[ Utilisation des méthodes contraceptives modernes chez les étudiantes: Connaissances, attitudes, pratique et déterminants dans deux facultés de l’Université de Lubumbashi (RD Congo) ]
Volume 45, Issue 1, March 2025, Pages 68–82
Vinie Mwanza Numbi1, Berthe Tshikala Kosa2, Rosalie Mugoli Kalimira3, Didier Chuy Kalombola4, and and Abdon Wa Mukalay Mukalay5
1 Faculty of Medicine, University of Lubumbashi, RD Congo
2 Faculty of Medicine, University of Lubumbashi, RD Congo
3 Faculty of Medicine, University of Lubumbashi, RD Congo
4 Institut Supérieur des Techniques Médicales, RD Congo
5 Faculté de Médicine, Université Lubumbashi, RD Congo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2025 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The aim of this study was to identify contraceptive behavior and determinants of Modern Contraceptive Methods (MCM) use among female students at the University of Lubumbashi (UNILU) in DR Congo. Methods: a cross-sectional analytic study, running from June 06, 2016 to March 21, 2017 among female students at two faculties of university of Lubumbashi (Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Letters and Humanities). An exhaustive sampling of 329 sexually active female students, secondary of 1341 female students present on the day of the survey. Socio-demographic variables, knowledge, attitudes and practices of MCM were analyzed, and logistic regression was performed. Results: The average age of all sexually active female students was 22.9±3 years, 9 out of 10 students had heard of contraceptive methods (CM), and teachers were the main source of information, followed by friends and family. Condoms were the method most frequently cited and used by respondents. Determinants of MCM use among female students were: «hearing about MCM from friends/family», «knowledge of condoms», «having used an MCM at first intercourse», «having been pregnant in her life», «sharing information about MCM with sexual partner», and «knowing that MCM were available in pharmacies». Conclusion: To increase the use of MCM among female students, it is necessary to take into account the various predictive factors.
Author Keywords: use, contraception modern, knowledge, attitudes, practice, determinants, University of Lubumbashi.
Volume 45, Issue 1, March 2025, Pages 68–82
Vinie Mwanza Numbi1, Berthe Tshikala Kosa2, Rosalie Mugoli Kalimira3, Didier Chuy Kalombola4, and and Abdon Wa Mukalay Mukalay5
1 Faculty of Medicine, University of Lubumbashi, RD Congo
2 Faculty of Medicine, University of Lubumbashi, RD Congo
3 Faculty of Medicine, University of Lubumbashi, RD Congo
4 Institut Supérieur des Techniques Médicales, RD Congo
5 Faculté de Médicine, Université Lubumbashi, RD Congo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2025 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
The aim of this study was to identify contraceptive behavior and determinants of Modern Contraceptive Methods (MCM) use among female students at the University of Lubumbashi (UNILU) in DR Congo. Methods: a cross-sectional analytic study, running from June 06, 2016 to March 21, 2017 among female students at two faculties of university of Lubumbashi (Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Letters and Humanities). An exhaustive sampling of 329 sexually active female students, secondary of 1341 female students present on the day of the survey. Socio-demographic variables, knowledge, attitudes and practices of MCM were analyzed, and logistic regression was performed. Results: The average age of all sexually active female students was 22.9±3 years, 9 out of 10 students had heard of contraceptive methods (CM), and teachers were the main source of information, followed by friends and family. Condoms were the method most frequently cited and used by respondents. Determinants of MCM use among female students were: «hearing about MCM from friends/family», «knowledge of condoms», «having used an MCM at first intercourse», «having been pregnant in her life», «sharing information about MCM with sexual partner», and «knowing that MCM were available in pharmacies». Conclusion: To increase the use of MCM among female students, it is necessary to take into account the various predictive factors.
Author Keywords: use, contraception modern, knowledge, attitudes, practice, determinants, University of Lubumbashi.
Abstract: (french)
Contexte: L’objectif de cette étude était d’identifier le comportement contraceptif et les déterminants de l’utilisation des Méthodes Contraceptives Modernes (MCM) chez les étudiantes de l’Université de Lubumbashi (UNILU) en RD Congo. Méthodes: L’étude transversale analytique, allant du 06 juin 2016 au 21 mars 2017 parmi les étudiantes de deux facultés de l’université de Lubumbashi (médecine et Lettres & Sciences Humaines). Un échantillonnage exhaustif de 329 étudiantes sexuellement actives, secondaire de 1341 étudiantes présentes le jour de l’enquête. Les variables sociodémographiques, de connaissance, d’attitudes et de pratiques des MCM étaient analysées et une régression logistique a été réalisée. Résultats: L’âge moyen des enquêtées était de 22,9±3 ans, 9 étudiantes sur 10 avaient déjà entendu parler des Méthodes Contraceptives (MC) et les enseignants constituaient la première source d’informations, suivi du groupe des ami (e) s et la famille. Le préservatif était la méthode la plus citée et plus utilisée par les enquêtées. Les déterminants de l’utilisation des méthodes contraceptives modernes chez les étudiantes étaient: « entendre parler des MC des ami (e) s/famille«, « la connaissance du préservatif », « avoir utilisé une MC lors des premiers rapports sexuels», « avoir été enceinte dans sa vie », « partager l’information sur les MC avec le partenaire sexuel », et « connaître que les MC étaient procurées dans les pharmacies. Conclusion: Pour augmenter l’utilisation des MCM parmi les étudiantes, il s’avère nécessaire de tenir compte des différents facteurs prédictifs.
Author Keywords: utilisation, contraception moderne, connaissance, attitude, pratique, déterminants, UNILU.
How to Cite this Article
Vinie Mwanza Numbi, Berthe Tshikala Kosa, Rosalie Mugoli Kalimira, Didier Chuy Kalombola, and and Abdon Wa Mukalay Mukalay, “Use of modern contraceptive methods among female students: Knowledge, attitudes, practice and determinants in two faculties of the University of Lubumbashi (DR Congo),” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 68–82, March 2025.
