Author:
Yeboah Isaac,Agyekum Martin Wiredu,Okyere Joshua,Mensah Ronald Osei,Essiaw Mary Naana,Appiah Hilda,Conduah Andrew Kweku,Koduah Seth Nana Kwabena,Christian Aaron Kobina
Abstract
Abstract
Background
In Ghana, there is an increase in contraceptive use for traditional and modern methods in rural areas. This study seeks to examine the prevalence and determinants of current use of any contraceptive method among women of reproductive age in the rural Eastern Region of Ghana.
Methods
A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among women of reproductive age in the rural Eastern region of Ghana. A structured questionnaire was used to interview women in rural Lower Manya and Upper Manya Krobo districts of Eastern region who were selected using a simple random sampling technique. The data were analysed using Stata version 16. A Binary logistic regression was used to examine the determinants of current use of any contraceptive use (traditional and modern methods).
Results
The prevalence of contraceptive use was 27.8%. In the adjusted analysis of binary logistic regression, contraceptive use was significantly lower (aOR = 0.24; 95%CI = 0.10–0.56; p = 0.001) among respondents aged 41–49 years compared to those aged 18–35 years. Contraceptive use was significantly lower among migrants (aOR:0.53; 95%CI:0.28–0.99; p = 0.048) compared with non-migrant.
Conclusion
The prevalence of any contraceptive use among rural women was low. Government and other stakeholders need to create awareness about contraception in the rural areas of Eastern region of Ghana and that would help increase contraceptive methods utilization. In addition, family planning programs should target migrants to design an intervention to increase contraceptive use in rural areas.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Reference40 articles.
1. Teshale AB. Factors associated with unmet need for family planning in sub-saharan Africa: a multilevel multinomial logistic regression analysis. PLoS ONE. 2022;17(2):e0263885.
2. Ghana Statistical Service (GSS). Ghana Health Service (GHS), ICF International. Ghana demographic and health survey 2014. Maryland: GSS, GHS, and ICF International;: Rockville; 2015.
3. Dejene H, Abera M, Tadele A. Unmet need for family planning and associated factors among married women attending anti-retroviral treatment clinics in dire Dawa City, Eastern Ethiopia. PLoS ONE. 2021;16(4):e0250297.
4. Aryanty RI, Romadlona N, Besral B, Panggabean ED, Utomo B, Makalew R, Magnani RJ. Contraceptive use and maternal mortality in Indonesia: a community-level ecological analysis. Reproductive Health. 2021;18(1):1–9.
5. Cleland J, Bernstein S, Ezeh A, Faundes A, Glasier A, Innis J. Family planning: the unfinished agenda. The Lancet. 2006;368(9549):1810–27.