scholarly journals Emergency contraception amongst female college students – knowledge, attitude and practice

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendwosen T. Nibabe ◽  
Tennyson Mgutshini
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Emergency Contraception ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Descriptive Data ◽  
Tertiary Institutions ◽  
Female College ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Unwanted Pregnancies ◽  
Detrimental Impact ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Background: Unwanted teenage pregnancies have a notable detrimental impact on the learners’ trajectory and have been associated with jeopardising the students’ educational progress and future career prospects. These pregnancies are mostly unplanned and unintended and many are terminated, either legally or illegally.Aim: The aim of this study was to explore the contributory role played by the knowledge, attitude and practices of female college students with respect to the utilisation of emergency contraceptives.Setting: Three tertiary institutions in Dessie, Ethiopia.Methods: Quantitative self-administered questionnaires were used to collect descriptive data from 352 female college students.Results: The study revealed that there was a high percentage (78.3%) of unwanted pregnancies amongst those engaging in sex. Significantly, nearly half (43.3%) of these unwanted pregnancies resulted in abortion. Only 10% of the students sampled admitted to ever having used emergency contraception. Even though more than half (69.9%) of the students knew about emergency contraception, only 27% of them felt confident that they understood when it was most effective.Conclusion: These and other observed findings confirm the need for improvement of female college students’ knowledge and timely utilisation of emergency contraception.

scholarly journals Breast Self-examination: Knowledge, Attitude and Practice among Female College Students

2021 ◽  
pp. 460-465
Author(s):  
Premalatha Paulsamy ◽  
Shadia Hamoud Alshahrani ◽  
Absar Ahmed Qureshi ◽  
Eva Lobelle E. Sampayan ◽  
Krishnaraju Venkatesan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
College Students ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Breast Self Examination ◽  
Female College ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Low Middle Income Countries ◽  
Knowledge And Practice ◽  
Self Examination ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

In low–middle-income countries, breast self-examination (BSE) is a simple, practicable, and appropriate tool for breast cancer screening. The goal of this study was to analyze female college students' knowledge and practice of BSE. A cross-sectional study of 200 female students was done using a convenient sampling technique. The self administered questionnaire with the socio-demographic data, questions about knowledge, attitudes and practice regarding BSE was used to collect the data among the female college students of an educational institution. The descriptive and inferential statistics was used to analyse the data. The results show that the level of knowledge on BSE among 77% of the girls was inadequate and 61% of them had negative practice towards BSE. Despite the good attitude (69%) about BSE, there was inadequate knowledge and practice. The participants' age and family history of breast cancer was positively associated with their attitude (p = 0.01) and knowledge (p= 0.05) respectively. The study recommends the mass awareness campaigns related to BSE and early detection of breast cancer to be given to improve the knowledge, attitude and practice of the women and thereby reduce the related morbidity and mortality.

scholarly journals A Descriptive Study on the Knowledge and Attitude of Female College Students towards Contraception

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 19-24
Author(s):  
J. Eswari ◽  
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Premalatha Paulsamy ◽  
Absar Ahmed Qureshi ◽  
Krishnaraju Venkatesan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Mortality And Morbidity ◽  
Female College ◽  
Unwanted Pregnancies ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude

Effective contraception plays a vital role in the economic advancement and reproductive health of women. This study aimed to assess the knowledge and attitude regarding contraception of female college students of a university. A descriptive study design was used with 100 female students of different departments including Arts and Science, engineering, nursing etc, who were selected by convenient sampling technique. A self reported tool was used with 3 sections including demographic data, knowledge questionnaire and a 3 point Likert scale to assess the attitude. The overall level of knowledge (8.86 ±3.56) shows that there was inadequate knowledge among the female college students on contraception. The overall percentage of female college students with a positive attitude was only 28.66%. There was no correlation between participants' knowledge of contraception and their attitudes about it. (x2 = 1.17, df = 1, p = 0.28). The study concludes that there is an urgent need to improve the knowledge of the female college students on contraception to prevent unwanted pregnancies as well as maternal and neonatal mortality and morbidity. Keywords: Knowledge, Attitude, Female College Students, Contraception, Family Planning

scholarly journals Awareness of emergency contraception among female college students in Chandigarh, India

2007 ◽  
Vol 61 (6) ◽  
pp. 338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonia Puri ◽  
Vikas Bhatia ◽  
HM Swami ◽  
Amarjit Singh ◽  
Alka Sehgal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Emergency Contraception ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Female College
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