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Abstract

AWARENESS, ACCESSIBILITY AND UTILIZATION OF CONTRACEPTIVES AMONG WOMEN OF CHILDBEARING AGE IN 3 SELECTED HOSPITALS IN ENUGU NORTH

Obiefuna Adaobi Genevieve, Nwagbo D.F.E, Chukwu Sunday Kyrian, Chukwu Stella Nchekwubedi and Obeagu Emmanuel Ifeanyi*

ABSTRACT

The study was done to determine the level of awareness, accessibility and utilization of contraceptive among women of child bearing age (15-49years) at Enugu. A sample of 350 women of child bearing age (15-49years) will be used. The most common source of information about contraceptive methods was from health personnel 147 (43.1%), followed by family/friends 103 (30.3%), school 64 (18.8%), television/radio 14 (4%) while the least common source was from magazines 13 (3.8%). As regards awareness of forms of contraceptive methods, 327 (93.4%) were aware of emergency contraception, 320 (91.4%) were aware of use of male condom as contraceptives, 315 (90%) pills, 304 (86.9%) safe period, 300 (85.7%) withdrawal method, 269 (76.9%) injections, 268 (76.6%) IUCD, 158 (45.1%) vasectomy, 156 (44.6%) tubal ligation, diaphragm 97 (27.7%), female condom as the least method of contraceptive respondents were aware of, with 45 out of 350 respondents (12.8%). The study found that majority of the respondents were within the age group of 15-29, this represents n=174 (49.7%) of total number of 350 respondents, followed by 30-39 age group with n=141 (40.3%) of respondents. This study has shown that while there is good contraceptive awareness 97.4% in Enugu, Nigeria, this has not been matched by commensurate contraceptive prevalence but prospects for improvement exist. Majority of the respondents knew where to access their choice of contraception, with 69.4% citing the teaching hospital. Among the respondents 78.3% had used a form of contraceptive and 36.6% were currently using one form of contraceptive at the time the study was conducted. Male condom however was the most frequently used form of contraception, followed by pills which might be due to easy accessibility of these methods. The notable barrier to contraceptive use was fear of side effects with weight gain being the most frequent.

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