Demand for Long Acting and Permanent Contraceptive Methods and Associated Factors among Married Women Visiting Assosa Governmental Health Institution for Family Planning, 2019(Mixed study).
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2019-06
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Addis Ababa University
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Background: - Demand for long acting and permanent contraceptive method is one of the key factors that determine the fertility and the reproductive health of the women. These demand for x LAPM was not consistent with and the utilization of LAPM. Objective: - to assess demand for LAPM and associated factors among married women visiting Assosa governmental health institution for family planning service. Method: - institutional based cross sectional study were conducted to assess demand for LAPM and its associated factor from April 12-May 10/2019 for total of 251 sample size. For the qualitative study, in-depth interview was conducted on purposively selected key informant. The collected data were entered into Epi info- 7 and the data were cleaned and analyzed by SPSS 24. Bivariate and multivariable analysis was used to identify the association between dependent and independent variable. The variable having pvalue=<0.2 were entered into multivariate regression and selected variable in multivariate at p<0.05 were
declared as having significant association and AOR with 95% CI was used to
measure the degree of association.
RESULT:-the demand for LAPM at the study area was 158(62.9%).Awareness
about LAPM (AOR=2.50395%CI=1.188-5.2274),knowledge of LAPM (AOR=2.62, 95%CI =1.295-5.299),previous utilization of LAPM (AOR=3.369, 95%CI=1.805-5.291)and couple discussion about any LAPM (AOR=2.067,
95%CI=1.027-4.163)were associated with demand for LAPM. Fear of the
side effect was the main reason for non utilization of LAPM.
Conclusion:-demand for LAPM was not consistent with the utilization.The
finding shows that,62.9% of the respondent had demand for LAPM.
Recommendation:
Ineeds to do more on the limiting factors to utilize LAPM.so MOH, RHB, the
institution manager together with health care provide and different NGO
work more to meet the increasing demand for LAPM.
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Demand for long acting and permanent contraceptive methods, married women