Level of Knowledge / Demographic Characteristics of College Students that use Emergency Oral Contraception

Abstract

The great boom reached by emergency contraceptive pills (ECPs) in recent years has become a subject of public interest. Objective: To assess the level of knowledge and sociodemographic characteristics of university students using emergency contraceptive pills. Patients and Methodology: Descriptive cross-sectional study, conducted at the National Autonomous University of Honduras in the Valle de Sula (UNAH-VS) in the third quarter of 2014. The convenience sample, including 66 students who used ECPs. The information was obtained by a collection instrument type questionnaire data. Results: We found that the level of knowledge about the AOE was low in 32 (48.5%) students. Predominant sociodemographic characteristics in these students were: age 17 to 20 years 33 (50.0%), from the urban area 51 (77.3%), living in San Pedro Sula 42 (63.6%), family income between Lps. 8.000 to 16.000 32 (48.5%), 41 (62.1%) belonged to the careers of the social sciences and life sciences and health, unmarried 55 (83.3%), not working 48 (72.7%), and are part of Catholicism 31 (47.0%). Conclusions: About half of university students using AOE, do not have adequate knowledge on the subject, risking your healt.

Keywords

Contraceptive, Knowledge, Female