Author | Country | Study design | Results |
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Aziken, Okonta & Ande, (2003) [16] | Nigeria | Cross-sectional study | Awareness: 510 women (58%) were aware of EC Use: 2.1% has ever used EC Type(s): Combined oral contraceptives, Dedicated levonorgestrel-only pills, Menstrogen, Brown codeine, Ampicillin, Quinine, Ergometrine & Gynaecosid |
Mqhayi et al, (2004) [19] | South Africa | Cross-sectional study | Awareness: 32 (16.6%) knew about EC Use: 2 (1.03%) had ever used EC Type(s): All |
Ikeme, Ezegwui & Uzodimma (2005) [20] | Nigeria | Quantitative study | Awareness: 256 (61%) were aware of EC Use: 31% had used EC Type(s): Postinor |
Ebuehi, Ekanem & Ebuehi, (2006) [21] | Nigeria | Cross-sectional descriptive study | Awareness: 320 (67.8%) knew about EC Use: 62 (33.9%) out of 183 having ever practiced EC (12.9% of the sample) Type(s): Menstrogen, Postinor 2, combined oral contraceptives, Levonorgestrel & Noriday |
Myer et al, (2007) [22] | South Africa | Cross-sectional study | Awareness: Out of 831, 253 (30%) of the women had ever heard of EC Use: 13% of the 253 (those aware of EC); 4% of the entire participants (831) used EC (n = 34) Type(s): All |
Kongnyuy et al, (2007) [23] | Cameroon | Cross-sectional study | Awareness: General level of awareness of EC was 63.0% (418/664) Use: 49 (7.4%) had used EC Type(s): All |
Addo & Tagoe-Darko, (2009) [24] | Ghana | Cross-Sectional Study | Awareness: 1178 (51.4%) of the 2292 respondents reported having heard about Emergency Contraceptives Use: 96 (4.2%) respondents had ever used Emergency Contraceptives Type(s): N-tablets, contraceptive Pills, Postinor, and an IUCD. |
Tilahun, Assefa & Belachew, (2010) [25] | Ethiopia | Cross-sectional study | Awareness: out of 310, 62 (20%) respondents were aware of EC Use: out of the respondents, 62 had ever used emergency contraceptives (9.4%) Type(s): ECPs, IUCD and some didn’t remember the type. |
Opoku & Kwaununu, (2011) [26] | Ghana | Cross-sectional study | Awareness: Out of 402 respondents, 229 (57%) knew about EC Use: 163 (71% of those aware of EC) had used it before. This formed 41% of all participants that responded (402). Type(s): All |
Ahmed et al, (2012) [27] | Ethiopia | Cross-sectional study | Awareness: 310 (84.2%) had ever heard of EC Use: Out of 368, 7.3% had ever used EC (75% of sexually active respondent) Type(s): All |
Hoque & Ghuman, (2012) [28] | South Africa | Cross-sectional study | Awareness: 49.8% of the participants reported having heard about EC Use: Out of 453 sexually active students, (21.2%) used EC (11.3% of the sample). Type(s): Norlevo, Ovral, Microval, Nordette, IUCD |
Tesfaye, Tilahun & Girma, (2012) [29] | Ethiopia | Cross-Sectional Study | Awareness: Out of the 89 respondents, 9 (10.1%) knew about EC Use: None of the respondents used EC Type(s): progesterone only pills & IUCD |
Abate, Assefa & Alemayehu, (2014) [30] | Ethiopia | Cross-sectional study | Awareness: 162 women (41.5%) heard about EC Use: 38 (9.7%) used EC Type(s): All |
Amalba, et al, (2014) [31] | Ghana | Cross-sectional study | Awareness: Awareness level of ECPs were found to be 69.0% (138) Use: 55 (39.9%) of the participants who had awareness have ever used ECPs (27.5% of participants) Type(s): All |
Chin-Quee et al, (2014) [18] | Kenya & Nigeria | Cross-sectional study | Awareness: 2396 (79%) in Nairobi and 2065 (66%) in Lagos had heard of ECPs Use: 546 (18%) from Nairobi and 531 (17%) in Lagos had ever ECPs Type(s): All |
Morgan, Keesbury &Speizer, (2014) [15] | Kenya & Nigeria | Cross-sectional study | Awareness: Kenya 4486 (58%) and 3890 (31%) in Nigeria were aware of EC Use: 856 (11%) in Kenya, 786 (6.3%) in Nigeria. Type(s): All |
Nibabe & Mgutshini, (2014) [32] | Ethiopia | Cross-sectional study | Awareness: 246 (69.9%) of the respondents knew about EC Use: Out of 352 respondents, 38 (10.8%) admitted to ever having used EC (i.e.; 15.4% of 246 who were aware of EC) Type(s): All |
Yam et al, (2014) [33] | Swaziland | Cross-sectional study | Awareness: 27.5% were aware of EC Use: 27.5% of respondents had ever used ECP Type(s): All |
Mane et al, (2015) [34] | Senegal | Mixed-Method (Interviews and Surveys) | Awareness: 20% were aware of EC Use: 4% had ever used EC Type(s): All |
Shiferaw, Gashaw & Tesso, (2015) [35] | Ethiopia | Cross-sectional study | Awareness: Out of 489, 332 (67.8%) respondents had heard of EC Use: 68 (36.2%) used EC (13.9% of sample) Type(s): ECPs & IUCD |
Abiodun, (2016) [36] | Nigeria | Cross-sectional study | Awareness: 964 (72.6%) were aware of emergency contraceptives Use: 718 (54.1%) had ever used emergency contraceptives. Type(s): All |
Onasoga et al, (2016) [37] | Nigeria | Cross-sectional study | Awareness: 173 (86.5%) of respondents have heard of emergency contraceptive pills Use: Out of 200 respondents, 61 (30.5%) have used emergency contraceptive Type(s): Postinor-2 & Don’t know |
Ajayi et al, (2017) [38] | Nigeria | Cross-sectional study | Awareness: Out of 370 respondents, 63.1% were aware of EC Use: 27.4% out of 330 used EC Type(s): Levonorgestrel (postinor) & non-EC. Non-EC drugs reported by the participants include: menstrogen, gynacocied, antibiotics, Cytotec, Andrews liver salt, MNB 760, Alabukun, salt and water, alcohol, lime, potash, and yoyo bitters |
Hernandez et al, (2017) [39] | DR Congo | Qualitative Study; Phenomenology | Awareness: very few participants reported having heard of EC Use: No participant used EC Type(s): douching, drinking salted water or sodas, using an herbal concoction or even jumping hard, antibiotics, deworming medicines (Décaris, Tanzol), and antimalarial medicines (quinine, tetracycline) what were used as after sex methods. |
Rokicki & Merten, (2018) [14] | Ghana | Qualitative Study; Phenomenology | Awareness: Awareness was high amongst the respondents, 26 out of 32. Use: Twenty-six of the 32 participants had used ECPs at least once. Type(s): Postinor-2. |
Mishore, Woldemariam & Huluka, (2019) [40] | Ethiopia | Cross-sectional study | Awareness: Out of 214 respondents, 200 (93.5%) were aware of EC. Use: Out of 200 who were aware, 66 (33%) used EC (30.8% of respondents) Type(s): Pills, IUCD & Implants and Injectable |
Mohammed, Abdulai & Iddrisu, (2019) [17] | Ghana | Cross-sectional study | Awareness: 166 (86.91%), of the participants, indicated they had heard about emergency contraceptives Use: 49 (25.7%) participants used EC Type(s): IUCD |