, low levels of awareness of emergency contraception have been reported among nursing staff, and nursing students. 9,10 Access to emergency contraception is restricted by provider-related obstacles, such as, inadequate knowledge, prejudices, and limited distribution.…”

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Cross-sectional comparative study of the effect of refresher training on the knowledge, attitude and practices of urban primary health care providers

Malgaonkar

Kartikeyan

2016

Int J Community Med Public Health

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INTRODUCTIONPrimary health care providers cater to the basic health needs of people in urban and rural areas and endeavour to provide critically needed outreach services in urban slums and remotest villages. For providing credible and good quality services to those in need, it is imperative that these primary health care providers have the basic knowledge and a positive conducive attitude regarding the services they deliver. Urban health posts (UHPs), launched under the Urban Revamping Scheme to provide primary health care in urban slums, are staffed by auxiliary nurse midwives (ANMs), also known as multipurpose health workers (female), who are trained paraprofessional health care providers and function as the first contact between the community and the formal health care system. Link workers (LWs) are primarily female volunteers from local communities, who identify high-risk groups and mobilise vulnerable and inaccessible sub-groups in the community. Various studies have emphasized the ABSTRACT Background: Primary health care providers, who cater to the basic health care needs in urban and rural areas, ought to have the basic knowledge and a positive attitude in relation to the services they deliver. This cross-sectional, complete-enumeration, before-and-after study was conducted to determine the outcome of refresher training on the knowledge, attitudes and practices of auxiliary nurse midwives (ANMs), and link workers (LWs) in an urban area in Western India. Methods: Each willing participant answered a structured pre-test questionnaire containing 25 questions in the local language (Marathi), following which, Government-approved refresher training (3 days for ANMs and 1 day for LWs) was conducted in the same language. The participants took the same questionnaire after the refresher training (posttest). The pre-and post-test scores were tabulated and statistically analysed. Results: In case of ANMs (n=60), the post-test scores (mean=20.7; SD=1.8) improved over the pre-test scores (mean=17.5; SD=2.76). The LWs (n=170) also bettered their post-test scores (mean=20.9; SD=2.52), over their pretest scores (mean=14.4; SD=4.41). The degree of improvement in scores varied from marginal to statistically significant. Conclusions: Though the post-test results were encouraging, sustained efforts would be required to bring about the desired attitudes and practices. As a consequence of the widespread use of mobile phones, it is possible to conduct periodic refresher training through mobile phones at a much lower cost.

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“…12 Not only clients, even health care providers do not have adequate and correct information, as reported in some studies. [13][14][15][16] If EC is used correctly and regularly, a large number of unwanted pregnancies after unprotected intercourse can be prevented. It is more valid in situations of contraceptive failure.…”

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Emergency contraception: Knowledge and practice among women and the spouses seeking termination of pregnancy

Kathpalia

2016

Medical Journal Armed Forces India

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A study on emergency contraceptive practice among nursing staff in Sikkim, India-A cross sectional study

Cited by 17 publications

References 16 publications

Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Emergency Contraception on Nursing Personnel

Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Emergency Contraception on Nursing Personnel

Cross-sectional comparative study of the effect of refresher training on the knowledge, attitude and practices of urban primary health care providers

Emergency contraception: Knowledge and practice among women and the spouses seeking termination of pregnancy

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