Awareness and determinants of family planning practice in Jimma, Ethiopia

Abstract

The support and encouragement for women and men to enter and complete formal education is essential in bringing about a cultural and social change in attitude towards the economic and social value of family planning. This study and others suggest that education can address the imbalance in decision making about contraception and the role of women in society generally.

Barriers to Contraceptive Use Among Child Bearing Women in Ambo Town, West Shewa Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia

“…This may be due to the difference in method acceptance among the two society, health care service weakness, and nature of study area. Our study showed that 43.1% of the respondents are not used contraceptive due to fear of side effect, this showed that fear of side effect almost similar with cross-sectional study done in Baringo North District, kenya and Jimma Zone, Agaro town, which reveals fear of side effect was 25.4% [12][13][14][15]. According to our study, 23.5% respondents were not used contraceptive due to desire to have a child which is similar with a cross-sectional study done on Awareness and determinants of family planning practice in Jimma, Ethiopia, reveals that desire to have more children have major effect on modern contraceptive usage [13].…”

WomenÂ’s Perceptions about Pregnancy and Childbirth and Their Perceived Maternal and Newborn Health Problems in Tigray District, Ethiopia

“…About a third of the Ethiopian women in the study perceived childbirth and childrearing to be primarily women's responsibility although almost all of them agreed that their spouses should accompany them for antenatal health care visits and childbirth. The women's roles in traditional Ethiopian culture are mainly to take care of children and manage housework whereas husbands are the dominant figure in family who make decisions [10,14]. This cultural expectation of women's roles excludes involvement of their husbands in childbirth or childrearing.…”

“…As demonstrated in a study from Ethiopia showing women's awareness on contraceptives was significantly correlated with their family planning practice [10], understanding women's perceptions about health or health problems should be the first step in carring out a health intervention for them in a community. Of socio-demographic factors, education level was found to be a significant factor affecting antenatal care and institutional delivery [11] and contraceptive use [10] in Ethiopia.…”

“…Of socio-demographic factors, education level was found to be a significant factor affecting antenatal care and institutional delivery [11] and contraceptive use [10] in Ethiopia. Therefore how women, especially those with lack of education perceive about health during pregnancy and childbirth needs to be examined.…”

Community Behavior in Family Planning with Contraceptive Method in Slum, Densely, and Poor Populated Areas in Jakarta

“…Beekle in a study on awareness and determinants of family planning practice has shown that knowledge and access to the services alone could not be adequate for acceptance of contraceptive devices. Furthermore, in developing countries, where women are dependent upon old traditions and social constraints, knowledge and awareness about family planning acceptance would not be the only decisive factor as well as the reduction in reproductivity rate (Beekle & McCabe, 2006). A study in the United States shows that there are a series of complicated factors for non-use or ineffective use of contraceptive methods among Hispanic women.…”