A survey of knowledge, attitudes and practices relating to emergency contraception among health workers in Manisa, Turkey

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dc.contributor.authorSevil U.
dc.contributor.authorYanikkerem E.
dc.contributor.authorHatipoglu S.
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-22T08:23:26Z
dc.date.available2024-07-22T08:23:26Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.description.abstractObjective: to determine knowledge, attitudes and practices relating to emergency contraception among health-care providers (general practitioners, nurses and midwives). Design: a cross-sectional design using face-to-face interview methods plus questionnaire in the work setting. Researchers were able to maintain privacy by using priority strategies. Setting: 18 primary health-care units in Manisa, western Turkey. Sample: 182 health-care providers (general practitioners [n=72]; nurses and midwives [n=110] were invited to participate in the study, but 26 of them declined. Participants: 156 health-care providers. As 16 participants had not heard of emergency contraception, 140 health-care providers (general practitioners [n=51] and nurses and midwives [n=89]) were included. Findings: of the health-care providers, almost one in 10 was unfamiliar with the term 'emergency contraception'. Only a few health-care providers knew how to use the intra-uterine contraceptive device (IUCD) for emergency contraception and the doses of emergency contraceptive pills. Some health-care providers included emergency contraception in routine consultations, but many did not support the use of emergency contraception in Turkey. Many of the providers thought that young people should not know about emergency contraception. Key conclusions and implications for practice: knowledge among health-care providers about emergency contraception is inadequate. All health-care providers should know about emergency contraception and include it in routine contraceptive consultations. Thus, continuing education information programmes are required. Further research into the knowledge, practices and attitudes of health-care providers is needed to understand the underlying reasons for the hesitant attitudes among health professionals. © 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
dc.identifier.DOI-ID10.1016/j.midw.2005.03.004
dc.identifier.issn02666138
dc.identifier.urihttp://akademikarsiv.cbu.edu.tr:4000/handle/123456789/19543
dc.language.isoEnglish
dc.subjectAdult
dc.subjectClinical Competence
dc.subjectFamily Practice
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectMale
dc.subjectMiddle Aged
dc.subjectMidwifery
dc.subjectNurse Midwives
dc.subjectProfessional-Patient Relations
dc.subjectQuestionnaires
dc.subjectTurkey
dc.subjectadult
dc.subjectarticle
dc.subjectattitude to health
dc.subjectclinical competence
dc.subjecteducation
dc.subjectfemale
dc.subjectgeneral practice
dc.subjecthuman
dc.subjecthuman relation
dc.subjectmale
dc.subjectmiddle aged
dc.subjectmidwife
dc.subjectnurse midwife
dc.subjectquestionnaire
dc.subjectstatistics
dc.subjectTurkey (republic)
dc.titleA survey of knowledge, attitudes and practices relating to emergency contraception among health workers in Manisa, Turkey
dc.typeArticle

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