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YEAR: 1997

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Provision of family planning (FP) services by traditional birth attendants

in Brong-Ahafo, Ghana.

AUTHORS

Smith JB; Coleman NA; Fortney JA; DeGraft-Johnson J

SOURCE

[Unpublished] 1997. Presented at the 125th Annual Meeting of the American

Public Health Association [APHA], Indianapolis, Indiana, November 9-13, 1997.

ABSTRACT

The family planning-related knowledge, attitudes, and practices of traditional birth attendants (TBAs) in Ghana's

Brong-Ahafo Region were assessed in 1995 as part of the Ghana Health Impact of TBA Training Study. In the first

part of the study, interviews were conducted with 405 TBAs in the study area, 73 of whom had participated in the 2-

week training course. Bivariate analysis revealed that trained TBAs were significantly more likely than their untrained

counterparts to be aware of the range of contraceptive methods, know the advantages and disadvantages of these

methods, perceive support for TBA provision of family planning, and think family planning provision was easy. 81.4%

of trained TBAs compared with only 25.7% of untrained TBAs had ever advised a client to use family planning and

43.1% and 1.8%, respectively, had ever provided family planning supplies. The second part of the study included

interviews with 1938 clients of TBAs. Overall contraceptive prevalence in this group was 14.7%. There were no

differences between clients of trained and untrained TBAs in terms of their use of family planning. The discrepant

results of the two surveys may reflect the low contraceptive prevalence in this population, the low proportion of TBAs

providing supplies, and the provision of methods requiring frequent resupply. Overall, these findings suggest a need

to modify the family planning component of the TBA training program. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 1019-

06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Provision of family planning (FP) services by traditional

birth attendants in Brong-Ahafo, Ghana.", is(are) Smith JB; Coleman NA; Fortney JA; DeGraft-Johnson J. The

source of this article is "[Unpublished] 1997. Presented at the 125th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health

Association [APHA], Indianapolis, Indiana, November 9-13, 1997. [10] p.". This article was published in 1997 in

English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 1019-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN:

6019

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