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An Investigation Into The Attitude Of Women Towards Family Planning Programme
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Harlap, (2011)
described family planning as the arrangement, spacing and initiation of
children in a family based upon the wishes and social circumstances of
the parents. It could also mean the spacing of birth so as to achieve
maximum health and comfort for mother, child, and the entire family.
N.P.C. (2011) identified family planning methods to include: total
abstinence, withdrawal, methods e.g. Condom, or Diaphragm,
Spermicides, Injectables, Oral Contraceptives, Implant, Intra-Uterine
contraceptive device (IUCD), sterilization and Billings method or
natural family planning methods.
Individuals are expected to choose
any of the enumerated family planning methods depending on the
availability of device, facility for medical care, age of applicant,
size and body make up. Occasionally individuals pay for family planning
care.
The implementation of family planning has been influenced by
some factors and Nigeria is not an exception. In Nigeria for example,
over 70% of her population live in the rural areas or are peasant
communities and one of the characteristics of rural people is that they
have limited access to correct information and they find it difficult to
accept changes based on ignorance and sometimes fear of the unknown
hence family planning though fully embraced by the people.
Various
factors have been identified that can influence the choice of family
planning method and these include: Literacy level, socio-economic status
of family, availability of family planning service, family size and
available medical care.
Efforts have been made by Health
professionals to educate mothers and spouses on types and choice of
family planning methods through workshops, awareness campaign, health
talks and seminars on family planning strategies mounted across the
nation. Education programmes on these population control strategies are
aimed at the prevention of post abortion complications and promotion of
safe motherhood.
Statement of the Problem
Despite various efforts
made by health care providers to provide safe family planning and
population control methods in the community, there is an observed
apathy, poor patronage, non-acceptability of the practice which has led
to series of pregnancy related problems such as: unwanted pregnancies,
abortions, post abortion complications and deaths resulting from the use
of unscientific and crude family planning practices.
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