Healthcare providers' perspectives on use of the national guideline for family planning services in Amhara Region, Ethiopia: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore healthcare providers' views on barriers to and facilitators of use of the national family planning (FP) guideline for FP services in Amhara Region, Ethiopia.

Design

Qualitative study.

Setting

Nine health facilities including two hospitals, five health centres and two health posts in Amhara Region, Northwest Ethiopia.

Participants

Twenty-one healthcare providers working in the provision of FP services in Amhara Region.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Semistructured interviews were conducted to understand healthcare providers' views on barriers to and facilitators of the FP guideline use in the selected FP services.

Results

While the healthcare providers' views point to a few facilitators that promote use of the guideline

SUBMITTER: Tessema GA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6398659 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature