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Abstract
Emergency contraceptive pills (ECPs) are important resource with excellent potential to further reduce the number of unwanted pregnancy and abortions. Therefore, this study was aimed at assessment of nurses’ knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding (ECPs), assessment of women’s knowledge, attitudes and practices toward (ECPs), and evaluation of the impact of a health educational program in changing nurses’ knowledge and attitudes toward (ECPs). The study was carried out in all family planning centers affiliated to primary health care centers and outpatient maternity clinics in Port Said, in addition to some primary health care centers in Ismailia, the study sample consisted of 41 nurses and 757 women. Two designs were used in the study; the first was an exploratory cross-sectional descriptive design that aimed at describing the phenomenon as it occurs; the second was a quasi-experimental intervention study, with pre-post assessment to evaluate the effect of the implemented training program. Data collection tools for nurses were a self-administered questionnaire sheet for knowledge and attitude, and an observation checklist for performance, for women structure interview questionnaire form to assess their knowledge, attitudes and practices related to use (ECPs). The main study findings were; at the pre-program phase, none of the nurses (0.0%) had a satisfactory knowledge about (ECPs), 90.2% of them had negative attitude towards it, and none (0.0%) had a related adequate practice. Statistically significant improvements were revealed at both the post and follow-up phases (p<O.OOl). Also totally none of the studied women had satisfactory knowledge, and 95.6% had a negative attitude towards (ECPs).