Effect of the Knowledge of Emergency Contraception among Married Female attending in primary health care Makkah Al- Mokarramah at Saudi Arabia 2022

Abstract

Background

     The usage of contraceptive has acknowledged as a significant part in reducing fertility and control of population, which in turn is important for the development of the nation. Contraception is an effective mean of Family Planning (FP) and fertility control, promotes maternal and child health. It is interesting to explore the perception and use of contraceptives among Saudi women. Unintended pregnancies pose a major challenge to the reproductive health of young adults in developing countries. Tertiary institution students are an important high-risk group in any society and emergency contraceptives (EC) can prevent unintended pregnancies and its consequences in this high risk group, use of emergency contraceptive (EC) methods, provides a second chance to prevent unintended pregnancy and reduce maternal morbidity and mortality. Providing women with knowledge about intrauterine cupper device as EC will affect their understanding and change their attitude towards EC and hence increase their utilization of this method.

Aim of the study: To assessment the Effect of the Knowledge of Emergency Contraception among Married Female attending in primary health care in Saudi Arabia 2022.

Methods: cross sectional descriptive study has been conducted using Saudi female who fulfilling the inclusion criteria, used to randomly select female from Primary Health Care Centers (PHCCs) in Makkah in Saudi Arabia. using a well-structured pretested questionnaire composed of four main parts to collect the data. Our total participants were (300).

Results: show the only (38.0%)of the participated were >35 years while (34.0%) Range 20-48 and  the marital status Majority of them (79.0%) were currently married, regarding the Number of children most of participant heave tow children were (37.0%) had more than two children were(35.0%), the occupation the majority of  participant teacher were  (44.0%) regarding the Educational level the majority of  participant graduated were  (40.0%) regarding Income (Saudi Riyals/month) the most of participants <5000 were (41.0%).

Conclusion: This study showed poor knowledge of emergency Contraception. Oral pills were the commonest used method and lack of knowledge about emergency Contraception was the commonest reason for not using emergency Contraception. Awareness programmes should be organized by the primary health care management on emergency contraception and other modern contraceptive methods