A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY ON KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE, AND PRACTICES TOWARD THE USE OF EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTIVE PILLS AMONG FEMALE YOUTHS AGED 15-24 YEARS IN ADJUMANI HOSPITAL ADJUMANI, DISTRICT.
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https://doi.org/10.51168/bgarrw57Keywords:
Knowledge, Attitude, Practices, Emergency Contraceptive Pills, Adjumani Hospital, Adjumani DistrictAbstract
Background:
The purpose of the study is to determine the knowledge, attitude, and practices towards Emergency contraceptive pills (ECPs) among female youth aged 15 - 24 years in Adjumani Hospital, Adjumani district.
Methodology:
The study focused on descriptive cross-sectional design in nature and the study employed the simple random method to select 50 female youth. The study data collection tool was a questionnaire; analyzed manually and presented in figures and tables.
Results:
Most of the respondents (52%) were within the age bracket of 23-25 years whereas the least (48%) were within the age bracket of 18-21 years. (66%) of the respondents who had ever heard about emergency contraceptive pills, (54%) obtained their first knowledge from a health facility, (64%) knew after unprotected sexual intercourse as a condition when a female youth can use emergency contraceptive pills, (56%) agreed that emergency contraceptive pills are effective in preventing unwanted pregnancies, (52%) disagreed that emergency contraceptive pills ECPs promote promiscuity,(36%) were willing to use emergency contraceptive pills if the need arises,(56%) noted that they had ever used emergency contraceptive pills, irregularly use ECP’s, (30%) reported that they last had health education on emergency contraceptives and (36.3%) reported that they use other methods.
Conclusion:
The study discovered that participants possessed moderate knowledge with fair attitudes and practices were not very delightful due to limited exposure to intensive health education on ECPs hence making participants opt for other methods.
Recommendation:
Health workers at Adjumani Hospital should address the views, apprehensions, doubts, and perceptions of potential users to make their choice of occasional use of ECPs to prevent unwanted pregnancy. This will help bring down the load of induced abortion and maternal complications.
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