Knowledge and Attitudes of Students about Emergency Contraception in Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences

Introduction & To educate the every material, first the requirements must be recognized until we will be able to educate the students. As though the family planning lesson is thought to every course in university to promote the knowledge of them, this study was carried out to detect the knowledge and Attitudes of students about emergency contraception in medical university ofShahrekord.In a descriptive and analytical study, 130 of female students in nursing, midwifery, health andpara medical courses who passed the family planning lesson, randomly selected and were assessed. A predesigned questionnaire was used for data collection and analysis was done by SPSS version 16, t and chi square tests and P<0.05 was considered significant. A predesigned questionnaire was used for data collection, analyzed of data was done by SPSS, t and chi square tests and P<0.05 was considered significant. About of 95.4% of students were aware of emergency contraception. 85.2%explained the contraceptive pills and 10% stated the IUD for emergency contraception.The knowledge of students was inadequate in 15.4% of them. 76.9% of them had moderate and 7.7% had adequate knowledge. The attitudes more of the 80% of students about emergency contraception were positive.The awareness of students about emergency contraception was moderate. Better education of emergency contraception with considering the details for every method and IUD for emergency contraception was suggested.