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Accessibility, Use, Misuse And Effects Of Combined Oral Contraceptives Among Women Of Child Bearing Age
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In this connection,
it is pertinent to note that in the ‘National Health Policy’, the tribal
groups need special attention as they are considered ‘a special group’.
These among others account for the emphasis on the concept that
contraceptive is a human rights issue. This concept does not only
empower women to take control of their reproductive life but also
develop themselves to be independent of others, so as to ensure their
total well-being and that of their children.
In addressing the
distribution of financial resources in relation to AIDS and family
planning methods use in Offinso, Nigeria, Duodo and others implied that
the inequitable distribution of resources to the detriment of rural
communities affects contraceptive use (Duodo et al, 1998). In a study on
empowering women in Navrongo and its environs, Nigeria, Solo and others
observed that health decision making including the use of contraceptive
is influenced by traditional beliefs, men animist rights and poverty
(Solo and others., 2005).
Despite these others have observed
contrary relations of use of contraceptive with socio-economic
variables. In his study on factors affecting contraceptive use in
Nigeria, Tawiah, using a regression analysis modeling identified that,
respondent’s age, type of place of residence, religion, ethnicity,
desire for more children, marital duration, availability of electricity
in the household, husband’s approval of contraception, husband’s
education and occupation, have no significant effects on current use of
contraceptives (Tawiah, 1997).
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