Gebrekidan, Kidane (2008) Assessment of Status of Long Acting and Permanent Family Planning Services in Mekelle Town, Tigray Regional State. Masters thesis, Addis Ababa University.
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Abstract
Despite the reality of a high unmet need, Contraceptive prevalence in the country is very low with only 15% of married women using any type of contraception. Besides to this, the knowledge and practice of family planning is limited to the usage of short- term contraceptive methods. So the objective of this study is to assess the status of long acting and permanent family planning services provision. A cross-sectional descriptive study that involved exit interviews with clients, health care providers, observations on clients-provider interactions, assessment of the availability of necessary resources for provision of LAPMs, and service statistics review was conducted from April to June 2008 in six health service delivery points in Tigray regional state of Mekelle town. Four hundred twenty two FP clients and ten health care providers were interviewed while observation on 481 client-health care provider interactions was conducted. About 269(92.4%) clients wanted their next birth after two to six years. currently 392(92.9%) and 30(7.1%) of clients are using injectable and pill respectively. Of the total clients 312 (73.9%) and 99(23.5%) were using the method for spacing and limiting respectively. About 10(20.4%), 3 (6.1%), 2 (4%) and 1 (2%) of new clients were informed about implants, IUCD, and female and male sterilization respectively. about 183(87.6%) of the clients stated the provider let them ask the questions and among these 175(95.6%) the providers responded to their questions satisfactorily. Of the 10 health care providers interviewed six had received training in counseling and providing implants with in the last five years. Four of the providers did not feel that they had knowledge and skills necessary to do LAPM services. Four and five facilities reported running out of pills and implants in last six months respectively. Several constraints in the provision of LAPM service are identified and needs to be improving through training, coordination and maintaining adequate resources.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
| Divisions: | Africana |
| Depositing User: | Emmanuel Ndorimana |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Oct 2018 13:53 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Oct 2018 13:53 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/6757 |
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