KIẾN THỨC, THÁI ĐỘ VỀ VIÊN THUỐC TRÁNH THAI KHẨN CẤP VÀ CÁC YẾU TỐ LIÊN QUAN CỦA SINH VIÊN KHOA ĐIỀU DƯỠNG – KỸ THUẬT Y HỌC, ĐẠI HỌC Y DƯỢC THÀNH PHỐ HỒ CHÍ MINH

Abstract

Background: With the higher rate of unintended pregnancy and abortion, Emergency Contraceptive Pills are a second chance to help everyone, as well as young people, avoid unintended pregnancy and its consequences. Objectives: To determine the percentage of students at the Faculty of Nursing and Medical Technology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, with good knowledge and positive attitude toward emergency contraceptive pills and their related factors. Materials and methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study on 249 students from the Faculty of Nursing and Medical Technology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City. The data was collected in the form of an online survey. The data will be processed using IBM SPSS Statistics 20 software. Results: The study shows that 56.2% of the students participating in the study have good knowledge and 87.1% of the students have a positive attitude toward emergency contraceptive pills. Research shows the correlation between age, the field of study, and media with knowledge. Attitude - religion, attitude - age, and attitude - media also correlate. Conclusions: Research results have emphasized the role and importance of propaganda and education on emergency contraceptive pills and the need to improve knowledge and attitudes about this contraception method to help students avoid unintended pregnancy and its consequences.