The Usage of Emergency Contraceptive Methods of Female Students in Hawassa University: A Case Study on Natural and Computational Science

Abstract Introduction Despite Ethiopia’s government’s commitment to alleviating unwanted pregnancy and unsafe abortion by increasing holistic reproductive health service accessibility, the rate of unwanted pregnancy among female students in the universities is distressing and becoming a multisectoral concern. Therefore, this systematic review aimed to assess the prevalence and determinant of emergency contraceptive practice among female university students in Ethiopia. Result The overall pooled prevalence of emergency contraceptive practice among female university students in Ethiopia was 34.5% [95% CI [20.8, 48.2%]. The pooled odds ratio showed that positive association between practice of emergency contraceptives with age of the students [OR, 0.19; 95% CI: 0.04, 0.98, P = 0.05] Previous contraceptive methods use [OR, 0.22; 95% CI: 0.12, 0.40, P = 0.0001], Marital status [OR, 0.09; 95% CI: 0.02, 0.40, P < 0.002] and knowledge [OR, 0.12; 95% CI: 0.04, 0.37, P < 0.0003]. Conclusion The practice of emergency contraceptives among university female students was 34.5% and explained by knowledge, age, previous use of contraceptive methods and marital status.

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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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Building Domain-Specific Environments for Computational Science: a Case Study in Seismic Tomography

The International Journal of Supercomputer Applications and High Performance Computing ◽

10.1177/109434209701100301 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 179-196 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Janice E. Cuny ◽

Robert A. Dunn ◽

Steven T. Hackstadt ◽

Christopher W. Harrop ◽

Harold H. Hersey ◽

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Keyword(s):

Seismic Tomography ◽

Computational Science ◽

Domain Specific

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Clinical Pharmacology of Hormonal Emergency Contraceptive Pills

International Journal of Reproductive Medicine ◽

10.1155/2018/2785839 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 2018 ◽

pp. 1-5 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Celia M. J. Matyanga ◽

Blessing Dzingirai

Keyword(s):

Clinical Pharmacology ◽

Health Professionals ◽

Emergency Contraception ◽

Healthcare Professionals ◽

Unwanted Pregnancy ◽

Contraceptive Methods ◽

Emergency Contraceptive Pills ◽

Contraceptive Pills ◽

Emergency Contraceptive ◽

Emergency Contraceptives

Emergency contraceptives play a major role in preventing unwanted pregnancy. The use of emergency contraceptives is characterized by myths and lack of knowledge by both health professionals and users. The main objective of this paper is to summarize the clinical pharmacology of hormonal methods of emergency contraception. A literature review was done to describe in detail the mechanism of action, efficacy, pharmacokinetics, safety profile, and drug interactions of hormonal emergency contraceptive pills. This information is useful to healthcare professionals and users to fully understand how hormonal emergency contraceptive methods work.

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Personal, Socio-Cultural and Environmental Factors Associated with Smoking Among Female Students at University of Lusaka, Zambia

10.21617/jprm2021.325 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 93-103

Author(s):

Francesca Chishimba Kasonka ◽

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Diana Mannan ◽

Theresa Lesa Chisoso ◽

Brian Chanda Chiluba ◽

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Keyword(s):

Environmental Factors ◽

Peer Influence ◽

Premature Death ◽

Female Students ◽

Family Influence ◽

Snowball Sampling ◽

Adverse Health Effects ◽

Younger Age ◽

The University

Tobacco use is one of the most preventable causes of premature death globally, yet statistics show that there has been an increase of female smokers. Hence a need to understand why smoking prevalence continues despite the overwhelming data on adverse health effects. The aim of this study was to explore personal, socio-cultural, and environmental factors that are associated with smoking among female university students of University of Lusaka. A qualitative case study design was conducted with a sample 12 female students from the University of Lusaka. Snowball sampling was utilized. Female students smoking tobacco were predominantly associated with the desire for personal gratification, to feel accepted by their peers who smoke, to express female independenceand freedom and exposure to a male family member who smokes at younger age. Socio-cultural factors such as such as peer influence, family influence and female modernity in society were the major influencers of smoking in the female students, and environmental factors such as the lack of responsiveness to Zambia’s anti-smoking campaigns and a gap in the enforcement of anti-smoking legislation in Zambia also played an indirect role in facilitating smoking among female student. Anti-smoking campaigns could try and consider evaluating interventions from a male and female perspective respectively.

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Komunikasi Dakwah Pesantren Tradisional

Ilmu Dakwah Academic Journal for Homiletic Studies ◽

10.15575/idajhs.v10i2.1081 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 375-397

Author(s):

Taufik Rahman

Keyword(s):

Empirical Data ◽

Female Students ◽

Communication Patterns ◽

Case Study Method ◽

Male And Female ◽

Related Research ◽

Islamic Schools

This research is motivated by empirical data, the potential for problems in the field with regard to the growing problem of propaganda in the spread of Islam. Deployment is meant as the spread of Islam through the study of classical texts, recitals in taklim to male and female students who live in boarding Bustanul Wildan as well as to the communities in surrounding and also spread through the typical tradition traditional pesantren like tahlilan, berzanji, Rajaban, Muludan and other events. Pesantren Bustanul Wildan be of interest to researchers as objects related research. Research conducted at the Islamic Schools Bustanul Wildan. The paradigm used in this study is a constructivist paradigm (qualitative). constructivist paradigm, uses the case study method. The conclusions of this research are: First, Pesantren Bustanul Wildan in the spread of Islam that is the communication patterns of action, interaction and transaction.Keywords: Communication, Pesantren, Preaching Islam

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SEXUAL BEHAVIORS AND THE USE OF CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS AMONG UNDERGRADUATE FEMALE STUDENTS OF THE HEALTH AREA

Reme Revista Mineira de Enfermagem ◽

10.5935/1415-2762.20180040 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 22 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Maria do Socorro Ribeiro de Araújo Sarmento ◽

Jaqueline Carvalho e Silva Sales ◽

Fernando José Guedes da Silva Júnior ◽

Adriana da Cunha Meneses Parente

Keyword(s):

Sexual Behaviors ◽

Female Students ◽

Contraceptive Methods ◽

Health Area ◽

Undergraduate Female

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Designing Dynamic Logotypes to Represent Data

International Journal of Art Culture and Design Technologies ◽

10.4018/ijacdt.2019010102 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 16-30

Author(s):

Jéssica Parente ◽

Tiago Martins ◽

João Bicker ◽

Penousal Machado

Keyword(s):

Female Students ◽

Design Approach ◽

Data Driven ◽

Male And Female ◽

The Creation ◽

Academic Information ◽

The University ◽

Over Time

This work explores how data can influence the design of logotypes and how they can convey information. The authors use the University of Coimbra, in Portugal, as a case study to develop data-driven logotypes for its faculties and, subsequently, for its students. The proposed logotypes are influenced by the current number of students in each faculty, the number of male and female students, and the nationality of the students. The resulting logotypes are able to portray the diversity of students in each faculty. The authors also test this design approach in the creation of logotypes for the students according to their academic information, namely the course and number of credits done. The resulting logotypes are able to adapt to the current students, evolving over time with the departure of students and admission of new ones.

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