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Emergency contraception: Awareness, attitudes and barriers of Saudi Arabian Women
OBJECTIVES: To assess knowledge, attitude, and barriers about emergency contraception (EC) among married women of child bearing age. METHODS: A quantitative cross-sectional study was conducted over a 6-month period, commencing in March 2013 at Family Practice Clinics of King Khalid University Hospit...
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Professional Medical Publications
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4744309/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26870124 http://dx.doi.org/10.12669/pjms.316.8127 |
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author | Karim, Syed Irfan Irfan, Farhana Rowais, Norah Al Zahrani, Basma Al Qureshi, Riaz Qadrah, Bedoor H Al |
author_facet | Karim, Syed Irfan Irfan, Farhana Rowais, Norah Al Zahrani, Basma Al Qureshi, Riaz Qadrah, Bedoor H Al |
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description | OBJECTIVES: To assess knowledge, attitude, and barriers about emergency contraception (EC) among married women of child bearing age. METHODS: A quantitative cross-sectional study was conducted over a 6-month period, commencing in March 2013 at Family Practice Clinics of King Khalid University Hospital (KKUH), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Data was collected using a structured pretested questionnaire and analyzed using SPSS version 21.0 statistical software. RESULT: A total of 242 women were enrolled in the study. Only 6.2% (15/242) had some knowledge of EC and of these only two had ever used it. Health care professionals were the least reported source of EC information (6.6%, n=1). Majority (73.3%) had negative attitude toward EC being available over-the-counter without a prescription. The most common barriers to using EC were concerns about possible health effects. Only two women (13.3%) considered religious belief as a major hindrance to its use. CONCLUSION: Awareness of emergency contraception is very low among women of Saudi Arabia. Health care professionals were the least reported source of information, which is a cause for concern. Our findings reveal an urgent need to educate women about EC, keeping in view the social norms and the Islamic values. |
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spelling | pubmed-47443092016-02-11 Emergency contraception: Awareness, attitudes and barriers of Saudi Arabian Women Karim, Syed Irfan Irfan, Farhana Rowais, Norah Al Zahrani, Basma Al Qureshi, Riaz Qadrah, Bedoor H Al Pak J Med Sci Original Article OBJECTIVES: To assess knowledge, attitude, and barriers about emergency contraception (EC) among married women of child bearing age. METHODS: A quantitative cross-sectional study was conducted over a 6-month period, commencing in March 2013 at Family Practice Clinics of King Khalid University Hospital (KKUH), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Data was collected using a structured pretested questionnaire and analyzed using SPSS version 21.0 statistical software. RESULT: A total of 242 women were enrolled in the study. Only 6.2% (15/242) had some knowledge of EC and of these only two had ever used it. Health care professionals were the least reported source of EC information (6.6%, n=1). Majority (73.3%) had negative attitude toward EC being available over-the-counter without a prescription. The most common barriers to using EC were concerns about possible health effects. Only two women (13.3%) considered religious belief as a major hindrance to its use. CONCLUSION: Awareness of emergency contraception is very low among women of Saudi Arabia. Health care professionals were the least reported source of information, which is a cause for concern. Our findings reveal an urgent need to educate women about EC, keeping in view the social norms and the Islamic values. Professional Medical Publications 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4744309/ /pubmed/26870124 http://dx.doi.org/10.12669/pjms.316.8127 Text en Copyright: © Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Karim, Syed Irfan Irfan, Farhana Rowais, Norah Al Zahrani, Basma Al Qureshi, Riaz Qadrah, Bedoor H Al Emergency contraception: Awareness, attitudes and barriers of Saudi Arabian Women |
title | Emergency contraception: Awareness, attitudes and barriers of Saudi Arabian Women |
title_full | Emergency contraception: Awareness, attitudes and barriers of Saudi Arabian Women |
title_fullStr | Emergency contraception: Awareness, attitudes and barriers of Saudi Arabian Women |
title_full_unstemmed | Emergency contraception: Awareness, attitudes and barriers of Saudi Arabian Women |
title_short | Emergency contraception: Awareness, attitudes and barriers of Saudi Arabian Women |
title_sort | emergency contraception: awareness, attitudes and barriers of saudi arabian women |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4744309/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26870124 http://dx.doi.org/10.12669/pjms.316.8127 |
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