Unmet needs for family planning and its determinants among women of reproductive age in Ilesha Southwest Nigeria: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A high rate of unintended pregnancy is said to be driving population growth, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, where approximately half of all pregnancies are unintended, coming too soon or even unwanted. Most of these unintended pregnancies could have been prevented with effective family planning services. There, however, remains an unmet gap between the women's reproductive intention and their contraceptive behaviour.

Objectives

This study determined the prevalence of unmet needs for family planning and examined its determinants among women of reproductive age group at a tertiary health facility in Southwest Nigeria.

Design

This was a hospital-based cross-sectional study.

Methods

Two hundred eighty-five sexually active women were recruited

SUBMITTER: Uthman MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9483950 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature