Factors associated with the Practice of Emergency Contraceptive
Journal Title: Asian Pacific Journal of Health Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 2
Abstract
Contraceptive became widely discussed issue globally with a wide variety but underutilized. Unintended pregnancies occur among women of all incomes, educational levels, and ages associated with many negative health and economic consequences. Emergency contraceptive can prevent pregnancy, when used after unprotected sexual intercourse around the time of ovulation. It is unique among modern contraceptive methods in its capacity to prevent pregnancy and provides a critical time-sensitive opportunity for all women in reproductive age group to prevent undesired pregnancy. To reduce unintended pregnancy and improve reproductive health in this globe women need better access to reproductive health care services, including emergency contraceptive. The findings suggest that sexual and reproductive health education, counseling, and contraceptive provision are effective in increasing sexual knowledge and contraceptive use, which decrease its consequence. The purpose of the review was to describe the factors associated with the use of emergency contraceptive. The use of emergency contraceptive prevents unintended pregnancy and its magnitudes which are major public health problems both in developed and developing countries but due to different factors usage is low.
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Prof. Yang Luo
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