Abstract
Introduction: Rising population is the one of hot issue of Pakistan that contributesto poverty, hunger, shortage of natural resources, decrease economy growth andeducation. Unacceptance of contraception is major reason; resulting in unplannedpregnancy where emergency contraception method seems to be an attractive option. This study done to assess knowledge, perception and attitude of medical students of PUMHS University.Objectives: To assess the perception, knowledge and attitude about emergencycontraception (EC) among the senior undergraduate’s student (fourth and finalyear) of PUMHS.Methodology: This cross-sectional study was conducted by Department of gynecology &obstetrics unit 1 at People medical and health science university ShaheedBenazir Abad (PUMHS) from August 2019 to November 2019. We select 211 subjects via convenience sampling technique from senior classes. Data collected on 22item questionnaire and analyzed on SPSS version 20.Results: The mean age of study participants was 22.2± 36.435 years. Usingknowledge score (1-10) mean score was 3.09 ±1.707. 75.36% showed positive attitude towards EC methods.Conclusion: Medical undergraduate, as a health care provider and counselor expected to have greater knowledge than corresponding age group with less education but unfortunately information about different aspects of emergency contraception among this cohort in inadequate.
 Key words: Emergency contraception, KAP, University population.
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