The utilization of emergency contraceptives amongst people visiting Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital between April and August 2017
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2018-03
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Kampala International University, School of Health Sciences
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Emergency contraception refers to methods of contraception that can be used to prevent unwanted pregnancy after unprotected sexual intercourse or contraceptive method failure (WHO, 2017). Worldwide there are about 210 Million pregnancies each year, some 80 million of these are unintended, and one in ten of these pregnancies end in an unsafe abortion. Objectives: The study aimed to; determine the demographic characteristics, the availability of EC’s and the utilization of EC’s among the women visiting Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital. Research methods: The researcher used a retrospective study design. The targeted population was women visiting Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital Family Planning unit. The sample size was 50 and it was determined by Morgan and Krejcie statistical table. Data was collected using a research collection tool, it was cleaned, trimmed, validated and analyzed using the MS-Excel. Results: The following were the findings obtained from the study; methods of EC’s available included 0.75mg levonorgestrel pill and Copper T Intra uterine device. Sixty percent of the women used EC’s in August and two percent of women in May. The researcher found out that 38% of the women who used EC’s were between the age of 25 to 34 years and 16% of the women were between 45 and 55 years. Fifty four percent of the women used EC’s were married and 46% were single. Forty six percent of women who used EC’s were Bachelor’s degree holders and 8% of the women had no education. Thirty percent of the women who used EC’s were employed, and 12% of the women were unemployed. Seventy two percent of women who used EC’s were from urban centres while 28% of were from rural areas. Of the women who used emergency contraceptive pills 22% were faced with changes in their menstrual cycle while 8% of them experienced body fatigue
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A research report submitted to the Faculty of Clinical Medicine and Dentistry in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of a degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery of Kampala International University
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Emergency contraceptives, Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital