Contraceptive service provider imposed restrictions to contraceptive access in urban Nigeria.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health service providers can restrict access to contraceptives through their own imposed biases about method appropriateness. In this study, provider biases toward contraceptive service provision among urban Nigerian providers was assessed.

Methods

Health providers working in health facilities, as well as pharmacists and patent medical vendors (PMV), in Abuja, Benin City, Ibadan, Ilorin, Kaduna, and Zaria, were surveyed in 2011 concerning their self-reported biases in service provision based on age, parity, and marital status.

Results

Minimum age bias was the most common bias while minimum parity was the least common bias reported by providers. Condoms were consistently provided with the least amount of bias, followed by provision of emergency contraception

SUBMITTER: Schwandt HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5389090 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature