Knowledge of Paramedical Students about Emergency Contraception in BaghdadCity

Abstract

Objectives : To determine the knowledge and attitude of paramedical students about emergency contraception.Methodology :A cross-sectional study conducted inn college of Health and Medical Technology, College of Nursing University of Baghdad, Institute of Medical Technol- ogy. Sampling was (non probability convenient)& the sample size was 120 students. Study started from March 2015 to March 2016. Data was collected by questionnaire to obtain socio-demographic information (age, gender, contraception using intake of ,pills contained progesterone & estrogen ,pills without prescription ,family planning withcon- traception,dual&signalpills,diseaseprohibitedfromusing,sideeffects,........etc).Results: The result showed that there was a higher percentage of the received the answers were these of paramedical student in the college Nursing in age group ( 21-24)whereasthehigherlevelofknowledgeofparamedicalstudentwasrecordedinhealthand medical technologies their responses were about the emergency contraception contained progesterone and estrogens the percentage of their responses was ( 31.7 % ) .There is a sort of convergence in the level of education between the students ,Faculty of technical and those of the faculty of Nursing.Recommendations: There is a great need to improve the quality of knowledge of paramedicalstudentregardingtheemergencycontraceptionthroughsupplyinghealtheducation courses and seminars and tackling this thread intensively.