Factors affecting utilization of long-acting reversible contraceptives among sexually active reproductive-age women in the pastoral community of Northeast Ethiopia: A community-based cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In Ethiopia, only one in ten reproductive-age women use long-acting reversible contraceptives. Evidence on the utilization of these methods and associated factors among sexually active reproductive-age women in the pastoral area of Northeast Ethiopia is limited. Thus, this study aimed to assess the utilization of long-acting reversible contraceptives and associated factors among sexually active reproductive-age women in the pastoral community of Northeast Ethiopia.

Methods

A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted from 1 to 30 April 2021 among 572 reproductive-age women selected by a systematic random sampling method. Data were collected using a structured interviewer-administered questionnaire and entered into Epi-info version 7 and then finally exp

SUBMITTER: Mare KU 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9373132 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature