Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Emergency Contraceptive Pills among Medical and Paramedical Students.

Abstract

Emergency contraceptive pill (ECP) is also called as morning after pill which is indicated after unprotected coitus, sexual
abuse and nonuse of regular contraception to avoid unwanted pregnancy. The present study was conducted to evaluate
the knowledge, attitude and current use of emergency contraceptive pill among the medical and paramedical students.
Institution based cross- sectional descriptive study was conducted at Gandaki medical college and The School of Health
and Allied sciences from August 2015-Janawary 2016.Data was collected using structured questionnaire and analyzed
using Microsoft excel 2007. Out of 181 respondents 40.9% were male and 59.1% were female students. 91.2%
respondents were from urban area and 86.2% were Hindu. As compared to female students, male students have more
knowledge about the ECPs. However, female students were more correct than male students regarding the proper
administration time of ECP. Although recipients have positive attitude regarding ECPs, majority of them believed that
ECPs have harmful effects to the body. Mainly due to the humiliation and lack of proper knowledge, male respondents
and female respondents respectively felt challenges to use ECPs. It is concluded the misinformation regarding ECPs is
high among the respondents. Therefore, effective awareness program should be lunched to educate them regarding the
ECPs and to protect young females from the risk of unsafe abortion.