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Korean Academy of Health Policy and Management (한국보건행정학회)
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Factors That Affect Family Planning of Fertile Women in Volta Region in Ghana

가나 볼타지역 가임여성의 가족계획 실천에 영향을 미치는 요인

  • Kim, Jae Woo (Department of Health Administration, Yonsei University College of Health Sciences) ;
  • Nam, Eun Woo (Department of Health Administration, Yonsei University College of Health Sciences)
  • 김재우 (연세대학교 보건과학대학 보건행정학과) ;
  • 남은우 (연세대학교 보건과학대학 보건행정학과)
  • Received : 2014.10.21
  • Accepted : 2014.12.23
  • Published : 2014.12.31
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Abstract

Background: Family planning is widely practiced today to resolve the over-growing population and overcome obstacles that thwart socio-economic growth. While Ghana was the first country in Africa to implement family planning program, its birthrate is still twice as much as world average due to weak infrastructure and strategic plans to enforce the policy. Thus, there is a need to objectively verify the factors that affect family planning of fertile women of Ghana. Methods: Total of 630 self-administered questionnaires were distributed from April 8 to 17 of 2013 to collect data. Six-hundred eighteen questionnaires were analyzed, excluding the 12 incomplete questionnaires. Collected data were analyzed using PASW SPSS ver. 18, and logistic regression analysis was performed to verify the factors that affect practice of family planning. Results: Satisfaction with health and medical facilities, experience with family planning education and awareness of birth control methods significantly affected practice of family planning. Based on analysis using odds ratio, enforcement rate of family planning increased by 4.574 times when the subjects were satisfied with health and medical facilities, by 3.920 times when received family planning education, and by 3.284 times when they were aware of birth control methods. Conclusion: By adopting family planning education program, government should be able to change fertile women's perception of family planning. A strategic plan is necessary in order to increase access to medical facilities, improve service satisfaction, and induce women to enforce family planning voluntarily.

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