Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding emergency contraceptives among married women of urban slum area

Raikar, Vivek R.; Potdar, Pallavi A.; Potdar, Ashutosh B.

doi:10.18203/2320-1770.ijrcog20150416

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“…This finding is comparable with other studies where awareness of EC was significantly more among females who were better educated than others. 12,20,21 In the present study employed respondents were found to have knowledge about EC more than unemployed respondents. This finding is in accordance with study done on by Kose et al that reports the proportion of working women (54%) having knowledge about EC is significantly higher than that of housewives (31%).…”

Section: Emergency Contraceptive Usagementioning

confidence: 42%

Knowledge, attitude and practices regarding emergency contraception among married women in Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Saini

Kamra

Singh

2018

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: An unwanted and unintended pregnancy is a major concern in a women’s life as it has its adverse social and health outcomes. Emergency contraception (EC) is safe and effective method that gives women a second chance to prevent unwanted pregnancy after unprotected intercourse.Methods: This is a community based cross sectional study done in field practice area under the department of Community Medicine, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab. A total of 400 respondents were selected by stratified random sampling from the list of eligible couples residing in the area. The interview was conducted using semi structured questionnaire, after obtaining their informed consent.Results: The mean age of respondents was 31.44±5.67 years. 68.7% of respondents were using some kind of contraception. Majority (68%) of respondents had heard of emergency contraception and for majority (81.3%) source of information about EC was Media (TV). Out of 272 respondents who had heard of emergency contraception 146 (54.1%) had negative attitude towards emergency contraception and only 30 (8%) had used ECP. Practice of ECP was found to have statistically significant association with employment and history of unwanted pregnancy.Conclusions: EC has a potential to curb the menace of unintended pregnancy thereby decreasing unsafe abortion and maternal mortality. In spite of reasonable awareness of emergency contraception, as found in present study there is wide gap for its usage. Hence behavioural change strategies should be considered to bring attitudinal change on use of emergency contraception.

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Section: Emergency Contraceptive Usagementioning

confidence: 42%

Knowledge, attitude and practices regarding emergency contraception among married women in Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Saini

Kamra

Singh

2018

Int J Community Med Public Health

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“…This finding is in accordance with other studies done in India where awareness of ECP was significantly more among females of reproductive age group who were better educated than others. 8,20,21 This verifies that education plays important role in understanding and creating awareness towards ECPs. This study reaffirms the finding of study done by Kose et al 20 showing the proportion of employed women having awareness of ECPs is significantly higher than that of other occupation.…”

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Knowledge, attitude and practice towards emergency contraceptive pills and factors hindering its use among femareproductive age group visiting urban health centre at Rajbiraj, Nepal

Chaudhary¹

2022

Int J Reprod Contracept Obstet Gynecol

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Background: Unintended pregnancy, unplanned birth and unsafe abortion have been a major challenge to the reproductive health of women worldwide. Despite the availability of highly effective methods of contraception, still many pregnancies are unwanted predisposing them to higher risk of mortality, often due to unsafe abortion. These unwanted pregnancies can be prevented using emergency contraceptive pills. This study aimed to investigate the knowledge, attitude and practice of emergency contraceptive pills and factors hindering its use among females of reproductive age group.Methods: Institution based cross-sectional study was conducted among 416 females of reproductive age group visiting urban heath centre of Rajbiraj, selected by purposive sampling technique. Data was collected using pretested semi-structured questionnaire after written informed consent. Descriptive & inferential statistics were used to analyze the data generated.Results: Out of 416 respondents, 34.6% were aware of emergency contraceptive pills and majority (56.9%) of them got to know it from Media. Among respondents who were aware of ECPs, 64% had good knowledge of it, 90% had positive attitude towards ECPs and 63% have used it earlier. A significant association was found between age, residence, educational level and occupational status with awareness of ECPs. Lack of awareness regarding ECPs has been hindering the usage of ECPs in emergencies to prevent unwanted pregnancies.Conclusions: Awareness and utilization of ECPs is low among females of terai region. Therefore awareness should be raised through formal education and communication by health personnel and through mass media which could provide reliable and accurate knowledge on ECPs.

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“…In the present study, the most (37.3%) common age of the study participants ranged from 18 to 30 years, And most were married (97.6%) and (75.5%) were uneducated. A similar study was conducted in Bagalkot[ 9 ] among married women of age group 15–45 years; out of that most of the study participants were in the age group of 18–30 years 37.3%, most were married 97.6% and in these people mostly marriage was completed in an age less than 18 years 83.3%, because most of them were uneducated 75.5%. But the literacy level was slightly low 67%, in a study conducted in Lucknow[ 10 ]…”

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A study to assess the socio-demographic factor and knowledge, attitude, and practice of family planning methods in Lohpeeta migrants tribe located in Shivpuri central India

Ahirwar

Kumar

Gupta

et al. 2021

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care

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Background: Even though India was the first country in the whole world to introduce the national family planning policy, the acceptance rate of contraceptive methods has been unsatisfactory to date. Many women in their fertility period, who were ready to control their fertility and limit the number of unwanted children, were not aware of different methods of contraceptives available and their proper use and other benefits. Aim and Objective: 1. To assess the socio-demographic status of the study participants. 2. To assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of contraceptive methods in Lohpeeta mobile tribe located in Shivpuri, central India. Methods: The present study was an observational cross-sectional survey conducted from 1 st December 2019 to 28 th February 2020 in Lohpeeta mobile tribe located in Shivpuri local; nonrandom convenience sampling method was used after applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria, so the total sample size was 209. Data were collected by a principal investigator with a predesigned, pretested, questionnaire by conducting face-to-face interview with the participants. Firstly, the data was administered in an excel sheet then it was analyzed and presented in the form of percentage, and a Chi-square test was applied to assess the level of significance. Result: The most common age group of participants was 18–30 year (37.3%) and most were married (97.6%); we found that the knowledge and attitude toward contraceptives of participants was very poor, most 185 (88.5%) of the participants had never used any contraceptive method and only a few participants were using it occasionally, and none of the participants were using any contraceptive methods regularly. Conclusion: The knowledge, attitude, and compliance towards contraceptives were poor in this group, we need to focus on this type of migrant population to increase their awareness and change their attitude towards contraceptives, so that they can use it without any fear.

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Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding emergency contraceptives among married women of urban slum area

Cited by 8 publications

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Knowledge, attitude and practices regarding emergency contraception among married women in Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Knowledge, attitude and practices regarding emergency contraception among married women in Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Knowledge, attitude and practice towards emergency contraceptive pills and factors hindering its use among femareproductive age group visiting urban health centre at Rajbiraj, Nepal

A study to assess the socio-demographic factor and knowledge, attitude, and practice of family planning methods in Lohpeeta migrants tribe located in Shivpuri central India

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