TY - JOUR
T1 - Women's post-abortion contraceptive use
T2 - Are predictors the same for immediate and future uptake of contraception? Evidence from Ghana
AU - Kayi, Esinam Afi
AU - Biney, Adriana Andrea Ewurabena
AU - Dodoo, Naa Dodua
AU - Ofori, Charlotte Abra Esime
AU - Dodoo, Francis Nii Amoo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Kayi et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
PY - 2021/12
Y1 - 2021/12
N2 - This study seeks to identify the socio-demographic, reproductive, partner-related, and facility- level characteristics associated with women's immediate and subsequent use of postabortion contraception in Ghana. Secondary data from the 2017 Ghana Maternal Health Survey were utilized in this study. The weighted data comprised 1,880 women who had ever had an abortion within the five years preceding the survey. Binary logistic regression analyses were performed to examine the associations between the predictor and outcome variables. Health provider and women's socio-demographic characteristics were significantly associated with women's use of post-abortion contraception. Health provider's counselling on family planning prior to or after abortion and place of residence were associated with both immediate and subsequent post-abortion uptake of contraception. Among subsequent post-abortion contraceptive users, older women (35-49), women in a union, and women who had used contraception prior to becoming pregnant were strong predictors. Partnerrelated and reproductive variables did not predict immediate and subsequent use of contraception following abortion. Individual and structural/institutional level characteristics are important in increasing women's acceptance and use of contraception post abortion. Improving and intensifying family planning counselling services at the health facility is critical in increasing contraceptive prevalence among abortion seekers.
AB - This study seeks to identify the socio-demographic, reproductive, partner-related, and facility- level characteristics associated with women's immediate and subsequent use of postabortion contraception in Ghana. Secondary data from the 2017 Ghana Maternal Health Survey were utilized in this study. The weighted data comprised 1,880 women who had ever had an abortion within the five years preceding the survey. Binary logistic regression analyses were performed to examine the associations between the predictor and outcome variables. Health provider and women's socio-demographic characteristics were significantly associated with women's use of post-abortion contraception. Health provider's counselling on family planning prior to or after abortion and place of residence were associated with both immediate and subsequent post-abortion uptake of contraception. Among subsequent post-abortion contraceptive users, older women (35-49), women in a union, and women who had used contraception prior to becoming pregnant were strong predictors. Partnerrelated and reproductive variables did not predict immediate and subsequent use of contraception following abortion. Individual and structural/institutional level characteristics are important in increasing women's acceptance and use of contraception post abortion. Improving and intensifying family planning counselling services at the health facility is critical in increasing contraceptive prevalence among abortion seekers.
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U2 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0261005
DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0261005
M3 - Article
C2 - 34932576
AN - SCOPUS:85122042388
SN - 1932-6203
VL - 16
JO - PLoS ONE
JF - PLoS ONE
IS - 12 December
M1 - e0261005
ER -