Prevalence and correlates of contraceptive use among female adolescents in Ghana

BMC Women's Health

Research Article

Samuel H. Nyarko¹ 

[1] Department of Population and Behavioural Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Hohoe, V/R, Ghana;

关键词: Health Facility;    Female Adolescent;    Religious Affiliation;    Contraceptive Method;    Unintended Pregnancy;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12905-015-0221-2

 received in 2014-12-19, accepted in 2015-08-10,  发布年份 2015

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundAdolescence is a critical stage in the life course and evidence suggests that even though contraceptive use has been steadily increasing among women in Ghana over the past years, contraceptive prevalence and determinants among female adolescents is quite lacking. This paper examines the prevalence and correlates of contraceptive use among female adolescents in Ghana.MethodsThe paper used data from the 2008 Ghana Demographic and Health survey. Bivariate analysis was carried out to determine the contraceptive prevalence among female adolescents while logistic regression analysis was applied to examine the correlates of female adolescent contraceptive use.ResultsThe study founded that female adolescent contraceptive use was significantly determined by age of adolescent, education, work status, knowledge of ovulatory cycle, visit of health facility and marital status.ConclusionsThis has implications for adolescent sexual and reproductive health programmes in Ghana. It is therefore essential to intensify girl child education and strengthen the provision of family planning information and services for female adolescents in the country.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© Nyarko. 2015