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    Utilisation of Long - term Family Planning Methods among Child Bearing Women aged 18 - 35 years at Mindolo 2 Clinic
    (2022) MUGALA, Ellen
    Background Low utilisation of long-term family planning method is an important public health issue. The importance of this study was to evaluate the utilisation of long-term family planning methods among child bearing women aged 18-35 years. Method A qualitative cross-sectional study design was used of which the target population were childbearing women aged 18-35 years. A purposive sampling method was used to choose respondents from a population sample size of 40 and 25 questionnaires were analyzed this was determined by data saturation. Data collection was done using semi-structured questionnaires and focused group discussion. Two focused group discussion were conducted of which one health workers of childbearing age (nurses, community health workers and maids) and the other were women of childbearing age from the community under study. Data was analyzed using Nvivo software package. Results The study showed that utilisation of long-term family planning was found to be high among the age group of 18-24 and mostly it was used by married women. Misconception, fear of side effects, educational level, shortage and untrained staff members these were the factors associated with low utilisation of long-term family planning. Conclusion Long term methods of FP allow womenfolk to delay motherhood, space children, shun unplanned pregnancies and termination of pregnancies and stop childbearing when you have the desired number of children and it helps reduce the rate of maternal mortalities. Despite its benefit the study revealed that there was low utilisation of long-term family planning methods.