Unprotected Sexual Intercourse and Unplanned Pregnancy Experience of Turkish University Students

The present study assessed sexual behaviour, knowledge and attitudes among first year university students in order to identify factors that may affect their acceptance of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination. A cross-sectional survey was conducted at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in August 2006. The survey was a self-administered questionnaire comprising questions regarding general health, sexual behaviour, knowledge about HPV and cervical cancer, and attitudes towards vaccination. χ2, anova and logistic regression tests were used to identify associations between categories. Of 992 students, 63 (6.5%) reported having had sexual intercourse, 22.4% of whom had had more than one sexual partner and 36.5% had had unprotected sexual intercourse. A total of 70.8% of participants were willing to accept the HPV vaccine, with ‘willingness’ independently associated with age, having had sexual intercourse and beliefs regarding the effectiveness of vaccination (P < 0.05). Understanding the role of these influences can aid in the design of successful HPV education, prevention and vaccination programs.

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Turkish University Students' Childhood Experiences and Attitudes about Discipline Practices

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e621642012-158 ◽

2012 ◽

Author(s):

Alev Yalcinkaya

Keyword(s):

University Students ◽

Childhood Experiences ◽

Discipline Practices ◽

Turkish University Students

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Knowledge and Use of Emergency Contraceptive Pills among Bachelor's Level Female Students of Kathmandu Valley

Journal of Health Promotion ◽

10.3126/jhp.v8i0.32990 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 ◽

pp. 109-118

Author(s):

Bhu Dev Jha

Keyword(s):

Sexual Intercourse ◽

Unwanted Pregnancy ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Female Students ◽

Kathmandu Valley ◽

Sources Of Information ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Unprotected Sexual Intercourse ◽

Emergency Contraceptive ◽

Emergency Contraceptives

Emergency Contraceptive Pill (ECP) is used for preventing pregnancy after having unprotected sexual intercourse, contraceptive failure or forced sex. The use of ECP within 120 hours of sexual intercourse could prevent unwanted pregnancy and its adverse effects particularly unintended childbirth and unsafe abortion. The study, therefore, aimed to assess knowledge and use of emergency contraceptives among Bachelors level female students from Kathmandu Valley. A descriptive cross-sectional study was undertaken from August to November 2017 among 347 female students who were studying at the Bachelors's level. A random sampling technique was used to select study participants and a structured self-administered questionnaire was used to assess the knowledge and use of ECP after securing informed consent. Epi data and SPSS version 22 were used for data processing and analysis. The mean age of the female students was 21.5 years. Overall, 91.4% of the respondents had ever heard about emergency contraceptives. The main sources of information were radio or television, the internet and newspapers. About 4.6% of the undergraduate female students used ECP. Age, marital status, use of contraceptives and knowledge of ECP used within 72 hours were significantly associated with use of ECP. Although the findings of this study showed a high prevalence of knowledge among respondents, the improvement of female students’ knowledge on specific details of ECP and its advantages/disadvantages and timely utilization needs to be considered for any future awareness programmes.

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