Knowledge of Emergency Contraception among Reproductive Age Group of Married Women in Field Practicing Area of RMCH, Bareilly

Knowledge of Emergency Contraception among Reproductive Age Group of Married Women in Field Practicing Area of RMCH, Bareilly

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Introduction: Only a few know about ECP as a method to prevent unintended pregnancy after unprotected intercourse and even among those who are aware of ECP very few know how to use it correctly.Methodology: A cross-sectional community based study amongst married women aged 15-45 years present in their respective house- holds.A structured pretested interviewer-administered schedule was used to collect data.

Chi- square Hand Pulse Sensor Wire test and ANOVA were used to analyze data Results: Nearly a quarter of females had knowledge about EC.EC awareness was significantly lower among rural females (9.3%) than the urban (17.

3%) females.Respondents who were aware of EC first heard about EC from television (68.6%).

Majority of those aware knew about the pills (91.2%).In addition, most participants (84.

5%, n = 515) did not know about the appropriate interval for efficacy between unprotected sex and taking EC.Only 5.0 % respondents had ever used an emergency contraception method.

Nearly a quar- ter of respondents would like to use EC in future.Education of woman and husband were found to be significant Conclusion: Education was found to be significant PS-300 PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE predictor of knowledge of emergency contraception in this study.