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Abstract
Family planning is the planning of when to have children and use of birth control and other techniques to implement this plan. It is achieved by using contraceptive methods and the treatment of involuntary infertility. Despite the impressive gains, contraceptive use is still low and the need for contraception is high. The reason for not using any family planning methods are lack of knowledge and education, religious belief and fear of side effects.
The Egyptian Ministry of Health has announced that the proportion of current users of contraceptives remains at less than 50% and is far below the corresponding proportion of married women (>80%) who desire no more children. With the rapid growth of the Egyptian population from 20.8 to 91.5 million inhabitants in the past 50 years, strenuous efforts have been made to promote maternal and child health via family planning programs that empower the family to make informed decisions regarding the number and interval of childbearing and to reduce unintended pregnancies.
It is undeniable that the use of contraceptives should be guided according to women’s health status. However, in low- and middle-income countries, culture and other non-medical factors have been shown to play an important role in women’s decision to use contraceptives. Despite the evidence of the impact of contraceptive use – not only on controlling fertility trends but also on women’s health, family welfare and social life in general – myths about contraceptives are still prevalent in such communities and may hinder contraceptive uptake, which in turn attributes to lowering general health and uncontrolled fertility rates, which represent obstacles for effective family planning programs.
Myths and misconceptions about contraceptives are very common in deprived areas and low- and middle-income communities. In Egypt, especially in rural areas, it appears that poverty, illiteracy and misguided religiosity have created a culture and environment that facilitate the transmission of misinformation about contraceptives since their introduction in 1967.
Negative myths and misconceptions about family planning are a barrier to modern contraceptive use. Most research on the subject has focused on individual beliefs about contraception; however, given that myths spread easily within communities, it is also important to examine how the prevalence of negative myths in a community affects the aggregate level of method use.
The aim of this study is to explore myths and Misconceptions about contraception among women in Minia governorate.
This is a Prospective cross-sectional study, was carried on Women in reproductive period from age 18ywars to 40 years, at Minia university hospital, family planning centers, Central & General Hospitals.
The main results of the study revealed that:
Mean ±SD age of participant women is 28.2±5.2 years old, majority of them 73.3% from rural areas, 82% were housewife and 56.7% of women were secondary educated.
Majority of participants 26.6% were parity more than 3 times, 80.4% had regular menstrual cycle, only 16.5% who had history of PID, 27.5 % only that had dysfunctional uterine bleeding, 87.9% had no past history of infertility and majority of women (91%) had no history of neither fibroid nor ovarian cyst.
10.2% had hypertension, 6.9% had DM, 2.3% of women had cardiac diseases, only 2.6% of women had hepatic disease and 1.9% had renal disease while 3.7% of women had thromboembolic disorders.
There was statistical significant difference between women misconception about contraception methods.
Based on our results, we recommend for further studies with health education programs to improve accurate scientific conceptions about oral contraceptive pill counseling for women who attending family planning clinic at Primary Health Care Centers.
Conclusion
Understanding how beliefs of myths and misconceptions about F.P. in a community-in the aggregate, as well as among individuals –are associated with contraceptive behaviors is important for the development of programs and policies that aim to increase contraceptive prevalence.
One needs to understand the level of awareness and practices in the community before implementing the family planning program. There is a need to educate and motivate the couple along with improvement in family planning services to promote the contraceptive.