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YEAR: 1994

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Measuring the need for contraceptive services: findings from a needs

assessment survey.

AUTHORS

Smith C; McElnay C

SOURCE

British Journal of Family Planning. 1994 Oct;20(3):88-91.

ABSTRACT

In England, a survey of 1312 local 16-49 year old women was conducted to examine the need for family planning

services in the Tameside and Glossop Health Authority. Only 49.6% of the women responded. This district has a

higher fertility rate than the rest of the region and of England (in 1990, 70 vs. 68.2 and 64.3 per 1000 women of

reproductive age, respectively). It also has a higher rate of pregnancy among less than 16 year olds (4.1 vs. 3 and 2.7,

respectively). 8% of sexually active women did not use any contraception and 5.9% did not consistently use

contraception, indicating that 13.9% of the sample were at risk of an unplanned pregnancy. Many women (33.3%) had

had an unplanned pregnancy and the reasons for the unplanned pregnancy was not using contraception (50%),

method failure (26.3%), and poor user compliance (23.6%). Among 16-19 year olds, 17% had had an unplanned

pregnancy. Recommendations to reduce unplanned pregnancies in the Tameside and Glossop Health Authority

include timely sex education in schools, promotion of good communication during contraceptive counseling, greater

promotion and understanding of emergency contraception, better counseling to help clients choose and continue to

use a method best for them, and encouragement to switch method if the need arises. (PubHealth.info Document ID:

CONT2T 4089-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Measuring the need for contraceptive services: findings

from a needs assessment survey.", is(are) Smith C; McElnay C. The source of this article is "British Journal of

Family Planning. 1994 Oct;20(3):88-91.". This article was published in 1994 in English language(s).

(PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 4089-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 9089

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