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Awareness And Perception On Exclusive Breastfeeding As A Birth Control Method Among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Clinic In Rural Communities
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1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
What is the attendance level of pregnant women in rural areas to antenatal classes?
To
what level are pregnant women attending antenatal clinic in rural
communities aware of exclusive breastfeeding as a birth control method?
How accurate is this method of birth control among women in the rural areas?
Do women in the rural areas use other types of birth control?
1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
This
study will be greatly beneficial to the health sector as it will reveal
the importance of antenatal classes. This study will also be
significant to pregnant women especially first time mothers as this
study will reveal the importance of exclusive breastfeeding, antenatal
classes and the importance of family planning.
This study will also
be beneficial to the scholars and the students as it will serve as an
existing material for further research and future reference.
1.6 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
This
study will be focusing on the awareness and perception on exclusive
breastfeeding as a birth control method among pregnant women attending
antenatal clinic in rural communities. It will also be specifically
focused on examining the level of awareness, the level of accuracy of
this method of birth control among women in the rural areas and
determine if women in the rural areas use other types of birth control.
This study will be using women of Ibeno LGA as enrolled participants for this study.
1.7 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
This
study will be limited to the awareness and perception on exclusive
breastfeeding as a birth control method among pregnant women attending
antenatal clinic in rural communities. It will also be specifically
limited to examining the level of awareness, the level of accuracy of
this method of birth control among women in the rural areas and
determine if women in the rural areas use other types of birth control.
This
study will be using women of Ibeno LGA as enrolled participants for
this study. This serves as a delimitation to this study.
1.8 DEFINITION OF TERMS
Awareness: knowledge or perception of a situation or fact.
Exclusive Breastfeeding: Exclusive breastfeeding means that the infant receives only breast milk
Birth
Control Method: Birth control, also known as contraception,
anticonception, and fertility control, is a method or device used to
prevent pregnancy. Birth control has been used since ancient times, but
effective and safe methods of birth control only became available in the
20th century.
Antenatal Clinic: It is provided in the form of
medical checkups, consisting of recommendations on managing a healthy
lifestyle and the provision of medical information such as maternal
physiological changes in pregnancy, biological changes, and prenatal
nutrition including prenatal vitamins, which prevents potential health
problems throughout the course of the pregnancy and promotes the mother
and child's health alike.
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