Factors that influence women of childbearing age to stop childbearing at Kamuzu Central Hospital, Lilongwe
The aim of the study was to find out the factors that influence women of childbearing age to stop childbearing. A qualitative descriptive study design was used for generating rich descriptive data on the factors that influence women of childbearing age to stop childbearing. The study was conducted...
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| description | The aim of the study was to find out the factors that influence women of childbearing age to stop childbearing. A qualitative descriptive study design was used for generating rich descriptive data on the factors that influence women of childbearing age to stop childbearing. The study was conducted at family planning clinic at KCH in Lilongwe since it was accessible to the researcher. In addition the women of childbearing age who wanted to access family plaming services were found there. A minimum of 10 women within the childbearing age were recruited using convenience sampling. An in depth interview guide was used for data collection. Thereafter the data was analyzed manually using content analysis and the emerging themes were presented in subthemes, patterns and categories that gave meaning.
The results indicated that 90% (n—9) of women had a positive attitude towards limiting family size. The women were able to explain the benefits of limiting family size. This showed that the women would be able to limit family size willingly. However 10% (n=l) of women indicated a negative attitude toward limiting family size. The reasons included inability to reach at an agreement with their spouse on the number of children to have due to conflicts. On cultural beliefs affecting limiting family size, the women indicated that they tied a rope around their waists in order to prevent conception for five years. This improper method of family plaming has no scientific basis such that it does not a have direct positive impact on limiting family size. Therefore although this was the women's culture, it could contribute to an increase in birth rate hence predisposing the
women to complications associated with childbearing. It could also lead to unwanted pregnancies hence an increase in the number of abortions. The findings further indicated that the women could not make decisions about family planning on their own hence they would be motivated to continue bearing many children. |
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| spelling | oai:nkhokwe.kuhes.ac.mw:20.500.12845-1252023-03-11T23:59:14Z Factors that influence women of childbearing age to stop childbearing at Kamuzu Central Hospital, Lilongwe Nkhata, Veronica The aim of the study was to find out the factors that influence women of childbearing age to stop childbearing. A qualitative descriptive study design was used for generating rich descriptive data on the factors that influence women of childbearing age to stop childbearing. The study was conducted at family planning clinic at KCH in Lilongwe since it was accessible to the researcher. In addition the women of childbearing age who wanted to access family plaming services were found there. A minimum of 10 women within the childbearing age were recruited using convenience sampling. An in depth interview guide was used for data collection. Thereafter the data was analyzed manually using content analysis and the emerging themes were presented in subthemes, patterns and categories that gave meaning. The results indicated that 90% (n—9) of women had a positive attitude towards limiting family size. The women were able to explain the benefits of limiting family size. This showed that the women would be able to limit family size willingly. However 10% (n=l) of women indicated a negative attitude toward limiting family size. The reasons included inability to reach at an agreement with their spouse on the number of children to have due to conflicts. On cultural beliefs affecting limiting family size, the women indicated that they tied a rope around their waists in order to prevent conception for five years. This improper method of family plaming has no scientific basis such that it does not a have direct positive impact on limiting family size. Therefore although this was the women's culture, it could contribute to an increase in birth rate hence predisposing the women to complications associated with childbearing. It could also lead to unwanted pregnancies hence an increase in the number of abortions. The findings further indicated that the women could not make decisions about family planning on their own hence they would be motivated to continue bearing many children. 2022-03-28T13:37:54Z 2022-03-28T13:37:54Z 2010-12-10 http://nkhokwe.kuhes.ac.mw/handle/20.500.12845/125 application/pdf Kamuzu university of Health sciences |
| spellingShingle | Nkhata, Veronica Factors that influence women of childbearing age to stop childbearing at Kamuzu Central Hospital, Lilongwe |
| title | Factors that influence women of childbearing age to stop childbearing at Kamuzu Central Hospital, Lilongwe |
| title_full | Factors that influence women of childbearing age to stop childbearing at Kamuzu Central Hospital, Lilongwe |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Factors that influence women of childbearing age to stop childbearing at Kamuzu Central Hospital, Lilongwe |
| title_short | Factors that influence women of childbearing age to stop childbearing at Kamuzu Central Hospital, Lilongwe |
| title_sort | factors that influence women of childbearing age to stop childbearing at kamuzu central hospital, lilongwe |
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