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Acceptance And Utilisation Of Family Planning Services Amongst Secondary School Students
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1.4 Research Questions
1.
What is the level of knowledge of family planning among secondary
school students in Kakwalaka Village, Bendi, in Obanliku, Cross River
state.?
2. What are the attitudes of rural secondary school students towards family planning?
3. What is the level of use of family planning products/methods and services among rural secondary school students?
4. What are the factors associated with utilization of family planning services among rural secondary school students?
1.5 Scope of the study
The
study covered secondary school students residing in Kakwalaka Village,
Bendi, in Obanliku, Cross River state during the period of 6 months. It
determined the knowledge, attitude and factors militating against family
planning services as well as assessed the determinants of utilization
of family planning services.
1.6 Significance of Study
High
fertility rate and inadequate spacing between births, can lead to high
maternal and infant mortality. An estimated 600 000 maternal deaths
occur worldwide each year; the vast majority of these take place in
developing countries. WHO estimates that 13% of these deaths are due to
unsafe abortion. Worldwide, where approximately 50 million women resort
to induced abortion, frequently results in high maternal morbidity and
mortality. Thus, family planning and spacing among births are one of the
methods to avoid these deaths. Promotion of family planning and
contraceptive use is highly adopted by the international community as
one of the strategy to reduce the maternal mortality and to reach the
Millennium Development Goals. Africa characterized by high rate of lack
to contraceptive access reaching 57% and this lack lead to unwanted
pregnancies, increased demand to abortion and death related to unsafe
abortion.37
In Nigeria, there is unaccepted high maternal mortality.
Moreover, legally, politically and culturally access to abortion create
internal dispute, therefore effective contraceptive programming should
be the current and future approach to reduce the risk and unwanted
pregnancies. Few published data exist concerning use of family planning
services in Nigeria especially northern part where we have recently
observed high maternal morbidity and mortality in this setting. This
study will educate the public as well as provide literature on the
subject matter.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]Family planning is an important preventive measure against maternal and child morbidity and mortality. It is an essential component of primary health care and reproductive health. There is relatively high fertility rate in suburban and rural Nigeria despite the efforts of government and other non-governmental family planning services providers. This study sought to investigate the acceptance and utilisation of family planning services amongst secondary school students in Kakwalaka Village, Bendi ... Continue reading---
