To identify the determinants of the unmet need for modern contraceptives in Ethiopia....
Community-based cross-sectional study....
Ethiopia....
A group of 6636 women of reproductive age (15-49 years) who were sexually active were included in the study....
Unmet need for modern contraceptives METHOD: The study used data from the 2019 Performance Monitoring for Action-Ethiopia survey, which was community-based and cross-sectional. The sample consisted of...
The proportion of unmet need for modern contraceptives was 19.7% (95% CI: 18% to 21.5%). Women with supportive norms towards family planning had a lower risk of unmet need for spacing (relative risk r...
High levels of unmet need for modern contraceptives were observed in Ethiopia, showing geographical variations. It is essential to address the key factors affecting women and work towards reducing dis...
Women's engagement in the decision to use contraception, an indicator captured in the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), is frequently used to assess women's reproductive agency. In 2014, DHS added...
Fertility surveys have rarely asked people who are using contraception about the contraceptive method they would like to be using, implicitly assuming that those who are contracepting are using the me...
The overwhelming uptake of contraception in Kenya at 58% suggests huge potential for a continued increase, but discontinuation threatens efforts to achieve new targets. Further increases in contracept...
To establish the prevalence and factors associated with contraceptive discontinuation....
Kenya, with a successful family planning programme, but also the challenge of discontinuation rates of 31%....
Contraceptive calendar data from the 2014 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey were used in the survival analysis approach....
Overall discontinuation rates were 37% (24 months) and 74% at (36 months), whilst discontinuation in need was 36%. Side effects accounted for 40% of discontinuations, whilst injection and pill recorde...
The study showed a close link between contraceptive method used and discontinuation and thus the need to address method-related issues in an attempt to minimise discontinuation in Kenya. Expanding con...
Women use modern contraceptive methods, mainly either to limit or space pregnancy and both are not identical in their choices. One method may not best fit an individual's need irrespective of the time...
A phenomenological study design was used to explore sampled women's reasons and experiences. Reproductive-aged women (15-49 years) who removed long-acting methods in the past 6 months were included. A...
Several misconceptions about contraceptives (e.g., implants are not appropriate for daily laborers, women who use contraceptives (such as injectables) can only bear girl-child, etc.) were reported by ...
Our study found different reasons and misconceptions for modern contraceptive methods' non-use and discontinuation. Standardized counseling approaches like the REDI (Rapport Building, Exploration, Dec...
To identify factors associated with contraceptive planning in the immediate postpartum period....
Survey of those receiving inpatient postpartum care in two tertiary hospitals/associated birthing units (Auckland, New Zealand). Multivariable analyses using logistic regression examined independent p...
Of 571 participants, those who recalled both antenatal and postpartum contraception discussions were more likely to have a contraceptive plan than those who recalled neither (aOR 5.6(2.8-11.5))....
Both antenatal and postpartum contraceptive discussions are associated with postpartum contraceptive planning....
Both antenatal and postpartum discussions around contraception were independently associated with increased rates of established contraceptive plan postpartum, however patients who recalled both were ...
In this systematic review, we aimed to explore the influence of sociocultural beliefs and practices on contraception and their uptake among women in low-income countries (LICs) and lower-middle-income...
We examined the differences in postpartum contraception between patients with and without opioid use disorder (OUD)....
We conducted a retrospective, single-institution, cohort analysis assessing differences in desired method of postpartum contraception and plan fulfillment....
Patients with OUD comprised 200/8654 (2.3%) of our study cohort. After 2:1 matching, method desired (matched odds ratio [mOR] 0.86, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.60-1.23 for highly vs. moderately eff...
Patients with and without OUD were similar in their choice and fulfillment of postpartum contraception....
The use of birth control methods is influenced by complex and competing socioeconomic and demographic factors. Regardless of the complexity of the behavioral approach of women, the utility of contrace...
The study revealed a distinctive highly significant negative effect on contraceptive use and women's age. The odds ratio (OR) for women aged 25-34, 35-44, and above 44 was 1.242, 1.155, and 0.638, res...
Our results indicated that contraceptive use is almost relevant to sociodemographic factors (education, age, language, partner, work, etc.). Women with no formal education living in rural areas were n...
Poor access to contraception influences adolescent health outcomes and may lead to sexual and reproductive health challenges. Unmet sexual and reproductive health should contribute to unplanned adoles...
This study explored factors influencing adolescents' access to contraceptive methods from the perspective of primary healthcare providers in South Africa....
This study was conducted in two health districts of the Western Cape province in South Africa: the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality and the West Coast district....
Using a qualitative research design, in-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with 24 healthcare providers who work in primary healthcare clinics. Subsequently, the interviews were transcrib...
Four themes emerged through the data analysis: (1) personal influences, (2) community-level influences, (3) health system influences, and (4) policy-level influences. Representative quotations were us...
Adolescence is shaped by various influences that affect adolescents' ability to access contraception. These factors include their awareness of contraception, social environment, provider biases and sc...
