Awareness of emergency contraception among female college students in Chandigarh, India
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Medknow Publications on behalf of Indian Journal of Medical Sciences Trust
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Summary : Adolescents and young women are at the greatest risk of
unintended pregnancy because they are unlikely to see a family planning
provider before or immediately after the sexual activity. Therefore,
preventing unintended pregnancy among them is the important concern.
Sexually active young women are clients with special needs for
contraception. They are eligible to use a variety of the available
contraceptives. Introduction of emergency contraception (EC) in the
recent past can help them avoid such unintended pregnancies. Objective
: To investigate the awareness of emergency contraception in female
college students. Study Design : Cross-sectional, questionnaire-based
study. Materials and Methods : This study was conducted among
college-going undergraduate and graduate female students of Punjab
University, Chandigarh. Systematic random sampling was used to select
the respondents. Results :Of the 1,017 college students included in
the study, 507 (49.9%) knew about different contraceptive methods.
Maximum awareness was regarding oral contraceptive pills (239, 47.1%).
Only 74 (7.3%) had knowledge about emergency contraceptive pills (ECP).
Of them, 10 (14.7%) students knew the correct time for use of ECP, and
the side effects of ECP were known to 48 (88.9%) respondents.
Conclusions : Awareness about ECP was very low among female college
students of Chandigarh, especially regarding correct timing of its use
and its side effects. Appropriate awareness programs on EC are needed
for them.
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reproductive health, female students, family
planning, emergency contraceptive pills, contraception, Awareness
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