Assessment of knowledge and attitudes among female students of Preschool Teacher Training College on emergency contraception, Serbia
INTRODUCTION: Unwanted pregnancies in the student population could be avoided by using emergency contraception, which is legally available in Serbia. OBJECTIVES: Determine whether there are differences in attitudes and knowledge between respondents urban and rural areas regarding EC. MATERIAL AND ME...
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doaj-771307fa04f2447a8d57a49a252e965b2020-11-25T02:28:23ZsrpAssociation of Nurses-Technicians and Midwives of the Republic of Serbia, BelgradeSestrinska reč0354-84222466-51262019-01-0122797120354-84221979007SAssessment of knowledge and attitudes among female students of Preschool Teacher Training College on emergency contraception, SerbiaSrećković Marijana0Bogdanović-Vasić Slobodanka1Karić Svetlana2Aleksić Uroš3Banovac Milanka4Visoka medicinska i poslovno-tehnološka škola strukovnih studija, ŠabacVisoka medicinska i poslovno-tehnološka škola strukovnih studija, ŠabacVisoka škola strukovnih studija za vaspitače, ŠabacUniverzitet u Nišu, Medicinski fakultetDom zdravlja, BogatićINTRODUCTION: Unwanted pregnancies in the student population could be avoided by using emergency contraception, which is legally available in Serbia. OBJECTIVES: Determine whether there are differences in attitudes and knowledge between respondents urban and rural areas regarding EC. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted in Preschool Teacher Training College of Applied Studies in Šabac where inclusion criteria were female students, from urban and rural areas, of any age group. Data were collected using a questionnaire constructed for the purposes of this research. Ethical approval was taken prior to data collection. RESULTS: Overall 260 participants (151 urban area and 109 rural area) participated in the study. Students from urban areas had better informed about the term EC (ch2 4,16; p=0,04) and that this type of contraception was targeted at females (ch2 3,746; p=0.05). Significantly higher numbers of female students in the urban area claimed that the indications for the uses of EC was an unprotected sexual intercourse (ch2 4,516; p=0,003) and irregular taking of hormonal contraception (ch2 4,83; p=0,02). Only one-quarter of the students knew drugs used for EC do not harm future fertility. Less than half of the respondents consider that her partner would agree to use of EC in case of unprotected sex. CONCLUSION: The results showed that the respondents of both groups do not have enough knowledge on this topic and that there is a need for a targeted health education programme.https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0354-8422/2019/0354-84221979007S.pdfemergency contraceptionfemale studentsreproductive healthurban arearural area |
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Srećković Marijana Bogdanović-Vasić Slobodanka Karić Svetlana Aleksić Uroš Banovac Milanka |
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Assessment of knowledge and attitudes among female students of Preschool Teacher Training College on emergency contraception, Serbia |
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Assessment of knowledge and attitudes among female students of Preschool Teacher Training College on emergency contraception, Serbia |
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Assessment of knowledge and attitudes among female students of Preschool Teacher Training College on emergency contraception, Serbia |
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Assessment of knowledge and attitudes among female students of Preschool Teacher Training College on emergency contraception, Serbia |
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Assessment of knowledge and attitudes among female students of Preschool Teacher Training College on emergency contraception, Serbia |
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assessment of knowledge and attitudes among female students of preschool teacher training college on emergency contraception, serbia |
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Association of Nurses-Technicians and Midwives of the Republic of Serbia, Belgrade |
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Sestrinska reč |
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0354-8422 2466-5126 |
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INTRODUCTION: Unwanted pregnancies in the student population could be avoided by using emergency contraception, which is legally available in Serbia. OBJECTIVES: Determine whether there are differences in attitudes and knowledge between respondents urban and rural areas regarding EC. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted in Preschool Teacher Training College of Applied Studies in Šabac where inclusion criteria were female students, from urban and rural areas, of any age group. Data were collected using a questionnaire constructed for the purposes of this research. Ethical approval was taken prior to data collection. RESULTS: Overall 260 participants (151 urban area and 109 rural area) participated in the study. Students from urban areas had better informed about the term EC (ch2 4,16; p=0,04) and that this type of contraception was targeted at females (ch2 3,746; p=0.05). Significantly higher numbers of female students in the urban area claimed that the indications for the uses of EC was an unprotected sexual intercourse (ch2 4,516; p=0,003) and irregular taking of hormonal contraception (ch2 4,83; p=0,02). Only one-quarter of the students knew drugs used for EC do not harm future fertility. Less than half of the respondents consider that her partner would agree to use of EC in case of unprotected sex. CONCLUSION: The results showed that the respondents of both groups do not have enough knowledge on this topic and that there is a need for a targeted health education programme. |
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