Table 1 Summary of themes, categories and codes form analysis

Heard of ECP

Understanding of ECP

Limited knowledge, confusion and misconceptions of ECP

Lack of knowledge of mechanism

Lack of knowledge of dosing

Lack of knowledge of timing

Lack of knowledge of side effects

Confusion the different names of ECP

Training

Source of information

Media

Study tours

Maternal & Child Health Center

Colleagues

Prescription

Agree to provide ECP versus disagree

Access to ECP services

Ambivalent atttitudes, hesitations towards increased access to ECP

Back up method

Young people

Target population

Rape victim

Married couples with occasional sexual intercourse

Everybody

Health care provider

Distribution channels

Media

Maternal and Child

Obstetric-gynaecological wards

FDA

Positive effect

Effect of Availability of ECP

ECP encourage unsafe sexual behaviors

Negative effect

Outweigh of positive effect than negative effect

No registered drugs

Lack of information

Barriers of use ECP

Clandestine drugs

No drug supplier

Lack of awareness of policy

Shy and embarrassment

Cultural values

Negative attitudes towards premarital sex and abortion