Contraceptives Knowledge and Perception: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Future Pharmacists in Jordan.
attitude
awareness
contraceptives
pharmacy students
Journal
Open access journal of contraception
ISSN: 1179-1527
Titre abrégé: Open Access J Contracept
Pays: New Zealand
ID NLM: 101700100
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2023
2023
Historique:
received:
18
07
2023
accepted:
08
10
2023
medline:
30
10
2023
pubmed:
30
10
2023
entrez:
30
10
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Unintended pregnancy has huge burdens on healthcare resources and society. Contraception is essential to reduce it, and pharmacists are usually the first healthcare providers who are asked for advice about contraceptives. Therefore, the study aimed to evaluate future pharmacists' knowledge, awareness, and perceptions of contraceptive methods and assess the factors influencing their knowledge, awareness, and perceptions. This cross-sectional study was conducted among senior pharmacy students at four universities. Data was collected over three months using a structured and validated questionnaire. Both inferential (Mann-Whitney A total of 310 eligible participants completed the questionnaire, and more than half of them (N=172; 55.5%) were final-year students. The Mann-Whitney Final-year students had higher knowledge and were more aware of contraception than fourth-year students. Also, community pharmacy training was associated with better awareness about contraceptives. Therefore, future studies should explore the impact of incorporating more targeted contraceptive education into earlier years of pharmacy education to bridge the knowledge gap observed between final-year and fourth-year students. Additionally, research should also investigate the effectiveness of specific community pharmacy training modules on contraceptive awareness.
Sections du résumé
Background
UNASSIGNED
Unintended pregnancy has huge burdens on healthcare resources and society. Contraception is essential to reduce it, and pharmacists are usually the first healthcare providers who are asked for advice about contraceptives. Therefore, the study aimed to evaluate future pharmacists' knowledge, awareness, and perceptions of contraceptive methods and assess the factors influencing their knowledge, awareness, and perceptions.
Methods
UNASSIGNED
This cross-sectional study was conducted among senior pharmacy students at four universities. Data was collected over three months using a structured and validated questionnaire. Both inferential (Mann-Whitney
Results
UNASSIGNED
A total of 310 eligible participants completed the questionnaire, and more than half of them (N=172; 55.5%) were final-year students. The Mann-Whitney
Conclusion
UNASSIGNED
Final-year students had higher knowledge and were more aware of contraception than fourth-year students. Also, community pharmacy training was associated with better awareness about contraceptives. Therefore, future studies should explore the impact of incorporating more targeted contraceptive education into earlier years of pharmacy education to bridge the knowledge gap observed between final-year and fourth-year students. Additionally, research should also investigate the effectiveness of specific community pharmacy training modules on contraceptive awareness.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37900210
doi: 10.2147/OAJC.S431243
pii: 431243
pmc: PMC10612479
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
159-167Informations de copyright
© 2023 Al-Shami et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work.
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