Abortion, contraceptive use, and adolescent pregnancy among first-year medical students at a major public university in Mexico City

Abstract

The lower incidence of abortion among the female medical students indicates that when young Mexican women have access to medical information and are highly motivated to avoid unintended pregnancy and abortion, they can do so.

Knowledge, attitude, and practice on emergency contraceptives among female university students in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

“…Almost one-fifth of the total number of study subjects reported that they are sexually active in their lifetime. Similar results were reported by different studies among Nigerian university students, and female medical school students in Mexican university (16,17). Among unmarried students who were sexually active, about 27% 2gave history of at least one pregnancy, of which 73.5% were unwanted pregnancies.…”

Contraceptive use, knowledge, attitude, perceptions and sexual behavior among female University students in Uganda: a cross-sectional survey

“…The reported 40 % ever pregnant who tried to terminate a pregnancy may be an under estimate because abortion is illegal in Uganda, and can be very stigmatizing. Similar findings about abortion have been observed in Mexico public university among first year medical students where half (52 %) of the ever been pregnant female students performed unsafe abortions [ 36 ], and in Addis Ababa University Ethiopia 9 in 10 (90 %) of the ever pregnant students terminated their pregnancies with induced abortion [ 20 ].…”

Current Contraceptive Awareness and Use in Greek Dental School Students

“…6,7 Similar surveys in other European countries and in Central America also suggested a low rate of abortions among university students. [20][21][22] These findings should be interpreted with caution, however, because students might not want to disclose such information even anonymously. Second, female dental school students appear to adopt a more active role in decision making on contraceptive issues compared with the general Greek population, where most women of reproductive age consider contraception as men's responsibility.…”

“…13 In contrast, a recent study from Finland reported that less than one third of female university students use condoms. 14 Therefore, the practice of contraception in our sample is almost identical to that of the general Greek population; in the age range [16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]48.3% of Greek women use condoms. 4 This is a well-known pattern from different countries; young people not yet in stable relationships use condoms more, whereas older women tend to use OC and IUDs to a greater extent.…”