The Effects of Targeted Health Education on Uptake of Contraceptives among Women of Reproductive Age in Nnewi-City South East Nigeria. - Trial PACTR202306677547495

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Improving child and maternal health are emphasized in Goal 3 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as key targets (United Nations, n.d.). Of the many factors that influence child and maternal health, the uptake of contraceptives is rated highly, resulting in several countries measuring the prevalence of contraceptive use among their reproductive population (Blackstone et al, 2017). The use of contraceptives has been adopted in family planning, which refers to a couple’s conscious effort to limit or space the birth of their children, or completely avoid conceiving children (Ajayi et al, 2018).Of the top-10 countries with high and reasonable Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (CPR) currently using any contraceptive regardless of method (modern or traditional) being used as 80% and above, no African country is listed. However, countries like South Africa, Morocco, Kenya, Mauritius, Tunisia, Algeria, etc., have surpassed 50% CPR. In Nigeria, there is a benchmark of achieving 36% CPR by 2018, which is yet to be achieved even in 2021 (Family Planning, 2020). Statistics on CPR from Africa suggest that just few African countries are within the 75% CPR global benchmark as specified by the SDGs for 2030 (Cahill et al, 2020). Knowledge and awareness about contraceptives contribute to high performing CPR or otherwise (Anate et al, 2020).There has not been any report on the effect of targeted education on the uptake of contraceptives among women in Nnewi Anambra state (Olumide et al, 2020. It is against this backdrop that this study is tailored to investigate the impacts of targeted health education intervention uptake of contraceptives amongst women of reproductive age in Anambra, South-East Nigeria. The specific objectives include; To determine the level of uptake of contraceptives and describe the effect of targeted education on uptake of contraceptives amongst by women of child bearing age (18 – 49 years) in Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH), Nnewi-City.

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