TY  - JOUR
AU  - Al-Shami, Kamal
AU  - Al-Ashwal, Fahmi Y
AU  - Bitar, Ahmad Naoras
AU  - Alshakhshir, Sami
TI  - Contraceptives Knowledge and Perception: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Future Pharmacists in Jordan.
JO  - Open access journal of contraception
VL  - 14
SN  - 1179-1527
CY  - Auckland [u.a.]
PB  - Dove Medical Press
M1  - DKFZ-2023-02238
SP  - 159 - 167
PY  - 2023
N1  - #EA:A410#
AB  - 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 U-test and Kruskal-Wallis test) and descriptive analyses were employed.A total of 310 eligible participants completed the questionnaire, and more than half of them ‎‎(N=172; 55.5
KW  - attitude (Other)
KW  - awareness (Other)
KW  - contraceptives (Other)
KW  - pharmacy students (Other)
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6  - pmid:37900210
C2  - pmc:PMC10612479
DO  - DOI:10.2147/OAJC.S431243
UR  - https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/285114
ER  -