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- Title
O conhecimento e uso de métodos anticoncepcionais por mulheres nordestinas.
- Authors
Pinheiro Silva, Ângela Walverlya; Fernandes Cavalcanti, Marília Abrantes; Cosme do Nascimento, Ellany Gurgel
- Abstract
The objective was to perceivethe knowledge and the use of contraceptive methods among women of childbearing age. A cross-sectional and descriptive study was carried out, with a quantitative approach, including 189 women aged 18 to 49 years-old from nine Family Health Strategies in the urban area of the municipality of Pau dos Ferros, Rio Grande do Norte. The interview was conducted at home and a descriptive and univariate analysis of the data was performed. There was a limited knowledge about the variety of contraceptive methods existent and available in Primary Care and the respective side effects, the high prevalence of early pregnancy, the decision process of the contraceptive method centered on women, the fragility in the guidance provided by the Family Planning Policy and the polarization of the use of oral hormonal contraceptives, condoms, injectables and sterilization. Therefore, it is important to carry out assistance provided in Family Planning that makes resources and information available in an efficient way, in order to invest in effective educational actions for all audiences that values and guarantees the choice of contraceptives, paying attention to the variety available and the eligibility criteria stipulated by the World Health Organization and in encouraging the sharing of the decision-making process between the health professional and the couple.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; WOMEN; CONTRACEPTION; FAMILY planning; WORLD Health Organization; CROSS-sectional method; RESEARCH methodology; QUANTITATIVE research; INTERVIEWING; HEALTH literacy; INFORMATION resources; DECISION making; METROPOLITAN areas; REPRODUCTIVE health; CONTRACEPTIVE drugs
- Publication
Revista de Atencao Primaria a Saude, 2020, Vol 23, Issue 3, p541
- ISSN
1516-7704
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.34019/1809-8363.2020.v23.15837