Yapici Gulcin, Oner Seva, Kurt A Oner, Sasmaz Tayyar, Bugdayci Resul
Department of Public Health, Mersin University Faculty of Medicine, Mersin, Turkey.
J Reprod Med. 2011 May-Jun;56(5-6):204-10.
To determine the knowledge of, use of and willingness to use emergency contraception (EC) among women in Turkey.
This cross-sectional study was conducted among 1,298 women at 12 primary health care centers in Mersin. Chi-square, Student's t test, Mann-Whitney U and binary logistic regression tests were performed for statistical analysis.
Overall, 18.1% of the women had heard of EC, and of those, 73.6% correctly identified the time limit for the method's use. Among women who had heard about EC, the most commonly cited source of information was health care centers. Knowledge of EC was independently associated with younger women, higher education, having received counseling about family planning, having had an unintended pregnancy, and being employed. Of women who had been sexually active, 4.4% reported having used EC.
These data suggest that in general a low percentage of the study population has heard of EC. Health care providers and media have an important role to play in the education of women for accurate information about EC. Providing information about EC may help to prevent some unintended pregnancies and induced abortions.
确定土耳其女性对紧急避孕（EC）的知晓情况、使用情况及使用意愿。
本横断面研究在梅尔辛的12个初级卫生保健中心对1298名女性进行。采用卡方检验、学生t检验、曼-惠特尼U检验和二元逻辑回归检验进行统计分析。
总体而言，18.1%的女性听说过紧急避孕，其中73.6%能正确识别该方法的使用时限。在听说过紧急避孕的女性中，最常提及的信息来源是卫生保健中心。紧急避孕知识与年轻女性、高等教育、接受过计划生育咨询、有过意外怀孕经历以及就业独立相关。在有过性行为的女性中，4.4%报告使用过紧急避孕。
这些数据表明，总体而言研究人群中听说过紧急避孕的比例较低。卫生保健提供者和媒体在向女性提供关于紧急避孕的准确信息方面可发挥重要作用。提供紧急避孕信息可能有助于预防一些意外怀孕和人工流产。
