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Benefits of family planning: an assessment of women's knowledge in rural Western Kenya.

Abstract：

BACKGROUND:The last two decades have seen an increase in literature reporting an increase in knowledge and use of contraceptives among individuals and couples in Kenya, as in the rest of Africa, but there is a dearth of information regarding knowledge about benefits of family planning (FP) in Kenya. OBJECTIVES:To assess the factors associated with knowledge about the benefits of FP for women and children, among women in rural Western Kenya. METHODS:Data are drawn from the Packard Western Kenya Project Baseline Survey, which collected data from rural women (aged 15-49 years). Ordinal regression was used on 923 women to determine levels of knowledge and associated factors regarding benefits of FP. RESULTS:Women in rural Western Kenya have low levels of knowledge about benefits of FP and are more knowledgeable about benefits for the mother rather than for the child. Only age, spousal communication and type of contraceptive method used are significant. CONCLUSIONS:Women's level of knowledge about benefits of FP is quite low and may be one of the reasons why fertility is still high in Western Kenya. Therefore, FP programmes need to focus on increasing women's knowledge about the benefits of FP in this region.

journal_name

BMJ Open

journal_title

BMJ open

authors

Mutombo N,Bakibinga P,Mukiira C,Kamande E

doi

10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004643

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2014-03-18 00:00:00

pages

e004643

issue

3

issn

2044-6055

pii

bmjopen-2013-004643

journal_volume

4

pub_type

杂志文章

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