Assessment of the Awareness and Attitude on Emergency Contraceptives among Adolescents in Selected Colleges
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Nursing and health Science - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 2
Abstract
Adolescents And Young People Are The Backbone Of Any Society. The Present Descriptive Comparative Study Aims To Compare The Awareness And Attitude Towards Emergency Contraceptives, Correlate Awareness And Attitude On Emergency Contraceptives Among Adolescent Boys And Girls. Structured Questionnaire And Likert Scale Were Prepared As Tools For The Study. The Researcher Met The Adolescents In Two Colleges And Samples Were Selected By Using Convenience Sampling Method. Totally One Hundred (100) Adolescents Including 50 Boys And 50 Girls Of 17-20 Years Of Age Were Selected. On The Days Of Data Collection, Each Adolescent Was Given Tool To Answer The Questionnaire And Respond To Attitude Scale. Result Showed That There Was No Significant Difference (T = -1.445, P > 0.05) In The Awareness Of Emergency Contraceptives Among The Adolescent Boys And Girls. It Was Inferred That There Was Significant Difference (T = 2.727, P < 0.05) In The Attitude On Emergency Contraceptives Among The Adolescent Boys And Girls. Further It Was Observed That Attitude Of Boys Was More Favourable Than Attitude Of Girls Towards Emergency Contraceptives. The Obtained Coefficient Of Correlation Between Awareness And Attitude Among Adolescent Boys And Girls ‘R’ = 0.345 (P < 0.01) Was Found To Be Significant By Positive Correlation. Further It Showed That Higher The Awareness, More Favourable Was The Attitude. There Was Significant Association Between Awareness Of Emergency Contraceptives Among Adolescents And Mode Of Accommodation, F Value = 3.39 (P < 0.05).
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Mrs. Lekshmi . M.
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