Arinze-Onyia S U, Aguwa E N, Nwobodo Ed
Department of Community Medicine, Enugu State University College of Medicine, Parklane, Nigeria.
Niger J Clin Pract. 2014 Jan-Feb;17(1):100-5. doi: 10.4103/1119-3077.122858.
This was an intervention study to compare the effects of health education alone and health education plus advance provision of emergency contraception (EC) pills on the knowledge and attitudes to EC by female students of University of Nigeria in South-East Nigeria.
A structured questionnaire was used to collect data in February, 2009 from 290 female students of a tertiary educational institution (140 in the study group and 150 from the control group) who were selected by multistage sampling. Subsequently, health education was conducted among all the students. In addition, a pack containing 2 tablets of EC pills (Postinor) was given only to the students in the study group. Three months after this intervention, its effects were assessed through a survey using the same structured questionnaire employed in the baseline survey.
knowledge of EC was significantly higher among the study group than the controls at post-intervention, P < 0.05. Attitudes to EC were also more favorable at post-intervention survey among the study group, P < 0.05 in most of the variables.
CONCLUSION/RECOMMENDATION: Health education plus advance provision of EC pills effectively improved knowledge and attitudes to EC among female students of tertiary institutions more than health education alone and this should be promoted.
这是一项干预性研究，旨在比较单纯健康教育以及健康教育加预先提供紧急避孕药（EC）对尼日利亚东南部尼日利亚大学女生关于紧急避孕的知识和态度的影响。
2009年2月，采用结构化问卷，通过多阶段抽样从一所高等教育机构的290名女生（研究组140名，对照组150名）收集数据。随后，对所有学生进行健康教育。此外，仅向研究组学生发放包含两片紧急避孕药（保仕婷）的包装。干预三个月后，通过使用与基线调查相同的结构化问卷进行调查来评估其效果。
干预后，研究组关于紧急避孕的知识显著高于对照组，P<0.05。干预后调查中，研究组对紧急避孕的态度在大多数变量上也更积极，P<0.05。
结论/建议：健康教育加预先提供紧急避孕药比单纯健康教育更有效地提高了高等院校女生对紧急避孕的知识和态度，应予以推广。
