Espejo Ximena, Tsunechiro Maria Alice, Osis Maria José Duarte, Duarte Graciana Alves, Bahamondese Luis, de Sousa Maria Helena
Unidade de Reprodução Humana, Centro de Assistência Integral à Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brasil.
Rev Saude Publica. 2003 Oct;37(5):583-90. doi: 10.1590/s0034-89102003000500006. Epub 2003 Oct 9.
An analysis of secondary data was carried out to evaluate the knowledge adequacy on contraceptives and its association with socioeconomic and demographic characteristics.
The sample consisted of 472 women from the city of Campinas, state of São Paulo, Brazil. Chi-square test was used to evaluate differences among variables and logistic regression was performed to identify independent variables associated with knowledge adequacy (evaluated through a score).
Of the total, 47.6% women reached a score higher than six, which was classified as an adequate knowledge on contraceptives. Higher schooling and better socioeconomic status were associated to higher scores of knowledge.
The results show that it is necessary to improve women's education in general, and on contraceptive methods specifically. In addition, professionals working in public health services should be capacitated to provide contraceptives as well as adequate information on contraceptive methods.
对二手数据进行分析，以评估避孕知识的充足程度及其与社会经济和人口特征的关联。
样本包括来自巴西圣保罗州坎皮纳斯市的472名女性。采用卡方检验评估变量间的差异，并进行逻辑回归分析以确定与知识充足程度（通过得分评估）相关的独立变量。
总体而言，47.6%的女性得分高于6分，这被归类为对避孕知识充足。受教育程度较高和社会经济地位较好与知识得分较高相关。
结果表明，总体上有必要提高女性教育水平，特别是关于避孕方法的教育。此外，公共卫生服务领域的专业人员应具备提供避孕药具以及避孕方法充分信息的能力。
