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ABSTRACT
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THE EFFECT OF EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION USE ON CONDOM USE: A CROSS SECTIONAL SURVEY AMONG STUDENTS OF JIMMA TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING COLLEGE, JIMMA, ETHIOPIA |
| Authors |
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Tesfaye Mohammed, Chalachew Teshale, Seid Musa, Shewatatek Gedamu |
| Keywords |
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Emergency contraceptive; Ethiopia; Condom; effect; regular birth control |
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February 2015 |
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Background: The effect of a combined message to adolescents of promoting condom use with emergency contraception as back-up is not known. Objective: This study was aimed to assess the effect of emergency contraception use on condom use among students of Jimma Technical and Vocational Training College. Materials and Methods: A cross- sectional study was conducted from May-June 2011 on 422 Jimma Technical and Vocational Training College students who were available in the campus compound during data collection period. Data was collected by using self administered structured questionnaire, analyzed using SPSS soft ware version 16.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA). Chi square test was calculated with 95% confidence intervals; P-values less than 0.05 were considered as statistically significant. Results: Out of 422 respondents, 338 (80.1%) have heard about emergency contraceptives and friends were the main sources of information for 169 (50%) of respondents. The correct recommended time when to take emergency contraceptive pills after unprotected sexual intercourse were known by 164 (48.6%), whereas 175 (51.8%) knew the correct recommend dose and frequency. Condom was used as a preferred method by 327 (77.4%) of respondents to prevent unwanted pregnancy due to its double purpose, that is preventing both pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. Conclusion: The result of this study showed that there was more awareness about condom than ECPS among the respondents and majority of the respondents had positive attitude about condom instead of ECPS because of its double benefit. Whereas partners trust and increase in sexual pleasure were the main reasons to prefer ECPS to condom. |
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219-226 |
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0975-9492 |
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Vol. 6, No.2 |
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