The knowledge and determinant factors of contraceptive use among married Sudanese Women
Journal Title: Applied Science Reports - Year 2013, Vol 4, Issue 3
Abstract
Introduction: Reproductive health and family planning services and promote it's uptake in city slums is sparse and vary, despite of it's important in reducing poverty and improve quality of life Objective is to assess the knowledge, examine the level of utilization and identify the determinant factors of family planning services utilization among married Sudanese women , Methodology a prospective cross -sectional design , conducted in 2 health centers targeting the population of reproductive age randomly, data was collected from a total of 108 Women using structured questionnaire with interview from women met inclusion criteria during 9th March-29th April 2013 Results study population were house wives77.8%, parous ladies , their duration of marriage was 1-10 years, their educational level is primary and secondary school equally( 63%,) and their main source of knowledge and information were the neighbors. The level of usage and discontinuation of contraception were 25,9%, natural method was preferable in the majorities while contraceptive pills were the predominantly used. Significance level was run in majorities between ( 0.01-0.05 pearson correlation) and was strong between socio-demographic factors and the knowledge Conclusion the main factors affecting contraceptive use in city slums were deficiency of accurate knowledge and information about family planning, poor counseling, number of living children and low socio-economic status
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Hanena. O Frini , Wisal Omer. M Nabag
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