Factors Related to Emergency Contraceptive Pill Use Based on the Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills (IMB) Model among Female University Students in Chonburi Province
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Background: Unintended pregnancy is an important public health issue affecting adolescents and is a consequence of contraceptive behavior, especially in terms of indiscriminate use of emergency contraceptive pills.
Objectives: This study aimed to examine factors related to emergency contraceptive pill use among female university students in Chon Buri Province based on the Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills (IMB) Model.
Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study used multi-stage sampling to recruit 467 first- to fourth-year female students from an university in Chon Buri Province. Respondents completed the self-administered questionnaire from January-February 2019. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the variables under investigation, and Chi-square was analyzed to assess any associations.
Results: Of the total sample of female university students, 51.8% were ≤ 20 years of age and 67.5% reported indiscriminate emergency contraceptive pill use. Factors significantly associated with emergency contraceptive pill use were: department of study (p = 0.03), sexual intercourse experience (p = 0.01), partner’s influence (p = 0.01), attitude toward emergency contraceptive pill use (p < 0.01), social media influence (p = 0.01), and personal capacity to access and use emergency contraceptive pills (p < 0.01).
Conclusion: This study showed that more pills. In order to increase female university students’ vigilance in their use of emergency contraceptive pills, universities should create policy aiming to increase motivation and behavioral skills that will result in fewer unintended pregnancies and more appropriate prevention of sexually transmitted diseases.
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