Survey of knowledge and perceptions towards emergency contraceptives among women of Bijapur, South India.

Abstract

Emergency contraceptives (EC) give woman a second chance to prevent unwanted pregnancy from unprotected intercourse. The importance of EC becomes even more in India with high prevalence of unmet need for family planning. This study was done to assess the knowledge about emergency contraceptives among women. A crosssectional study was done among 300 married women residing in an urban slum of Bijapur & data was obtained using a prestructured questionnaire.