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YEAR: 1997

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Quality of care, client satisfaction, and contraceptive use in rural

Bangladesh.

AUTHORS

Kane TT; Hossain MB; Barkat-e-Khuda

SOURCE

In: Reproductive health in rural Bangladesh: policy and programmatic

implications. Volume 1, edited by Thomas T. Kane, Barkat-e-Khuda, James F.

Phillips. Dhaka, Bangladesh, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease

Research, Bangladesh [ICDDR,B], 1997 Jul. :167-90. ICDDR,B Monograph No. 7

ABSTRACT

This book chapter presents findings from a study of the relationship between quality of care and client satisfaction

and contraceptive use in rural Bangladesh. Data were obtained from a 1994 survey of 4967 currently married women

of reproductive age (MWRA) living in two rural thanas, Mirsarai and Satkania, of Chittagong district. Services were

offered during visits from family welfare assistants (FWAs), visits to satellite clinics (SCs), and visits to Health and

Family Welfare Centers (HFWCs). This study relies on Bruce's (1990) quality of care framework. Findings indicate

that over 50% of MWRA did not desire any more children. 27% were current users of a modern method. 64% of

current non-users intended to use modern methods in the future. About 10% were not permitted to go outside the

village to a health center. About 73% had ever been contacted by a FWA, of which 60% were satisfied with the FWA.

Under 33% of contacted women had discussed three or more contraceptive methods with the FWA. Frequency of

contact and duration of time spent with the FWA were positively associated with current or intended use. Women

who were never contacted were as likely to intend to use contraception as women who were satisfied with FWAs.

66% of the 25% that had ever heard of SCs viewed the quality of SC services as good or excellent. About 50% of the

95% of women who had heard of HFWCs rated the quality of services as good or excellent. Quality of care by

fieldworkers and at HFWCs was associated with higher current use of modern methods. Receipt of prenatal care

from fieldworkers and access to a health center were associated with higher current use. Current use and intended

use among non-users was positively linked with age, number of living children, desire to space or limit births,

education level, and religion. Findings suggest that expansion of services to include reproductive health and

prenatal care and quality services are likely to increase acceptance of modern methods. (PubHealth.info Document

ID: CONT2T 1023-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Quality of care, client satisfaction, and contraceptive use in

rural Bangladesh.", is(are) Kane TT; Hossain MB; Barkat-e-Khuda. The source of this article is "In: Reproductive

health in rural Bangladesh: policy and programmatic implications. Volume 1, edited by Thomas T. Kane, Barkat-e-

Khuda, James F. Phillips. Dhaka, Bangladesh, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh

[ICDDR,B], 1997 Jul. :167-90. ICDDR,B Monograph No. 7". This article was published in 1997 in English

language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 1023-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 6023

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