Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practices of contraception usage among post abortal women in Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital
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2018-04
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Kampala International University, School of Health Sciences
Abstract
Despite the provision of safe and affordable family planning services, 120 million couples worldwide are not using any contraception to limit or space their family, and many who use one or the other method, conceive even post abortion. In Uganda many women are not aware that they can do family planning immediately after abortion. This study sought to assess the knowledge attitude and practices of contraception usage among post abotal women in Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital. The study was guided by the following objectives; to establish the knowledge of post abotal mothers on contraception use, to assess the attitude and practices of post abotal mothers on contraception use and to identify the social economic factors affecting contraception use among post abotal mothers in fort portal regional referral hospital. The study used a descriptive survey research design. The design allowed collection of data to be done under natural setting, and was quicker and cheaper to undertake and the results were easily inferred to the larger population.
The study concluded that a number of factors hinder some women in stable marital relations not to use contraceptive methods during the post abortal period. It also identified the socio-demographic factors like education level and occupation were found to influence the use of family planning by post abortal women. While lack of enough sensitization among the community limits most women from knowing that they can take up contraception immediate after abortion. However, large portion respondents 62% had never heard that a mother can start contraception after abortion. The study recommended that District Health Management teams should develop interventions that will enable women in stable marital relations to understand the importance of using contraceptive methods. It further recommends that husband/partner support has to be among the interventions emphasized as key in acceptance of contraceptive use
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A research report submitted to the Faculty of Clinical Medicine and Dentistry in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of a degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery of Kampala International University
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Post abortion, Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital