title: [Contraception among female students in Medical University of Plovdiv].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to investigate the practice of contraception among female medical students in Medical University, Plovdiv.
  
  
  METHODS
  Practice of contraception of 160 female medical students was assessed with an anonymous questionnaire.
  
  
  RESULTS
  152 students answer to the questionnaire (95%). 72.6% of the participants used condoms. Only 5.9% used oral contraception pill (OCP) as contraceptive methods. Nearly 9% of those participants don't used contraception.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is necessary to change teaching about contraception in the Medical University to insure the delivery of adequate family planning guidance by future practitioners.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pekhlivanov
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Malinova
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dimitrakova
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002031:Bulgaria; D003267:Contraception / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003268:Contraception Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult