Spatial and socio-demographic determinants of contraceptive use in the Upper East region of Ghana

Reproductive Health

James F Phillips¹  John Koku Awoonor-Williams²  Abraham Oduro³  Eric Asuo-Mante¹  Timothy Awine³  Paul Welaga³  Elizabeth F Jackson¹  Ayaga A Bawah¹  Fabian Sebastian Achana³ 

[1]Department of Population and Family Health, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, 60 Haven Avenue, B2, New York, 10032, NY, USA

[2]Switzerland University of Basel, Peterplatz, Basel, 4003, Switzerland

[3]Navrongo Health Research Centre, Navrongo, Upper East Region, Ghana

关键词: Ghana;    Women;    Primary care;    Family planning;    Contraceptive use;    Social determinants;    Spatial;   

Others  :  1162832
DOI  :  10.1186/s12978-015-0017-8

 received in 2014-06-19, accepted in 2015-03-18,  发布年份 2015

【 摘 要 】

Background

This paper presents results of baseline data on the determinants of contraceptive use in 7 districts in northern Ghana where there is an ongoing integrated primary health care systems strengthening projectknown as the Ghana Essential Health Intervention Project (GEHIP).

Methods

We used a household survey data conducted within 66 randomly sampled census enumeration areas in seven rural districts of the Upper East Region of northern Ghana where health systems strengthening interventions are currently ongoing in three of the districts with four of the districts serving as comparison districts. This survey was conducted prior to the introduction of interventions. Data was collected on various indices included geographic information systems (GIS) and contraceptive use. The data was analyzed using survey design techniques that accounts for correct variance estimation. Categorical variables were summarized as proportions and associations between these variables and contraceptive use tested using Chi-square test. Uni-variable and multivariable logistic regression techniques were used to assess the effects of the selected covariates on contraceptive use. All tests were deemed to be statistically significant at 5% level statistical significance.

Results

Results show that contraceptive use is generally low (about 13 per cent) and use is nearly evenly for spacing and stopping purposes. Factors associated with the use of contraceptives include exposure to integrated primary healthcare services, the level of education, and socioeconomic status, couple fertility preference, marital status, and parity. For instance, the odds of contraceptive use among 15–45 year old women who live 2 km or more from a CHPS compound is 0.74 compared to women who live less than 2 km from a CHPS compound (p-value = 0.035).

Conclusion

The findings suggest that rapid scale up of the Community based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) program accompanied with improved door-to-door health services would kindle uptake of modern contraceptive use, reduce unwanted pregnancies and hasten the attainment of MDG 4 & 5 in Ghana.

【 授权许可】

   
2015 Achana et al.; licensee BioMed Central.

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