Government Sponsored Community-Based Health Extension Program Enhancing Contraceptive Provision in Southern Ethiopia: An Interpretive Phenomenological Exploration

Author:

Alano Abraham,Hanson Lori

Abstract

Albeit the government efforts improving access to contraception through health extension programs in Ethiopia, gaps exhibited on experiences of the stakeholder about the basis on services provision. Therefore, perceptions about the enablers and rationale for contraceptive service were explored. Interpretative phenomenological design was employed to explore the lived experiences of stakeholders. Focus group discussions, individual in-depth interviews, and key informant interviews were employed for data collection. Data were analyzed using interpretive phenomenological analysis. The finding indicated that contraceptive service provision from the socio-economic perspectives was understood adequately, but the human rights-based rationale was shadowed. The contribution of the health extension program for contraceptive use has been remarkable. The improvement is attributed to the alignment of primary health care with the community organizations such as women development armies. The health extension program accelerated contraceptive service and given momentum for PHC. Women revealed encouraging involvement in the process of contraceptive service access and use. However, the bigger picture, and rationale for providing contraceptive services, the human rights approach, remained elusive at lower hierarchy. Hence, the study recommends that the disconnect in the broader premises of providing contraceptive services must be properly communicated across the stakeholders.

Publisher

IntechOpen

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