All India Congress of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 04–08 Jan 2009 · Birla Auditorium, Jaipur

Emergency contraception (EC) has the potential to improve women's reproductive health. Acceptance of this method is essential to increase its awareness and access to EC. Hence, this study was undertaken to fill the information gap regarding EC and to be useful in determining the effectiveness of the educational messages and secondly to define the target audience for future campaigns. Objective : The objective of the study was to determine the knowledge, attitude and practices relating to hormonal EC among collegiate girls and their mothers Material And Method : 100 collegiate girls and their mothers were interviewed using a using a pre-structured questionnaire.