A study to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of information booklet on Emergency Contraception in terms of knowledge of women and to seek its relationship with selected factors in selected residential apartments in Andhra Pradesh

Abstract

A study to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of information booklet on Emergency Contraception in terms of knowledge of women and to seek its relationship with selected factors in selected residential apartments in Andhra Pradesh. The main objective of the study was to develop an information booklet for women on EC, to evaluate their knowledge before and after the administration of booklet, to seek relationship between post test knowledge scores and selected factors and to determine the acceptability and utility of the informational booklet by the women.  Multistage sampling technique was used to select the sample of 50 women from residential apartments.  Independent variable was information booklet and dependent variable comprised knowledge scores and opinion scores of women regarding acceptability and utility of information booklet.  Questionnaire consisted of five domains namely, general information, methods, side effects and management and important points to keep in mind and opinionnaire consisted of 10 points.  Findings of the study showed highest post test knowledge scores among women in age group  of 36-40 years (83.75%), post graduates (84.2%), married (82.1%).  Majority of women (95.2%) fully agree with all the items listed in the opinionnaire, thus the information booklet was found to be highly acceptable and useful to enhance to knowledge of women on Emergency Contraception.

Key words: Information booklet, Emergency Contraception, opinionnaire