Beyond ‘Family Planning’—Local Realities on Contraception and Abortion in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Family planning has long been promoted within international health efforts because of its potential benefits for controlling population growth, reducing poverty and maternal and child mortality, empowering women, and enhancing environmental sustainability. In Burkina Faso, the government and donor partners share a commitment to ‘family planning’, notably by increasing the low uptake of ‘modern’ contraceptive methods in the general population and reducing recourse to induced abortion, which remains legally restricted. This paper presents ethnographic findings that show the complexity of family planning within the social context of women’s lives and care-seeking trajectories. It draws on participant observation in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso’s capital, and interviews with women with a wide range of reproductive experiences and providers of family planning services. First, the paper shows that women’s use of contraceptive methods and abortion is embedded in the wider social dilemmas relating to marriage, sexuality, and gendered relationships. Second, it shows that women use contraceptives to meet a variety of needs other than those promoted in public health policies. Thus, while women’s use of contraceptive methods is often equated with family planning within public health research and health policy discourse, the uses women make of them imbue them with other meanings related to social, spiritual, or aesthetic goals.

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Awareness and practice of contraceptive methods among women in Kerala, India

International Journal of Reproduction Contraception Obstetrics and Gynecology ◽

10.18203/2320-1770.ijrcog20181343 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 7 (4) ◽

pp. 1501 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Anila Tresa Alukal ◽

Lissiamma George ◽

Resmy C. Raveendran

Keyword(s):

Family Planning ◽

Pregnant Women ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Unmet Need ◽

World Population ◽

Contraceptive Methods ◽

Barrier Method ◽

Medical College ◽

Wide Range ◽

The Government

Background: India is the second most populous country in the world, sustaining 17.01% of world population on 2.4% of world’s surface area. Indian women have more children than desired and often too close together. Family Planning can have a positive impact on population growth, maternal mortality, and infant and new-born outcomes. In spite of availability of wide range of contraceptives, the unmet need for family planning is estimated to be 12.8%. The purpose of this study is to assess awareness of the effective use of contraceptive methods among pregnant women, which will provide useful information for future intervention strategies and the reduction of unwanted pregnancies.Methods: The study was conducted at the Government Medical College Thrissur, Kerala and study period was 1year (2014-2015). The awareness and contraceptive practices of 514 pregnant women who were admitted for delivery were assessed by using questionnaire. The data was entered in MS excel sheet and analysed using SPSS software.Results: the awareness regarding barrier method of contraception was maximum. (96.7%), followed by permanent methods (96.8%), IUCD (94.9%) and natural methods (92.6%). Around 71.6% of the study population has used some form of contraception. The most commonly contraceptive method was natural methods (69.6%) followed by barrier method (59.9%). IUCD was the method which was least practiced (2.9%) followed by OC pills (19.1%).Conclusions: Even though women are well aware of most of the contraceptive methods, the percentage of women using it is very low. This shows that there is good knowledge regarding contraceptive methods, but a change is needed in the attitude and practice.

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Evaluation of a Mass Media Family Planning Campaign on the Uptake of Modern Contraceptive Methods in Burkina Faso

AEA Randomized Controlled Trials ◽

10.1257/rct.892-1.0 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Rachel Glennerster ◽

Rebecca Toole ◽

Layane El Hor ◽

Victor Pouliquen ◽

Joanna Murray

Keyword(s):

Family Planning ◽

Mass Media ◽

Burkina Faso ◽

Modern Contraceptive ◽

Contraceptive Methods

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Evaluation of a Mass Media Family Planning Campaign on the Uptake of Modern Contraceptive Methods in Burkina Faso

AEA Randomized Controlled Trials ◽

10.1257/rct.892-2.0 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Rachel Glennerster ◽

Rebecca Toole ◽

Layane El Hor ◽

Victor Pouliquen ◽

Joanna Murray

Keyword(s):

Family Planning ◽

Mass Media ◽

Burkina Faso ◽

Modern Contraceptive ◽

Contraceptive Methods

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Evaluation of a Mass Media Family Planning Campaign on the Uptake of Modern Contraceptive Methods in Burkina Faso

AEA Randomized Controlled Trials ◽

10.1257/rct.892 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Rachel Glennerster ◽

Rebecca Toole ◽

Layane El Hor ◽

Victor Pouliquen ◽

Joanna Murray

Keyword(s):

Family Planning ◽

Mass Media ◽

Burkina Faso ◽

Modern Contraceptive ◽

Contraceptive Methods

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Evaluation of a Mass Media Family Planning Campaign on the Uptake of Modern Contraceptive Methods in Burkina Faso

AEA Randomized Controlled Trials ◽

10.1257/rct.892-3.0 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Rachel Glennerster ◽

Rebecca Toole ◽

Layane El Hor ◽

Victor Pouliquen ◽

Joanna Murray

Keyword(s):

Family Planning ◽

Mass Media ◽

Burkina Faso ◽

Modern Contraceptive ◽

Contraceptive Methods

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Biodiesel Renewable Energy and Transportation Consumption

11th GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON BUSINESS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES - Global Conference on Business and Social Sciences Proceeding ◽

10.35609/gcbssproceeding.2021.12(77) ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 77-77

Author(s):

Suppanunta Romprasert ◽

Korakot Kataboonyaruk ◽

Natthacha Tangnititham ◽

Tanyaluk Suwanthaijaroen ◽

Maytavee Soonthornwattanachai ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Renewable Energy ◽

Environmental Sustainability ◽

Swot Analysis ◽

Development Theory ◽

Pm 2.5 ◽

Quality Practices ◽

Current Consumption ◽

Wide Range ◽

The Government ◽

Set Up

Paper focuses on the renewable energy in Thailand. Objective is to compare risk on renewable energy and transportation consumption on biodiesel. It is using SWOT analysis and sustainable development theory as the tools. Besides, collecting data via questionnaire to investigate behaviors of people in having the ideas relating to biodiesel. The 52 responses from survey launching have returned. According to the results, the current consumption of biodiesel is still low because insufficient is on awareness of the consumers' trusts about biodiesel. Moreover, government's policy is not in good quality control. Biodiesel price has not been confirmed or set up in a clear standard that shows confidence in biodiesel to consumers. Remains adherence to diesel as it has been used for a longer period of time. Therefore, the risk of renewable energy in biodiesel is a relatively high risk. At the same time, in terms of environmental sustainability development, research results show that the use of biodiesel can help reducing air pollution at either PM 2.5 or global warming. Also, it would distribute an income to palm farmers. The results can be implemented for making improvements and suggesting recommendations to the government. A strengthening policy on renewable energy security and implement strategies is for solving various energy problems. With the concept of supporting research and development, it can create a wide range of knowledges, and the production of biodiesel as renewable energy. There should control the price structure, and the well quality practices to be fairly suitable in the nearly future. Keywords: Biodiesel, Consumption, Renewable Energy, Risk, Transportation

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Knowledge, attitude and practice of family planning among married women of reproductive age in a VDC of eastern Nepal

Journal of Chitwan Medical College ◽

10.3126/jcmc.v6i1.16655 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 48-53 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

S Uprety ◽

I S Poudel ◽

A Ghimire ◽

M Poudel ◽

S Bhattrai ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Family Planning ◽

Contraceptive Use ◽

Descriptive Analysis ◽

Married Women ◽

Reproductive Age ◽

Modern Contraceptive ◽

Contraceptive Methods ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Attitude And Practice ◽

Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Contraceptive use and fertility rates vary substantially among developing countries. An important factor, which affects the fertility of any population, is Contraceptive. Contraceptive use varies by age. Nepal over the past 15 years show an impressive increase in the use of modern contraceptive methods from 26 percent in 1996 to 43 percent in 2011. Objectives of the is to assess the knowledge, attitude regarding family planning and the practice of contraceptives among the married women of Dhabi VDC of Eastern Nepal. A descriptive cross-sectional observational study was done in Dhabi VDC. Total of 300 married women age 15-49 sample were taken from family planning center situated in Dhabi. Knowledge, attitude and practice on contraceptives were evaluated with the help of a predesigned questionnaire. Descriptive analysis was done by using SPSS 11.5 software to obtain frequencies and percentages. Out of 300 interviewed women, the mean age was 27.94 years, 98% had heard about Family planning method. Radio was the main Source of family planning information. Regarding the usage of contraceptive methods, about 79.3% had ever used and 63.3 had current using some sort of contraception, among the method used Injectables were the commonly used methods About 71% of married women other child in the further. Despite the knowledge of all family planning methods majority of the women used Injectables. Easily accessible and easily to use were the main reasons for choosing Injectables methods.

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A cross-sectional survey assessing the preparedness of the long-term care sector to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada

10.21203/rs.3.rs-57368/v3 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Henry Yu-Hin Siu ◽

Lorand Kristof ◽

Dawn Elston ◽

Abe Hafid ◽

Fred Mather

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Long Term Care ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Term Care ◽

Wide Range ◽

Significant Public Health ◽

Public Health Officials ◽

The Government

Abstract Background: The COVID-19 pandemic is a significant public health emergency that impacts all sectors of healthcare. The negative health outcomes for the COVID-19 infection have been most severe in the frail elderly dwelling in Canadian long-term care (LTC) homes.Methods: An online cross-sectional survey of Ontario LTC Clinicians working in LTC homes in Ontario Canada was conducted to provide the LTC clinician perspective on the preparedness and engagement of the LTC sector during the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey questionnaire was developed in collaboration with the Ontario Long-Term Care Clinicians organization (OLTCC) and was distributed between March 30, 2020 to May 25, 2020. All registered members of the OLTCC and Nurse-led LTC Outreach Teams were invited to participate. The primary outcomes were: 1) the descriptive report of the screening measures implemented, communication and information received, and the preparation of the respondent’s LTC home to a potential COVID-19 outbreak; and 2) the level of agreement, as reported using a five-point Likert scale), to COVID-19 preparedness statements for the respondent’s LTC home was also assessed.Results: The overall response rate was 54% (160/294). LTC homes implemented a wide range of important interventions (e.g. instituting established respiratory isolation protocols, active screening of new LTC admissions, increasing education on infection control processes, encouraging sick staff to take time off, etc). Ample communications pertinent to the pandemic were received from provincial LTC organizations, the government and public health officials. However, the feasibility of implementing public health recommendations, as well as the engagement of the LTC sector in pandemic planning were identified as areas of concern. Medical director status was associated with an increased knowledge of local implementation of interventions to mitigate COVID-19, as well as endorsing increased access to reliable COVID-19 information and resources to manage a potential COVID-19 outbreak in their LTC home.Conclusions: This study highlights the communication to and implementation of recommendations in the Ontario LTC sector, despite some concerns regarding feasibility. Importantly, LTC clinician respondents clearly indicated that better engagement with LTC leaders is needed to plan a coordinated pandemic response.

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The role of empowerment in the use of modern contraceptives among women in need of family planning in Burkina Faso: A multilevel analysis

10.21203/rs.3.rs-17908/v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Sylvain Y. M. SOME ◽

Christy Pu ◽

Song-Lih Huang

Keyword(s):

Secondary Education ◽

Family Planning ◽

Burkina Faso ◽

Gender Equality ◽

Multilevel Analysis ◽

Contraceptive Use ◽

Community Level ◽

Modern Contraceptive ◽

Modern Contraceptives ◽

Modern Contraceptive Use

Abstract Background In Burkina Faso, women still have difficulty satisfying their family planning demand because of the patriarchal and gender-unequal society. Despite evidence that women’s empowerment can help, few studies have measured its impact at both community and household levels. Taking into account these two parameters, we looked into the association between women’s empowerment and modern contraception use among Married Women of Reproductive Age (MWRA) with no desire for having children in Burkina Faso. Methods Using the 2010 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS), we analyzed data from 4714 MWRA with family planning needs from 573 communities. Indicators of gender equality at the community level were composed of aggregated variables for each primary sampling unit, and domains of women’s agency in households matters were derived with principal component analysis. A multilevel logistic regression model was used to gauge the effects of empowerment on modern contraceptives use adjusted for household socioeconomic status and demographics of women. Results Among MWRA, 30.8% satisfied their demand for family planning using modern methods. At the community level, higher women’s assets ownership (aOR 1.26, CI 1.04 - 1.54), secondary education (aOR 1.45, OR 1.08 - 1.64), and exposure to family planning messages (aOR 1.33, CI 1.08 - 1.64) were associated with more modern contraceptive use; higher ideal number of children was negatively associated (aOR 0.76, CI 0.61 - 0.95). Unexpectedly, higher community prevalence of female genital mutilation was positively associated with contraceptive use (aOR 1.25, CI 1.03-1.52). Women’s agency in household matters, including opposing domestic violence, involved with decisions and enjoying freedom in seeking healthcare were positively associated with use, but only the last domain remained significant in multilevel analysis (aOR 1.29, CI 1.08 - 1.54). Living in richer household, being older, and having secondary education level were also positively associated with modern contraceptive use. Conclusion Gender equality at the community level and women’s situation in the household constitute the context in which women’s demand for family planning is determined. Therefore, promoting gender equality and ensuring women’s entitlement to make life choices have the potential to increase modern contraceptive coverage along with improved life conditions.

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