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Factors affecting provision of female family planning commodities in public health facilities in Kajiado county, Kenya.
| Content Provider | Europe PMC |
|---|---|
| Author | Githinji, Fredrick Maru, Shital M. Karimi, Peter N. Rutungwa, Eugene Kayitare, Egide |
| Abstract | BackgroundFamily planning involves the use of traditional or modern methods to prevent maternal and infant mortality associated with unintended pregnancies and negative economic outcomes. In sub-Saharan Africa, the unmet need for modern family planning is approximately 66%. However, information on factors affecting utilization of female family planning commodities is limited. Therefore, this research was conducted to bridge this gap.MethodsHealth facility-based descriptive cross-sectional research design was conducted and involved the public health facilities offering family planning, targeting respondents who handle the commodities and service providers themselves. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect data about availability of the commodities, knowledge of service providers and barriers affecting provision of the service. Data were coded and analyzed via Microsoft Excel 2019 and SPSS version 20.ResultsThe study showed that shorter term methods were more readily available, 60–75% than the long-term methods, 20–60%. Approximately 60% of the service providers did not comprehensively utilize the recommended World Health Organization Medicine Eligibility Criteria (WHO MEC) during service provision. Stock outs, myths and misconceptions, male interference and culture were the major barriers identified.ConclusionProvision of family planning commodities in public health facilities in Kajiado county is affected by stock levels at the national program, and provider knowledge on WHO MEC. The key factors affecting provision of family planning were stock outs, myths and misconceptions on the contraceptives, inadequate male involvement and inadequate community engagement on potential benefits of the service. These challenges need to be part of the solutions to bridging the gap identified. |
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| Journal | Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice [J Pharm Policy Pract] |
| Volume Number | 15 |
| DOI | 10.1186/s40545-022-00488-y |
| PubMed Central reference number | PMC9694591 |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| PubMed reference number | 36434712 |
| e-ISSN | 20523211 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | BioMed Central |
| Publisher Date | 2022-11-24 |
| Publisher Place | London |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights License | Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. © The Author(s) 2022 |
| Subject Keyword | Provision Family planning Public facilities Kajiado county Kenya |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Health Policy Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics Pharmacy |
