A comparative study of the knowledge, attitudes and practices of emergency contraception by women of reproductive age among Urban and rural dwellers in Enugu State, Nigeria
Aim: A cross-sectional study was carried out to compare the knowledge, attitudes and practices of emergency contraception (EC) by women of reproductive age in an urban and a rural community in Enugu State in May, 2005. Materials and method: A structured questionnaire was used to collect data from 38...
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| author | S U Arinze-Onyia T A Okeke E N Aguwa |
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| description | Aim: A cross-sectional study was carried out to compare the knowledge, attitudes and practices of emergency contraception (EC) by women of reproductive age in an urban and a rural community in Enugu State in May, 2005.
Materials and method: A structured questionnaire was used to collect data from 383 women who were selected by a multistage sampling technique.
Results: Awareness of emergency contraception (EC) was generally high in both communities but significantly higher in the urban community, P=0.0001. However, knowledge of definition, names and timing of its administration was poor in both communities but worse in the rural community (P < 0.05). There was positive attitude towards EC with regards to its increased advertisement in both communities. More people favored the wide availability of EC in the urban women, P=0.002. Nevertheless, the practice of EC in both communities is still low being 36.3% among the urban women and 3.9% in the rural group.
Conclusion/recommendation: The knowledge and practice of the women is poor and so there should be increased effort at creating awareness on the use of EC. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cb98460d31bc46c787bbf9b0b261b4ca2022-12-22T02:50:00ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsInternational Journal of Medicine and Health Development2635-36952008-01-011327884A comparative study of the knowledge, attitudes and practices of emergency contraception by women of reproductive age among Urban and rural dwellers in Enugu State, NigeriaS U Arinze-OnyiaT A OkekeE N AguwaAim: A cross-sectional study was carried out to compare the knowledge, attitudes and practices of emergency contraception (EC) by women of reproductive age in an urban and a rural community in Enugu State in May, 2005. Materials and method: A structured questionnaire was used to collect data from 383 women who were selected by a multistage sampling technique. Results: Awareness of emergency contraception (EC) was generally high in both communities but significantly higher in the urban community, P=0.0001. However, knowledge of definition, names and timing of its administration was poor in both communities but worse in the rural community (P < 0.05). There was positive attitude towards EC with regards to its increased advertisement in both communities. More people favored the wide availability of EC in the urban women, P=0.002. Nevertheless, the practice of EC in both communities is still low being 36.3% among the urban women and 3.9% in the rural group. Conclusion/recommendation: The knowledge and practice of the women is poor and so there should be increased effort at creating awareness on the use of EC.http://www.ijmhdev.com/article.asp?issn=2635-3695;year=2008;volume=13;issue=2;spage=78;epage=84;aulast=Arinze-Onyia;type=0knowledgeattitudes and practices (kap)emergency contraceptionurban womenrural womennigeria |
| spellingShingle | S U Arinze-Onyia T A Okeke E N Aguwa A comparative study of the knowledge, attitudes and practices of emergency contraception by women of reproductive age among Urban and rural dwellers in Enugu State, Nigeria International Journal of Medicine and Health Development knowledge attitudes and practices (kap) emergency contraception urban women rural women nigeria |
| title | A comparative study of the knowledge, attitudes and practices of emergency contraception by women of reproductive age among Urban and rural dwellers in Enugu State, Nigeria |
| title_full | A comparative study of the knowledge, attitudes and practices of emergency contraception by women of reproductive age among Urban and rural dwellers in Enugu State, Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | A comparative study of the knowledge, attitudes and practices of emergency contraception by women of reproductive age among Urban and rural dwellers in Enugu State, Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | A comparative study of the knowledge, attitudes and practices of emergency contraception by women of reproductive age among Urban and rural dwellers in Enugu State, Nigeria |
| title_short | A comparative study of the knowledge, attitudes and practices of emergency contraception by women of reproductive age among Urban and rural dwellers in Enugu State, Nigeria |
| title_sort | comparative study of the knowledge attitudes and practices of emergency contraception by women of reproductive age among urban and rural dwellers in enugu state nigeria |
| topic | knowledge attitudes and practices (kap) emergency contraception urban women rural women nigeria |
| url | http://www.ijmhdev.com/article.asp?issn=2635-3695;year=2008;volume=13;issue=2;spage=78;epage=84;aulast=Arinze-Onyia;type=0 |
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