Knowledge, practices, and attitudes regarding emergency contraception among students at a university in Ghana

dc.contributor.author	Addoa, Victor N.
dc.contributor.author	Tagoe-Darkob, Eva Dede
dc.date.accessioned	2013-06-29T07:56:38Z
dc.date.available	2013-06-29T07:56:38Z
dc.date.issued	2009-06
dc.identifier.citation	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijgo.2009.01.008	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11295/42133
dc.description.abstract	To investigate the knowledge, practices, and attitudes among students at a university in Ghana regarding emergency contraception (EC). An anonymous, self-administered, 39-item questionnaire was sent to 3200 students. The sample size was stratified and 2292 students were randomly selected. Of the 71.6% of students who responded, 51.4% had heard of EC. Among those, 19.4% thought EC consisted of contraceptive pills, 19.1% of “morning-after pills,” and 12.8% of an intrauterine device. Only 4.2% had ever used EC but 73.9% wished it were provided on campus. Of all the respondents, 90.9% called for the establishment of a reproductive health counseling center on campus. Student knowledge and use of EC were poor, and there is urgent need for reproductive counseling and EC services on campus. . . .	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	University of Nairobi	en
dc.subject	Attitudes	en
dc.subject	Emergency contraception	en
dc.subject	Ghana	en
dc.subject	Knowledge	en
dc.subject	Practices	en
dc.subject	University students	en
dc.title	Knowledge, practices, and attitudes regarding emergency contraception among students at a university in Ghana	en
dc.type	Article	en

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