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Knowledge, attitude and readiness to use contraceptives among postpartum women at a tertiary hospital in Southwest Nigeria
Background: Postpartum family planning is vital in the prevention of unintended pregnancy and closely spaced pregnancies in the first year post-delivery. This study was designed to examine the postpartum women's knowledge, attitude, belief and readiness to contraceptive use. Methods: This descriptiv...
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| 720 | |a Olukunle, T.A |e author | ||
| 720 | |a Ogunbode, O.O. |e author | ||
| 720 | |a Abdus-salam, A.A. |e author | ||
| 260 | |c 2023 | ||
| 520 | |a Background: Postpartum family planning is vital in the prevention of unintended pregnancy and closely spaced pregnancies in the first year post-delivery. This study was designed to examine the postpartum women's knowledge, attitude, belief and readiness to contraceptive use. Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among one hundred and ninety-four consenting women, six weeks post-delivery, at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria using an interviewer-assisted structured questionnaire. Data was analysed using IBM Statistics for Windows Version 23.0. Tests of association was done using chi-square and statistical significance was set at p-value of < 0.05. Results: Many of the respondents (60.8%) were in the age group 30-39 years and the majority (90.3%) had tertiary level of education. Most of the respondents got their information from health talks at antenatal clinic (42.8%) and health workers (42.3%).The majority (82.5%) of respondents were aware of contraception and 157(80.9%) intended to use contraceptives. The most preferred contraceptive methods were implants (19.1%). Respondents with three or more children alive(p=0.001), had statistically significant associations with prior use of contraception while those with the tertiary level of education(p=0.001), of the Christian religion (p=<0.001) and had contraceptive counselling during pregnancy (p=0.031)had statistically significant associations with good knowledge of contraception. Conclusion: The knowledge and readiness to use contraceptives was high but only about half were willing to adopt contraception post-delivery. There is therefore the need for the enactment of government policy and legislation that will ensure wide coverage and availability of contraception counselling among pregnant women. | ||
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| 024 | 8 | |a ui_art_olukunle_knowledge_2023 | |
| 024 | 8 | |a Medical Journal of Zambia 50(3), pp.226-239 | |
| 024 | 8 | |a https://repository.ui.edu.ng/handle/123456789/11874 | |
| 653 | |a Post-partum Contraception | ||
| 653 | |a Family Planning | ||
| 653 | |a Contraceptive Counselling | ||
| 245 | 0 | 0 | |a Knowledge, attitude and readiness to use contraceptives among postpartum women at a tertiary hospital in Southwest Nigeria |