Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Family Planning among Healthcare Providers in Two Selected Health Centres in Osogbo Local Government, Osun State
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2015-06-15
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Women’s Health & Gynecology
Abstract
This study investigated the knowledge, attitude and practice of family planning
methods among healthcare providers in two selected health centres in Osogbo Local
Government, Osun state. The study was conducted to assess the level of knowledge and
attitude of healthcare providers towards family planning; to determine the extent to which
the healthcare providers practice the family planning methods. The study sample was 50
healthcare providers that were purposively selected from Primary Health Center, Oke Baale and Comprehensive Health Centre, Isale- Agbara, both in Osogbo Local Government
Area, Nigeria. The data was collected through self-structured questionnaire. The data
was analyzed using simple percentages and frequency counts. The result showed that
a good number (98%) knew about family planning while about 44% of them knew all the
methods listed in the questionnaire. The result also showed that the healthcare providers
indicated different attitudes to family planning methods such that 77.6% believed that family
planning does not make users promiscuous contrary to 22.4% of the respondents that
believed it makes them promiscuous. More than half (68%) of the respondents use family
planning themselves. On the basis of these findings, it was concluded that intensive in service training, seminars/conference and other forms of enlightenment programmes on all
methods of family planning should be put in place, such that they will be able to practice
methods best suitable for them.
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Knowledge, Healthcare providers, Attitude, Family planning methods, Practice