Prevalence and Predictors of Oral Contraceptive Pills Use Among Yemeni Women in Dhamar Area

Amat Al-Khaleq O Mehrass

doi:10.11648/j.ajhr.20160401.11

Abstract

In the face of continuous efforts of the government and international organizations, population growth rate in Yemen still high. The present study was aimed to investigate the current prevalence and predictors of oral contraceptive pills (OCPs) use among Yemeni women in Dhamar area. A cross-sectional study was carried out among 400 women using a semi-structured questionnaire. The results showed that the prevalence rate of OCPs use is 33%. General characteristics showed that almost half of the study population had no formal education, ˃ 3 living children, and ˂ 20 years at marriage. The predictors found to be significantly associated with OCPs use were age, educational level, age at marriage, number of living children, attitude on safety of OCPs, and practice on contraceptives-seeking behavior. The present study reported a rise in OCPs use and seeking behavior, but that was not consistent with the obstetric characteristics of the study population. Community mobilization with efficient health education would improve the awareness of Yemenis about the advantages of contraception in family well-being.

Highlights

Use of contraception including drugs, devices, or surgery for preventing pregnancy and planning family is highly required all over the world
The regression model predicts that the prevalence of oral contraceptive pills (OCPs) use would significantly increase 30 % times among women ≥ 25 years (PR = 1.30; P 0.001), and by 22% times among women having 3 living children (PR = 1.22; P 0.001)
This study is the first to investigate the predictors of OCPs use in Dhamar governorate, which is directly essential to determine the nature of the adjustments required for enhancing the family planning intervention

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Introduction

Use of contraception including drugs, devices, or surgery for preventing pregnancy and planning family is highly required all over the world. A higher population growth rate of 2.6 % has been estimated since 2010 and this may call for an important improvement in the represents of family planning methods [5]. Oral contraceptive pill (OCP) including a combination of an estradiol and a progestin is widely accepted. It accounts for half of the modem family planning methods use in Yemen [7]. The achievement of an ideal population growth rate in a community requires the combination of a number of measures for the implementation of that strategy. The involvement of the community is a key tool of family planning methods as a development in the understanding of the benefits of contraceptives can significantly raise the attainment and continuance of population growth control [8]

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