Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice toward Long Acting Reversible Contraceptive among Women Who Visit Family Planning unit of Selected Health Center in Addis Ababa.
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2012-06
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Addis Abeba University
Abstract
Background
- The provision of effective contraception is fundamental to the practice of
women's health care. Long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) methods are highly effective
in preventing unintended pregnancies. However, their uptake is low in much of both developed
and developing world. In Ethiopia, currently usage of LARC is low due to inadequate awareness
of their effectiveness, convenience, cost effectiveness, and suitability for a wide variety of
women. And also there is misconception about use of LARC which leads to wrong attitude of
women in using it.
Objective:
To assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of the women age groups of 15-49
towards long acting reversible contraceptive in selected health centers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
in 2012.
Institutional based cross- sectional study has been conducted at selected health
Methods:
center in Addis Ababa on participants who are in the age group between15-49, with a total of
422 women. Data was collected using structured questionnaire and a pre-test has been conducted
on 10% of comparable groups, entered and analyzed using SPSS version 17.
Result :
In this study the mean age of the study was 27. The proportion of women who have
knowledge about IUCD and implant was 26.3% and 30.3% respectively. The main source of
information for LARC was health institutions and mass media. Implant was better in practice by
the participants (13.7%) compared with IUCD (6.7%). There was a correlation between
knowledge and practice of LARC (p<0.05). Out of the total participants of this study 46.6% of
them showed good attitude towards LARC in general.
– more effort should be taken by the FMOH to increase knowledge of the
Recommendation
community and health professional towards LARC in collaboration with regional health bureaus
and NGOs.
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Contraceptive,Women,Family Planning