Assessing Client Satisfaction about Family Planning Methods, A Cross Sectional Study From two PHC centers, Al-Wihda Al-itihady & Al-Shaheeda Nada PHC centers
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Date
2019-11
Authors
Ahmed ,Amna Ibrahim
Osman,Annan Mohammed
Yusuf,Fatima Zahra
Mohammed,Fatima Saeed
Lapai,Sumayya Isah
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Nileuniversity
Abstract
Background:
Assessment of the Family planning (FP) client
satisfaction for service conduction in healthcare
facilities is receiving growing acceptance as a contrivance
for monitoring and evaluation in developing countries for
primary health care program. Good quality of family
planning service helps individuals and couples to meet
their reproductive health needs in a safe and effective
way. So, it can help in increasing family planning users as
a result, controlling morbidity, mortality rate and
unplanned population growth.(1)
• OBJECTIVES:
1. To assess the level of satisfaction of family planning
methods among women attending PHC.
2. To assess the knowledge about family planning.
3. To assess the practice of family planning methods.
• METHODS AND MATERIALS:
An Observational, descriptive cross-sectional studies by
total coverage of(300) women of reproductive age in Alwihda Al-itihady and Al-shaheeda Nada PHC centers, using
structured administered questionnaire to obtain data from
Respondents.
• RESULTS:
According, to the data collected from 1st February 2019
to 1st October 2019 from Al-shaheeda Nada PHC centers and
Al-wihda Al-itihady PHC center respectively, 41.9% and
62.1% are very satisfied with family planning services,
24.2% and 12.1% are moderately satisfied with the services
because they experienced side effects, 19.4% and 17.2% are
mildly satisfied with the services due to side effects.
,clients who are not satisfied with family planning
services are 14.5% and 8.6% respectively.
Knowledge about family planning in Al-wihda Al-itihady
PHC center was found to be 72% and practice was 50.9%,X
while in Al-shaheeda Nada PHC center they were found to
• CONCLUSION:
We concluded that majority of clients having knowledge
about family planning is high, but the practice of family
planning is comparably low. Among respondents practising
family planning, a higher percentage is found to be highly
satisfied with the outcomes, fewer proportion of clients
satisfaction about family planning is remarkably low,
mostly due to side effects experienced. As a result, Lack
of compliance to practise of family planning is due to side
effects experienced
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Ahmed ,Amna Ibrahim (2019).Assessing Client Satisfaction about Family Planning Methods, A Cross Sectional Study From two PHC centers, Al-Wihda Al-itihady & Al-Shaheeda Nada PHC centers.nileuniversity