Assessment of the Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Contraceptive Methods among Female College Students at Kasulu Teachers College in Kigoma Region. (Record no. 21226)
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| control field | CUHAS/MD/4001398/T/15 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | CUHAS/MD/4001398/T/15 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
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| 028 ## - PUBLISHER OR DISTRIBUTOR NUMBER | |
| Source | Wurzburg Road 35, BMC Premises, Post Code: 33102: |
| Source | P. O Box 1464, Mwanza – Tanzania: |
| Source | Phone: +255 28 298 3384: |
| Source | Fax: +255 28 298 3386: |
| Source | Email: vc@bugando.ac.tz : |
| Source | www.bugando.ac.tz |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER | |
| System control number | CUHAS/MD/4001398/T/15 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Language of cataloging | English |
| Transcribing agency | DDC |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | English |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | Kiswahili |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Chubwa, Hilder. M |
| 9 (RLIN) | 21298 |
| Dates associated with a name | CUHAS/MD/4001398/T/15 |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Assessment of the Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Contraceptive Methods among Female College Students at Kasulu Teachers College in Kigoma Region. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Mwanza, Tanzania: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences [CUHAS – Bugando] : |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | ©2020 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Other physical details | ix; 20 Pages |
| Other physical details | Includes References |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Abstract: <br/><br/>Background: Contraceptive methods are useful in family planning, prevention of unwanted pregnancy and prevention of STDs. Proper utilization of contraceptives is an important indicator for reducing maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality and promoting reproductive health of the women in underdeveloped countries and many resource limited countries where there is low rates of contraceptives use. Tanzania reported contraceptive prevalence in women age 15-49, to be 38.4% in 2016 [1].<br/><br/>Objectives: To assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of modern contraceptive methods among female college students in Kasulu teachers’ training colleges in Kigoma region.<br/><br/>Methodology: A cross sectional descriptive study design was employed. Purposive, convenient and simple random sampling techniques were used to select study participants. The data was collected by using questionnaire. Quantitative data was analyzed by SPSS version 20. <br/><br/>Results: There was a good knowledge on contraceptive methods where 71.5% responded that it prevents unwanted pregnancies and 75.5% contraceptives helps in child spacing. High percent of the participants had positive attitude towards contraceptive methods where 78.1% of the participants responded that contraceptives are not expensive, 76.2% responded that contraceptives are not only for adult married person, 62.9% responded not being prohibited by religion, 64.9% responded that contraceptives use do not lead to infertility and 83.4% responded that advertisement and information about contraceptive are not immoral and 56.3% approved due the of contraceptive methods. Few reported using contraption which was 15.2% of the participants and the mostly used methods were 13.9% used male condoms, 5.3% Oral contraceptives pills and 7.3% Emergence contraceptive pills. <br/><br/>Conclusion: There is high knowledge on contraceptive methods, the knowledge in obtained from TV and Radios, networks, classmates and friends and had positive attitude on the contraceptive methods and the utilization is very low. <br/> |
| 600 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| General subdivision | Obstetrics and Gynecology |
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| 9 (RLIN) | 21286 |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme | ddc |
| Koha item type | UNDERGRADUATE DISSERTATIONS |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total checkouts | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| MWALIMU NYERERE LEARNING RESOURCES CENTRE-CUHAS BUGANDO | MWALIMU NYERERE LEARNING RESOURCES CENTRE-CUHAS BUGANDO | 08/10/2021 | UD1182 | 08/10/2021 | 08/10/2021 | UNDERGRADUATE DISSERTATIONS |