What is it about?
The utilization of contraceptives in Indonesia was progressively dominated by short-acting contraceptives and it is not effective enough for resolving problem of increasing maternal death rates. Therefore, in anticipating and control population growth more effectively, the National Family Planning Program in Indonesia is encouraging the use of long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs). This study aimed to analyze factors associated with the utilization of LARCs among family planning clients especially in Pameungpeuk rural hospital.
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Why is it important?
Our study show that there is findings highlight a critical need for improved education among family planning clients regarding the use of LARCs for both medical and elective reasons. And also, we found that the age of women, the cost of contraception, knowledge, beliefs, skill of health workers and support from health workers had significant associations with the utilization of LARCs.
Perspectives
Writing this article was a great pleasure for me and also for co-authors with whom I have had long standing collaborations. I hope that this article could give impact in rural area, especially in primary health care and Pameungpeuk rural hospital, the place that I have been working as an internship doctor. Based on found in our study, we hope that family planning acceptors are expected to play an active role in any activities related to contraception as well, especially in the use of long-term contraceptive methods at Pameungpeuk rural hospitals. Related sectors should seek to increase community knowledge regarding contraception and clarify of myths regarding the use of long-term contraceptive methods.
Ana Mariana
Rumah Sakit Dr Cipto Mangunkusumo
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This page is a summary of: Factors associated with the utilization of long-acting reversible contraceptives among family planning clients at the Pameungpeuk Rural Hospital, Indonesia, F1000Research, December 2018, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.,
DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.15755.1.
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