Unmet need for family planning and barriers to contraceptive use in Kaduna, Nigeria: culture, myths and perceptions

dc.contributor.authorOmoluabi, Elizabeth
dc.contributor.authorSinai, Irit
dc.contributor.authorJimoh, Adenike Oluwayemisi
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-17T09:55:50Z
dc.date.available2020-11-17T09:55:50Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractIn 2017, just one-fifth of all married women of reproductive age reported using contraception in Kaduna state, Nigeria, while many more experienced unmet need for contraception. These realities drive risky fertility behaviours and compromise reproductive rights. This study explored the determinants of low modern contraceptive uptake and persistent unmet need among women in the state. Nine focus group discussions were conducted with married women who met study criteria for unmet need, and who had different levels of access to contraception. Discussions con-firmed that many women in Kaduna do not feel empowered to make contraceptive decisions. Yet there is a growing preference for smaller families and decreased stigmatisation of contracepting women. Barriers at home, in the community and in health facilities impose a ceiling on the extent to which women’s fertility desires may be achieved. These include cultural, normative, social and financial factors, such as the need for husband’s permission to access services, service providers ’insistence on spousal con-sent, subtle and overt pressures to use folkloric approaches by religious leaders, and high real, or perceived, out-of-pocket costs. These findings suggest that Kaduna is on the cusp of social change and study findings can be translated into programmatic interventions to improve voluntary uptake of contraception.en_US
dc.identifier.citationOmoluabi, E. et al. (2020). Unmet need for family planning and barriers to contraceptive use in Kaduna, Nigeria: culture, myths and perceptions. Culture, Health and Sexuality,22(11), 1253-1268en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/5432
dc.identifier.uri10.1080/13691058.2019.1672894
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_US
dc.subjectFamily planningen_US
dc.subjectUnment needen_US
dc.subjectMisconceptionsen_US
dc.subjectKaduna, Northern Nigeriaen_US
dc.subjectBirth Controlen_US
dc.subjectContraceptive agentsen_US
dc.titleUnmet need for family planning and barriers to contraceptive use in Kaduna, Nigeria: culture, myths and perceptionsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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