22Oct 2017

FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH CONTRACEPTIVES UTILIZATION AMONG STUDENTS OF MASINDE MULIRO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.

  • Health Services Department Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology.
  • School of Public Health, Biomedical Sciences & Technology Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology.
  • Department of Clinical Nursing and Health Informatics Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology.
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Sexual behavior among the youth has become a significant factor in the society because of the problems associated with unwanted pregnancies and sexual transmitted infection. This article examined the extent of contraceptive utilization, among the undergraduate students in public universities. The factors considered included socio-demographic distribution of respondents, socio-demographic predictors of contraceptive utilization, contraceptive knowledge and uptake and sources of information on contraceptives services. The data used in analysis was based on stratified probability sample of 453 respondents interviewed in 2017 from Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology. Qualitative and qualitative data was analyzed using descriptive statistics. The study revealed that contraceptive prevalence rate among the undergraduate students was high and majority of the users sought the services from government health facilities. Also the knowledge of contraceptive methods among the undergraduate students was high and Electronic media was found to be the most popular source of contraceptive information. The article recommends the expansion of distribution channels, adequate use of information network?s that provide a fundamental link between contraceptive awareness and utilization.

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[Eldah Ochieng Oburenyi, Charles Mutai and John Arudo. (2017); FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH CONTRACEPTIVES UTILIZATION AMONG STUDENTS OF MASINDE MULIRO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Oct). 1346-1355] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Eldah Ochieng` Oburenyi
Health Services Department Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/5653      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/5653

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