Opportunities lost: Barriers to increasing the use of effective contraception in the Philippines.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the Philippines, one in four pregnancies are unintended and 610 000 unsafe abortions are performed each year. This study explored the association between missed opportunities to provide family planning counseling, quality of counseling and its impact on utilization of effective contraception in the Philippines.

Methods

One-hundred-one nationally representative health facilities were randomly selected from five levels of the health system. Sexually-active women 18-49 years old, wanting to delay or limit childbearing, attending primary care clinics between April 24 and August 8, 2017 were included. Data on contraceptive use, counseling and availability were collected using interviews and facility assessments. Effective contraceptive methods were defined as those

SUBMITTER: Nagai M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6657820 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature