Prevalence and Predictors of Contraceptives Use among Women Aged (15–49 years)‎ with Induced Abortion History in Ghana

المؤلفون المشاركون

Salifu, Mohammed Gazali
Mohammed, Kamaldeen

المصدر

Advances in Preventive Medicine

العدد

المجلد 2020، العدد 2020 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2020)، ص ص. 1-7، 7ص.

الناشر

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

تاريخ النشر

2020-08-28

دولة النشر

مصر

عدد الصفحات

7

التخصصات الرئيسية

الصحة العامة

الملخص EN

Background.

The incidence of abortion in Ghana ranges from 27 per 1000 to 61 per 1000 women, causing gynecological complications and maternal mortality.

The use of modern contraceptives and its associated factors among women aged 15–49 years have been documented.

However, utilization of modern contraceptives specifically among women with induced abortion history is underreported.

This study therefore aimed at determining the proportion and identifying predictors of contraceptives use in this underreported population.

Methods.

This study used secondary data from the 2017 Ghana Maternal Health Survey (GMHS) for the analysis.

The analysis is on a weighted sample of 3,039 women aged (15–49 years) with a history of induced abortion.

Both descriptive and inferential methods were employed.

The chi-square test, univariate and multivariate logistic regression techniques were used to assess statistical associations between the outcome variable and the predictors.

Statistical significance was set at 95% confidence interval and p values ≤0.05.

Results.

Out of the 3,039 participants, 37% (95% CI: 34.6, 38.84) used contraceptives.

We identified women’ age, union, place of residence, knowledge of fertile period, total pregnancy outcomes, and region as strong significant (95% CI, p≤0.05) predictors of post induced abortion contraceptives use.

Conclusion.

Contraceptives use among this vulnerable population is low.

Therefore, there is a need to provide widespread access to postabortion contraception services and enhance efforts to efficiently integrate safe abortion practices law into health services in Ghana.

نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)

Salifu, Mohammed Gazali& Mohammed, Kamaldeen. 2020. Prevalence and Predictors of Contraceptives Use among Women Aged (15–49 years) with Induced Abortion History in Ghana. Advances in Preventive Medicine،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1129996

نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)

Salifu, Mohammed Gazali& Mohammed, Kamaldeen. Prevalence and Predictors of Contraceptives Use among Women Aged (15–49 years) with Induced Abortion History in Ghana. Advances in Preventive Medicine No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1129996

نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)

Salifu, Mohammed Gazali& Mohammed, Kamaldeen. Prevalence and Predictors of Contraceptives Use among Women Aged (15–49 years) with Induced Abortion History in Ghana. Advances in Preventive Medicine. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1129996

نوع البيانات

مقالات

لغة النص

الإنجليزية

الملاحظات

Includes bibliographical references

رقم السجل

BIM-1129996