Factors Associated with Use Family Planning Services Among Females (15 – 49 Years) at Kpone Katamanso Municipality in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana

Abstract

Background: Family planning deals with the services, policies, information, attitudes, practices and commodities, including contraceptives that gives women, men, couples and adolescents the ability to avoid unintended pregnancy and choose whether to have children or not. Access to contraceptives can also be inhibited by excessively restrictive medical criteria or provider bias against methods; these practices are often referred to as medical barriers. Unintended pregnancy remains a global public health problem and substantially higher in low- and middle-income regions. This study seeks to assess knowledge and attitude toward the use of family planning services among females towards family planning services. Methodology: A cross-sectional design using quantitative method was employed. Two hundred and eighty-four females (15-49 years) were sampled and questionnaire administered. Descriptive analyses, chi-square test and logistics regression were done using Stata 17 edition program. Result: the study found a statistically significant association between the respondents age, parity, educational and marital status and the use of family planning service. Favorable attitude toward family planning was 88% with 68.1% used of family planning services among the respondents. Conclusion: Attitude toward family planning service was favorable in this study and use of contraceptive was above the national average. There is still the need for the government and other stake holders increase education on family planning services and to improve on awareness and utilization rate of family planning services.