Knowledge, attitude and practices of health school students in Bitlis Eren University about the emergency contraception and the associated factors

The aim of this study is to determine the knowledge, attitude, practice and factors affecting the emergency contraception of the students of Health School of Bitlis Eren University. This study was conducted by using the cross-sectional research model among analytical research models on Health School students studying at Bitlis Eren University during the fall semester of 2016-2017 academic year. The researchers applied the questionnaire to 398 (82.9%) out of 480 students studying in Health School of Bitlis Eren University during the fall semester of 2016-2017 academic year under observation. The data were analyzed by using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) 16.0 package program. In the statistical evaluation, percent distributions and chi-square significance test were used and the value of p

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