The effect of home visit on the preference and discontinuation of different fertility regulating methods
Dirican, M.R.; Aytekin, A.H.
Acta Reproductiva Turcica 10(1-2): 36-46
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0252-9696 Document Number: 440945
A service research on family planning services delivered at home was undertaken in Gemlik Research and Training Area (GRTA) of Bursa Medical School (Turkey) in 1980. Results of the baseline survey showed that the contraceptive prevalence rate had already reached to the highest attainable level before the study started. The study lasted two years. An evaluation survey conducted immediately after the study demonstrated that the rate of acceptance did not change, but the preference of the clients for different fertility regulating methods (FRMs) have changed and modern contraceptive method users increased significantly. The change was much more apparent among rural eligible women (EWs) as well as among those obtained family planning (EP) services at home by auxillary nurse-midwives (ANMs). At the end of two years intervention it was found that the IUD and condom had lower discontinuation rates. In contrast, the highest discontinuation rate was observed among oral pill users followed by other method users, spermicide users and withdrawal users.