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Comparing Women's Contraceptive Preferences With Their Choices in 5 Urban Family Planning Clinics in Ghana

Sarah D Rominski, Emmanuel SK Morhe, Ernest Maya, Abukar Manu and Vanessa K Dalton
Global Health: Science and Practice March 2017, 5(1):65-74; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00281
Sarah D Rominski
aUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
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Emmanuel SK Morhe
bKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
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Ernest Maya
cUniversity of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
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Abukar Manu
cUniversity of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
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Vanessa K Dalton
aUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
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    Women's Stated Preferences About Contraceptive Method Characteristics and Side Effects, Kumasi and Accra, Ghana (N=414) (percentage who agreed or strongly agreed with the statements)

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    Consistency Between Women's Chosen Contraceptive Method and Their Stated Preferences for Duration of Effectiveness and Intolerable Side Effects, Along With Percentage of Women Counseled to Expect Bleeding Changes With Their Chosen Method

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    Background Characteristics of Participants, Kumasi and Accra, Ghana (N=414)

    Value
    Age, years, mean (SD)29.3 (6.7)
    Married248 (59.9)
    Highest education
        None31 (7.5)
        Primary71 (17.1)
        Junior secondary146 (35.3)
        Senior secondary89 (21.5)
        More than secondary77 (18.6)
    Previously used a method(s)a200 (48.3)
        Pill53 (26.5)
        IUD12 (6.0)
        Injectable97 (48.5)
        Implant36 (18.0)
        Male condom20 (10.0)
        Female condom3 (1.5)
    • Abbreviations: IUD, intrauterine device; SD, standard deviation.

    • Data presented as “number (%)” unless otherwise specified.

    • ↵a Respondents could select more than 1 method.

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    Women's Contraceptive Method Choices, Pre- and Post-Counseling, Kumasi and Accra, Ghana

    MethodPreferred Method at Pre-Counseling (N=414)Method Choice Post-Counseling (N=336)
    Implant172 (41.5)135 (40.2)
    Injectable125 (30.2)109 (32.4)
    IUD58 (14.0)52 (15.5)
    Pill20 (4.8)27 (8.0)
    Female sterilization17 (4.1)11 (3.3)
    Male condom2 (0.5)2 (0.6)
    Don't know20 (4.8)NA
    • Abbreviation: IUD, intrauterine device.

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    TABLE 3.

    Percentage of Women Who Reported Being Counseled to Expect Commonly Occurring Side Effects by Method Adopted

    Method and Side Effect Counseled to ExpectNo. (%)
    Implant (N=135)
        Irregular bleeding28 (20.7)
        Decreased bleeding14 (10.4)
        No menses37 (27.4)
        Not counseled on any of these side effects39 (28.9)
    Injectables (N=109)
        Decreased bleeding12 (11.0)
        No menses46 (42.2)
        Weight gain13 (11.9)
        Not counseled on any of these side effects34 (31.2)
    IUD (N=52)
        Irregular bleeding6 (11.5)
        Increased bleeding16 (30.8)
        Not counseled on any of these side effects26 (50.0)
    • Abbreviation: IUD, intrauterine device.

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