Investigation on Knowledge of and Attitude to Emergency Contraception among Induced-Abortion Women

ItwasreportedthattherewerealotofabortionsinChinaeachyear":,andtherehasbeennotrendt0bedecreasedinthenumberinrecently.Inducedabortionsisnotonlyharmfultowomen'shealthbothphysicallyandmentally.Itwasestimatedthemortalityfromabortionwas67OOOto2O4OOOeachyear,nearlyallofthemindevel-opingcountriesL'j.Thereportsindicatedfoundthatmorethan6O%ofwomenforter-minationsofpregnancycouldhavetheriskoftheirundesiredpregnancy""'.Thus,ifwomenusedsomemethodstoavoidpregnancywhentheyperceivetheriskofpreg-nancyafter…

Investigation on Knowledge of and Attitude to Emergency Contraception among Induced-Abortion Women

Based on the data from the survey of 6O6 women who went to three MCHs ofShanghai for induced abortion, women's knowledge of and attitude to emergency con-traception (EC) were analyzed. The results showed that 28.5% of the subjects wereaware of EC. Among them, 97 1% were aware of emergency pill. The main re-sources of their knowledge were from books, newspapers, magazines and relatives orfriends. Women's exact knowledge of EC was insuffcient. The younger, well-edu-cated women were more likely to be aware of EC. 85.5% of the subjects were willingto use EC when needed. Women who had knowledge EC and were in the first preg-nancy were more willing to use this method. Most women prefrred to use emergencypill and thought drug store was the most appropriate place in which to acquire it. Theresult implied that, in order to decrease the rate of induced abortion, it is urgent tocommunicate EC to the public and to produce emergency pills to be accessible for use.