Multilevel factors influencing contraceptive use and childbearing among adolescent girls in Bara district of Nepal: a qualitative study using the socioecological model.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to identify the multilevel factors that influence contraceptive use and childbearing decisions in Nepal and examine relationships among these factors.

Design

The study drew on qualitative data collected through in-depth interviews (IDIs) and key informant interviews (KIIs) and triangulated results.

Setting

An urban municipality and a rural municipality in Bara district, Nepal.

Participants

We recruited a total of 60 participants (e.g., 20 married adolescent girls aged 15-19, 20 husbands, 20 mothers-in-law) for IDIs and 10 (e.g., four healthcare providers, three health coordinators, three female community health volunteers) for KIIs.

Results

Married adolescent girls faced a range of barriers that are inter-related across differ

SUBMITTER: Sekine K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8527108 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature