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Factors Affecting Family Planning Services In Rural Areas Among Women
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The empowerment and autonomy of women to enable them to take active part in their child-bearing decisions, decide as to when to marry and give birth and either to space or limit their births have been given much prominence at major international and national seminars and conferences on population, women and Development over the years.
This study this assess the child bearing decisions made by women in Nsit Ibom Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. The study revealed that women of the study communities do not independently make decisions in their Family planning issues and most women are not educated hence education is a pre- requisite for effective reasoning and informed decision making.Therefore midwives have a role to play by health educating women on the need for their involvement in decision making with regards to their fertility and also the need for family planning as an effective way to reduce their family size, unsafe abortion, maternal mortal and achieve their MDG 4 $ 5 target.
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CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]The cultural and national traits of women of some geo- political regions of the world do influence their family planning decisions to the extent that the family planning preferences of these women even in the developed nations reflect what obtains in their home regions as revealed by Woollett, Matwala and Hadlow ( UN, 2009). Human reproductive behaviour which is the result of a complex interplay of economic, social, cultural, religious and biological factors influence the family planning decisio ... Continue reading---
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CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]The cultural and national traits of women of some geo- political regions of the world do influence their family planning decisions to the extent that the family planning preferences of these women even in the developed nations reflect what obtains in their home regions as revealed by Woollett, Matwala and Hadlow ( UN, 2009). Human reproductive behaviour which is the result of a complex interplay of economic, social, cultural, religious and biological factors influence the family planning decisio ... Continue reading---
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