DETERMINANTS OF UTILIZATION OF FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES AMONG WOMEN OF CHILD-BEARING AGE IN RURAL AREAS OF KANO STATE, NORTHERN NIGERIA

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorUMAR, AMINA ABDULLAHI
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-29T12:39:45Z
dc.date.available2017-11-29T12:39:45Z
dc.date.issued2016-01
dc.descriptionA DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES OF AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA IN PART FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH (MPH) FIELD EPIDEMIOLOGY AND LABORATORY TRAINING PROGRAMME DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA NIGERIAen_US
dc.description.abstractFamily 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. Even though the fertility rate is high, acceptance and utilization of modern family planning methods has been low due to various reasons. The objective of this study aims to determine the factors associated with utilization of family planning services among women of childbearing age in rural areas of Kano state, Nigeria. It is a descriptive cross-sectional, conducted among 364 women of childbearing age (15 to 49 years), utilizing the multi-stage sampling technique.139 (37%) of the respondents were within the age group 15 to 24 years, all respondents were married (100%) and 135 (37%) had more than 5 children. About half of the respondents (48.7%) had no formal education. Few were currently using a contraceptive method, however, the majority whom were not using any method had main reasons being lack of appropriate knowledge on family planning, fear of side effects and availability .The most significant socio-demographic determinants of utilization of family planning services were religion (p-value 0.01), family setting (p-value <0.001),age (p-value 0.01) and male involvement (p-value <0.001) . The utilization of family planning services among the rural women was poor, with religion, fear of side effect and husbands’ disapproval among other reasons being the main reasons for non use.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/9596
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectDETERMINANTS,en_US
dc.subjectUTILIZATION,en_US
dc.subjectFAMILY PLANNING SERVICES,en_US
dc.subjectWOMEN,en_US
dc.subjectCHILD-BEARING AGE,en_US
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS,en_US
dc.subjectKANO STATE,en_US
dc.subjectNORTHERN NIGERIA,en_US
dc.titleDETERMINANTS OF UTILIZATION OF FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES AMONG WOMEN OF CHILD-BEARING AGE IN RURAL AREAS OF KANO STATE, NORTHERN NIGERIAen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
DETERMINANTS OF UTILIZATION OF FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES AMONG WOMEN OF CHILD-BEARING AGE IN RURAL AREAS OF KANO STATE, NORTHERN NIGERIA.pdf
Size:
1.05 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.62 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download
Collections
College of Medical Sciences