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Universidad y Salud
Print version ISSN 0124-7107On-line version ISSN 2389-7066
Abstract
ACEVEDO-OSORIO, Germán Oved; RAMIREZ-GARCIA, Nicolás; CARDONA-OSORIO, Julián David and OLIVEROS-RUIZ, Christian Alexander. Awareness and use of emergency contraception methods among university students in Pereira, Colombia. Univ. Salud [online]. 2019, vol.21, n.2, pp.159-165. ISSN 0124-7107. https://doi.org/10.22267/rus.192102.150.
Introduction:
The emergency contraceptive method, also known as post-coital contraception, is one of the alternatives that can be used to avoid an unwanted pregnancy up to 72 hours after a woman has had unprotected sexual intercourse.
Objective:
To establish the level of awareness and practice of emergency contraceptive methods among university students.
Materials and methods:
An observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study. The sample included 15- to 25-year-old students of a Higher Education Institution from the Municipality of Pereira- Colombia, with an active sexual life. The study included sociodemographic variables with respect to awareness and practice of contraceptive methods.
Results:
127 students were surveyed, where the median age for female students was 19 years (IQR of 3), whereas male students showed a median age of 21 years old (IQR of 5). The condom was the most commonly used contraceptive method, used by 35.4% of the students, followed by contraceptive pills, which was used by 26.8% of students.
Conclusions:
The birth control method of choice was condom and although there is a high prevalence of consumption of emergency contraceptive methods, students show little awareness of their use.
Keywords : Contraceptive agents; contraceptives, poscoito; knowledge.