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Background: Emergency contraception (EC) is a method that is used to prevent pregnancy after unprotected sexual intercourse (UPSI), it can decrease the risk of unplanned pregnancy by up to 95% when given within 72 hours of UPSI; therefore may reduce the rates of unsafe abortion.
Objectives: The aim of this study is to assess awareness, use of emergency contraception among a sample of reproductive age in Iraqi women and effectiveness of this method in preventing unplanned pregnancy.
Methods: This study used an observational cross sectional design conducted in Iraq between January and August 2023, consist of (131) reproductive age Iraqi women, data is collected using an online structured self-administered questionnaire, Descriptive data were presented using tables and statistical analysis performed using Minitab version 23 statistic program.
Results: (29.01%) of the respondents used emergency contraception, (76.31%) of the respondents used the EC within 24 hours of UPSI, (13.15%) have unplanned pregnancy following EC use and (86.84%) did not.
Conclusion: Despite the good awareness of emergency contraception among the participants the use and attitude are still substandard, a significant percentage of pregnancies occurred among EC users which are unplanned, more efforts must be made to raise awareness, use and attitude about EC and inclusion of these methods in the free family planning services in Iraq.
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