Factors Influencing Utilization of contraception among Women in Port Said City
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Nursing and health Science - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 5
Abstract
Background: Family planning permits individuals and couples to attain their desired number of children, the spacing and timing of their births. Widespread evidence shows that family planning is a good investment for governments, fewer babies mean improved health status for families, lower costs of maternal/child health care and education and higher worker productivity. The study aimed to assess factors influencing utilization of contraception among women in Port said City. Methodology: A community-based cross-sectional descriptive design was utilized in the family planning clinics at 12 health centers representing the six regions of Port-said city. A600 contraceptive user's women in the twelve centers were recruited randomly for the study. A self-administered questionnaire was used. Results: The women in the study sample mean age was 38.9 ±7.3 years, regarding uses of family planning methods the most common methods used were a hormonal method (56.5%). The intrauterine device was used by 28.3%. The majority of the studied women choose the method according to their desire and with their husband accord. More than one-third of them received contraceptive information from associates or friends and family member or relatives 34.7% of women suffered from side-effects and complications associated with the use of the contraceptive method. Method failure, cognitive barriers as well as the desire for conception were the most common reasons for discontinuation of contraceptives. Conclusion& Recommendation: Most of the ladies choose the method according to their cognitive, desire for conception, and method failure. A significant relation was found between financial variables, biological, menstrual factors, and utilization of contraceptive methods. Contraceptive barriers ought to be surveyed and dealt with to expand the utilization of contraceptive methods especially the long-acting reversible contraceptive methods.
Authors and Affiliations
Dr. Elsayda Hamdy Nasr, Dr. Mirfat Mohamed Labib El-Kashif, Dr. Esraa Mostafa Abd El-aty
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