Contraceptives Use Among Female Students

This study focused on  contraceptives Use Among Female Students with reference to female students in the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.  Specifically the study   assess the attitudes of female student toward use of contraceptives among in University of Uyo,  determine the pattern or prevalence  use of contraceptives among female student in University of Uyo,  investigate purpose of contraceptives usage among female student in University of Uyo and  identify barriers that militate against correct and consistent use of contraceptives among female student in University of Uyo. The survey design was adopted for the study, while the population size comprise of  selected female students in the University of Uyo.

The simple random sampling techniques were employed in this study, while the questionnaire was the instrument employed for data collection. A total of 266 copies of the questionnaire were administered, while 259 responses were validated from the survey. The collected and validated questionnaires were analyzed using frequency tables and mean scores. While the hypotheses were tested using Chi-square statistical tool. From the responses obtained and analyzed, the findings revealed that the attitudes of female student toward the use of contraceptives  is positive  in University of Uyo.

Therefore, it was recommend that Ministry of Health should  enhance large scale training of service providers in quality care, client follow up, communication skills,counselling, referral and feedback and provision of a wide choice of methods. With good customer care, clients who seek contraceptives will have confidence in the staff which in the process will attract more users while at the same time encouraging further usage on those currently using them. To mention a few.