Abstract
Unintended or unplanned pregnancy poses a major economical,
psychological, social, and/or religious challenge in women of
reproductive
age, especially in developing countries. Available data indicates that
Nigeria currently has one of the highest rates of maternal mortality in
the world. It is also in evidence that 40% of these maternal deaths are
due to complications of unsafe abortions which often is a response to
an unwanted pregnancy that could have been prevented by effective
contraceptive programming. Yet Nigeria’s contraceptive prevalence rate
is less than 13%. This was a descriptive cross sectional survey carried
out amongst Women Attending Post-Natal Clinic in Ayeka Basic Health
Centre in Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State a simple
questionnaire exploring Knowledge, Attitude and Acceptance of Modern
Family Planning Method. Information obtained included bio data,
knowledge and awareness information, practice. Data were analyzed using
frequency and percentage counts statistics. A total 0f 200 women with
107 below 31, 78 were between age 31-40 and 15 were greater than 40).
Majority 157 (78.5%) have heard about contraceptive while 55(27.5%)
heard the information from government hospital/health care. Majority
could identify contraceptive method. The major barrier to the usage of
contraceptive was husband’s refusal. This study concluded that there is
high level of awareness of contraceptive among women attending Post
Natal Clinic in Ayeka Basic Health Centre in Okitipupa Local Government
area. There is a low level of Spousal communications among the
respondents as only 43.5% of respondents discuss contraceptive with
spouses
and partners.
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