Abstract

PALACIOS BELTRAN, Ana Belén; SALAZAR TORRES, Zoila Katherine  and  ESPINOSA MARTIN, Lizette. Emergency contraception, knowledge assessment in teenagers. Vive Rev. Salud [online]. 2022, vol.5, n.13, pp.52-62.  Epub Jan 01, 2022. ISSN 2664-3243.  https://doi.org/10.33996/revistavive.v5i13.130.

Early sexual initiation carries numerous risks such as early pregnancy or sexually transmitted diseases, abortions; therefore, it is important for adolescents to know about emergency contraception, especially for the prevention of unwanted pregnancy and the sequelae of abortion. Objective. To describe emergency contraception and the evaluation of its knowledge in adolescents. Materials and methods. Systematic review, based on inclusion and exclusion criteria, we searched for documents between 2020 and 2021, from PubMed, Cochrane, Science Direct, Redalyc, Scielo databases. DeCS and MeSH keywords were used; in addition, the Boolean operators AND, OR were used. Eighteen articles were obtained to prepare this research. Results. The use of emergency contraception (EC) varies from 10.6% to 60% depending on the population studied. In addition, a large part of the rejection factors lie in misinformation about its mechanism of action and its stigmatization, which is seen as an abortive method. The level of knowledge about EC is low, with factors such as the fact of attending a school with a lower academic level and being an immigrant being associated with a lower level of knowledge. Conclusions. Despite the efforts to guarantee sexual and reproductive health, the levels of knowledge about EC are low, being reflected in the prevalence of use and in the factors that limit its acquisition and use.

Keywords : adolescence; contraceptives; post-coital contraceptives; emergency contraception; knowledge.

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