Family Planning Beliefs and Their Association with Contraceptive Use Dynamics: Results from a Longitudinal Study in Uganda.

ABSTRACT: Norms and beliefs toward contraception, both positive and negative, motivate contraceptive use; however, they have seldom been explored longitudinally in low- and middle-income countries, limiting our understanding of their influence on contraceptive dynamics. We used PMA2020 Uganda national longitudinal data of reproductive aged women in 2018 (baseline) and 2019 (follow-up) to explore discontinuation and switching among modern contraceptive users at baseline (n = 688) and contraceptive use at follow-up among nonusers at baseline (n = 1,377). Multivariable simple and multinomial logistic regressions assessed the association of individual and community-level contraceptive beliefs with contraceptive uptake, discontinuation and switching. One-quarter of nonusers at baseline were using contrac

SUBMITTER: Zimmerman LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9290856 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature