TY - JOUR
T1 - A study on emergency contraceptive practice among nursing staff in Sikkim, India - A cross sectional study
AU - Rahaman, Hafizur
AU - Renjhen, Prachi
AU - Kumar, Ashwini
AU - Pattanshetty, Sanjay
AU - Sagir, Afrin
AU - Dubey, Himanshu
PY - 2010/10/12
Y1 - 2010/10/12
N2 - Background: Improved knowledge about emergency contraception (EC) may decrease the unplanned pregnancy rate, unsafe abortion and save many lives. This study aims to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of EC amongst the nursing staff in Sikkim. Method: This study was carried out among 131 nursing staff in Gangtok between 2008 to 2009. A predesigned self-administered questionnaire was used to collect the data. Results: The majority of nursing staff stated that they had heard of EC. About 80% gained knowledge about EC from doctors and health personnel and 61% were willing to use contraceptives, but only 40% were in favor of using EC if required. Only 26 nursing staff had used one or more methods of EC. High dose oral contraceptive pills (OCP) were the preferred method of EC. Conclusion: Awareness of EC was low among nursing staff. There appears to be an urgent need of education about EC and training programs to promote it.
AB - Background: Improved knowledge about emergency contraception (EC) may decrease the unplanned pregnancy rate, unsafe abortion and save many lives. This study aims to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of EC amongst the nursing staff in Sikkim. Method: This study was carried out among 131 nursing staff in Gangtok between 2008 to 2009. A predesigned self-administered questionnaire was used to collect the data. Results: The majority of nursing staff stated that they had heard of EC. About 80% gained knowledge about EC from doctors and health personnel and 61% were willing to use contraceptives, but only 40% were in favor of using EC if required. Only 26 nursing staff had used one or more methods of EC. High dose oral contraceptive pills (OCP) were the preferred method of EC. Conclusion: Awareness of EC was low among nursing staff. There appears to be an urgent need of education about EC and training programs to promote it.
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U2 - 10.4066/AMJ.2010.362
DO - 10.4066/AMJ.2010.362
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77957665826
SN - 1836-1935
VL - 3
SP - 667
EP - 671
JO - Australasian Medical Journal
JF - Australasian Medical Journal
IS - 10
ER -