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African Health Sciences
Makerere University Medical School
ISSN: 1680-6905
EISSN: 1680-6905
Vol. 2, No. 14, 2014, pp. 273-280
Bioline Code: hs14044
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
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African Health Sciences, Vol. 2, No. 14, 2014, pp. 273-280

 en Community based study on married couples’ family planning knowledge, attitude and practice in rural and urban Gambia
Jammeh, Sulayman S.S.; Liu, Chieh-Yu; Cheng, Su-Fen & Lee-Hsieh, Jane

Abstract

Background: Family planning services have been free of charge and available in all the health facilities in the Gambia since 1975 yet contraceptive prevalence is only 17.5% and even 6% in some areas. Since the last census in 2003, there existed no available data on married couples’ contraception status.
Objectives:To explore married couples’ family planning knowledge, attitudes, and practices in rural and urban Gambia and to analyze what factors may affect such knowledge, attitudes and practices.
Methods: Quantitative cross-sectional study design was used. Through convenience sampling, 176 men and 235 women representing a total of 176 couples participated. A structured questionnaire was used for data collection.
Results: The mean scores of the married couples family planning knowledge, attitudes, and practices were 19.00±6.11(ranging from 0 to 64), 6.90±3.08 (0 to 14) and 4.69±3.3 (0 to 19) respectively. Urban residents had higher scores on family planning practice than rural residents (p<.05). Attitude is the strongest predictor of practice (accounted for 34.6% of variance).
Conclusions: These findings offer a descriptive answer to “what are married couples’ family planning knowledge, attitude and practice in Gambia”, as well as suggesting broader health intervention programs in health education and promotion.

Keywords
Family planning; knowledge; attitude; practice; married couples; The Gambia

 
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