Bibliographic citations
Coral, C., (2017). Conocimiento sobre anticoncepción oral de emergencia en mujeres en edad fértil atendidas en el Centro de Salud de Santa María de Alto Nanay, marzo del 2017 [Trabajo de suficiencia profesional, Universidad Científica del Perú]. http://repositorio.ucp.edu.pe/handle/UCP/994
Coral, C., Conocimiento sobre anticoncepción oral de emergencia en mujeres en edad fértil atendidas en el Centro de Salud de Santa María de Alto Nanay, marzo del 2017 [Trabajo de suficiencia profesional]. PE: Universidad Científica del Perú; 2017. http://repositorio.ucp.edu.pe/handle/UCP/994
@misc{renati/192331,
title = "Conocimiento sobre anticoncepción oral de emergencia en mujeres en edad fértil atendidas en el Centro de Salud de Santa María de Alto Nanay, marzo del 2017",
author = "Coral Rengifo, Carol Nathaly",
publisher = "Universidad Científica del Perú",
year = "2017"
}
The national guide for comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care defines emergency oral contraception as the hormonal methods used as an emergency, after unprotected intercourse, to avoid an unwanted pregnancy. Objective To determine the level of knowledge about emergency oral contraception in women of childbearing age treated at the Santa María de Alto Nanay health center, March 2017. Methodology A descriptive cross-sectional design was carried out, evaluating 50 women who attended the health center of Santa María de Alto Nanay; A previously elaborated and validated questionnaire was applied with 20 questions about the use, benefits, and adverse effects of emergency oral contraception; where it was considered that from 11 to 20 the knowledge is adequate and from 0 to 10 not adequate, the data was analyzed through the SPSS 15.0 software. Results. 54% correspond to women with Secondary studies, 60% of women are cohabiting, 90% of women have had 0 to 2 sexual partners, 58% of women have had 0 to 3 deliveries, 82% do not had no abortion; It was observed that 52% of the surveyed women obtained an adequate result and 48% of the surveyed women obtained an inadequate knowledge of emergency oral contraception. Conclusion According to the questionnaire applied to women of childbearing age at the Santa María de Alto Nanay health center, 52% obtained an adequate result regarding the level of knowledge about emergency oral contraception or morning-after pills.
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