Mishore Kirubel Minsamo, Woldemariam Abebaw Demissie, Huluka Solomon Assefa
School of Pharmacy, Haramaya University, Harar, Ethiopia.
Department of Anesthesia, Harar Health Sciences College, Harar, Ethiopia.
Int J Reprod Med. 2019 Jan 1;2019:9397876. doi: 10.1155/2019/9397876. eCollection 2019.
Ethiopia has a high incidence of unwanted pregnancies and incomplete and unsafe abortions, particularly among adolescents. This can be avoided by using different contraceptive methods including emergency contraceptives (EC). This study aimed to assess the knowledge and practice of EC among female college graduating students in Harar, Eastern Ethiopia.
Institution based cross-sectional study was conducted on 214 female students selected from two randomly selected colleges. Data was collected using a self-administered questionnaire and analyzed using SPSS for Windows version 20.1. Level of significance was taken at P <0.05.
The mean (±SD) age of the participants was 21.06 (±2.14) years. Of the 200 (93.5%) study participants who had ever heard of ECs, 140 (70.0%) had good knowledge. Among the 214 graduating female students, 66 (33.0%) had ever used EC. Being above the age of 20 years old, father's and mother's literacy were found to be determinants of knowledge of EC. Moreover, knowledge was the only determinant factor of practice of EC.
Most of the respondents had relatively good knowledge of EC. The study revealed that female students of older age and higher educational status of parents had higher knowledge and practice of EC.
埃塞俄比亚意外怀孕、不完全流产和不安全流产的发生率很高，尤其是在青少年中。这可以通过使用包括紧急避孕药（EC）在内的不同避孕方法来避免。本研究旨在评估埃塞俄比亚东部哈勒尔地区大学应届毕业女学生对紧急避孕药的知识和使用情况。
在两所随机选取的学院中选取214名女学生进行基于机构的横断面研究。使用自填式问卷收集数据，并使用SPSS for Windows 20.1版本进行分析。显著性水平设定为P<0.05。
参与者的平均（±标准差）年龄为21.06（±2.14）岁。在200名（93.5%）听说过紧急避孕药的研究参与者中，140名（70.0%）有良好的知识了解。在214名应届毕业女学生中，66名（33.0%）曾使用过紧急避孕药。发现年龄在20岁以上、父母的识字率是紧急避孕药知识的决定因素。此外，知识是紧急避孕药使用的唯一决定因素。
大多数受访者对紧急避孕药有相对较好的了解。研究表明，年龄较大且父母教育程度较高的女学生对紧急避孕药的知识了解和使用情况更好。
