Abstract:Questionnaires were distributed to 335 randomly selected female students of Federal University of Technology Owerri in order to determine the awareness, knowledge and sources of information on emergency contraception. It was found that 29.5% of the respondents had had an induced abortion while 74.6% had used family planning .The percentage that correctly identified postinor, oral contraceptive and intra uterine contraceptive as methods of emergency contraception was 9;15.7; and 4.3 % respectively. Only 16.5% k… Show more
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