Socio-cultural deterrents to family planning practices among Swazi women

Ziyani, Isabella S.; Ehlers, V.J.; King, Lorraine

doi:10.4102/curationis.v26i4.875

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“…In African cultures there is a notion that a man will not marry a woman until she has demonstrated her fertility, and women are considered inferior partners that cannot communicate about contraception with their partners. These findings are supported by Sukati (1998), cited in Ziyane, Ehlers and King (2003), in a study aimed at understanding men's lack of commitment in family planning practices, which reported the need for health providers to target men on health-related issues including family planning so that they can support adolescent girls to use contraceptives.…”

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Knowledge, attitudes and practice of secondary school girls towards contraception in Limpopo Province

2012

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Unplanned teenage pregnancy constitutes an important health problem, whilst contraceptive services are free throughout South Africa and the number of Termination of Pregnancy (TOP) services is increasing. The purpose of this study was to assess the knowledge, attitudes and practices of secondary school girls towards contraception in Thulamela Municipality of Limpopo Province, South Africa. A quantitative descriptive study design was used and respondents were selected by convenience sampling from a population of secondary school girls, the sample consisting of 273 girls in Grades 10-12. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data and analysed by computing frequencies and percentages using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences. Findings showed that respondents were aware of different contraceptive methods that can prevent pregnancy. However, most did not have knowledge of the emergency contraceptive, intra-uterine device and female condom. Pressure from male partners, fear of parental reaction to the use of contraceptives, reluctance to use contraceptives, poor contraceptive education and lack of counselling were seen as the main causes of ineffective contraceptive use and non-utilisation. Possible modalities of intervention deal with providing contraceptive counselling and care to empower these school girls to make informed choices on reproductive health.

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Knowledge, attitudes and practice of secondary school girls towards contraception in Limpopo Province

2012

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“…According to the United Nations (2014), women have the right to control their family size as it is key to attaining gender equality and empowerment. However, constraints and challenges among women in the use of modern contraceptives remain to be solved in African contexts, not excluding Eswatini (Ziyani et al, 2003;Bongaarts & Casterline, 2012;Van Lith et al, 2013).…”

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Contraceptive use in Eswatini: do contextual influences matter?

Odimegwu

Chemhaka

2020

J. Biosoc. Sci.

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This study sought to investigate the determinants of current use of modern contraceptives beyond the individual level in Eswatini (formerly Swaziland). Previous studies have overlooked the role of community characteristics such as socioeconomic development, women’s empowerment and fertility norms in shaping contraceptive use. Hierarchical structured subsample data of 4112 sexually experienced women from the 2007 Eswatini Demographic Health Survey were analysed using multilevel logistic regression to identify factors contributing to community/cluster variations in women’s current use of modern contraceptives. Less than half (44.2%) of the sexually active women were using modern contraceptive methods in 2007. At the community level, the odds of contraceptive use decreased for rural women (AOR = 0.82, 95% CI: 0.68–0.98) and among women residing in communities with high-fertility norms (AOR = 0.77, 95% CI: 0.66–0.89). After adjusting for both individual- and community-level factors, no community-level variables considered for the study were significantly associated with contraceptive use. The findings highlight in all four models, from the empty to full model, that there is a small and decreasing significant variation in women’s contraceptive use across communities (MOR, 1.37–1.17). In 2007, the findings suggest individual rather than community factors account for some contextual variability in contraceptive use. The study proposes the use of ethnographic techniques to unravel community factors that promote modern contraceptive use in Eswatini.

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Factors impacting on contraceptive use among youth in northern Tshwane: Part 2

Maja

2007

Health SA Gesondheid

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Young people are vulnerable to risky behaviors that cause major health problems such as sexual behaviour resulting in early, unplanned pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). ABSTRAK Die jeug is besonder kwesbaar as gevolg van riskante gedrag wat groot gesondheidsprobleme soos seksuele gedrag veroorsaak wat tot seksueel oordraagbare siektes en VIGS mag lei. Hierdie studie is gedoen om die faktore wat ’n impak het op die gebruik van voorbehoedmiddels en dienste hiervoor vir jeugdiges in Noord-Tshwane te identifiseer en te beskryf

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Socio-cultural deterrents to family planning practices among Swazi women

Cited by 4 publications

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Knowledge, attitudes and practice of secondary school girls towards contraception in Limpopo Province

Knowledge, attitudes and practice of secondary school girls towards contraception in Limpopo Province

Contraceptive use in Eswatini: do contextual influences matter?

Factors impacting on contraceptive use among youth in northern Tshwane: Part 2

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