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| Title |
Assessing knowledge, attitude, and practice of emergency contraception: a cross- sectional study among Ethiopian undergraduate female students
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| Published in |
BMC Public Health, February 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-12-110 |
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| Authors |
Fatuma A Ahmed, Kontie M Moussa, Karen O Petterson, Benedict O Asamoah |
| Abstract |
Emergency contraception (EC) is a type of modern contraception which is indicated after unprotected sexual intercourse when regular contraception is not in use. The importance of EC is evident in preventing unintended pregnancies and its ill consequences like unintended child delivery or unsafe abortion, which are the most common causes of maternal mortality. Therefore, EC need to be available and used appropriately as a backup in case regular contraception is not used, misused or failed. Knowing that Ethiopia is one of the countries with highest maternal mortality rate, this study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of EC, and to further elucidate the relationship between these factors and some socioeconomic and demographic characteristics among female undergraduate students of Addis Ababa University (AAU). This information will contribute substantially to interventions intended to combat maternal mortality. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 302 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Ethiopia | 1 | <1% |
| Ghana | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 296 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 64 | 21% |
| Student > Bachelor | 56 | 19% |
| Researcher | 19 | 6% |
| Lecturer | 18 | 6% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 16 | 5% |
| Other | 42 | 14% |
| Unknown | 87 | 29% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 66 | 22% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 56 | 19% |
| Social Sciences | 26 | 9% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 9 | 3% |
| Psychology | 9 | 3% |
| Other | 38 | 13% |
| Unknown | 98 | 32% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 March 2012.
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#17,655,049
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Outputs from BMC Public Health
#12,349
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#192,145
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#194
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