REDEMPTION HIGHER INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDIICAL
AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCE MOLYKO BUEA.
DEPARTMENT OF NURSING
RESEARCH DEFENSE
To assess the knowledge and practice of the different birth control methods
among women of child bearing age 18- 49 years in Nkamulikum community
PRESENTED BY
Munge Enongene Pat.
23RUBaBNS-
SUPERVISOR:
MME. MA AGBOR TAMBI JOSEPHINE
BSc, MPH August, 2024 1
Outline of presentation
• Introduction
• Statement of the problem
• objectives
• Significance study
• Scope of study
• Methodology
• Results/ dicussion
• Conclusion
• Recommendation
• Acknowledgements
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Introduction/ background
Family planning (FP) has been defined in different ways in literature, but essentially it implies
enabling individuals and couples to attain the desired number, spacing and timing of their children,
through the use of modern or traditional (also called natural) contraceptive methods (Adogu et al.,
2019).
Family planning is one of the most cost effective interventions to improve maternal and child
health outcomes (Michalow J, Chola L, McGee S, et al., 2015)
All over the world, maternal health issues continue to pose serious concerns. This is considering
that pregnancy and child birth are the major causes of morbidity and mortality among women of
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Introduction/background cont…
It contributes to a reduction in the number of unwanted pregnancies, thus reducing the
number of unsafe abortions and deaths from this cause.
Family planning also reduces the proportion of pregnancies that are considered to be high
risk—that is, pregnancies that occur too early or too late in relation to the mother’s age.
By helping women time and space their pregnancies, family planning also helps ensure
healthy nutritional outcomes for both mother and child (Starbird E et al., 2016).
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Statement of the problem
The rate of criminal abortion has become very rampant in the society today (25% in
Cameroon) (DHS 2012).
The prevalence of maternal mortality is still high in Cameroon. Most women of the
reproductive age know little or incorrect information about FP methods
Knowledge of reproductive health amongst young people is often neglected.
Despite the fact that women of child bearing age are increasingly exposed to
reproductive health risks, they still shy away from using from FP methods despite the
government efforts of trying to make family planning services almost free and available
in health centers
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Objectives of the study
General objective
To assess the knowledge and practice of the different birth control methods among women
of child bearing age 18- 49 years in Nkamulikum community.
Specific objectives
To assess the knowledge of family planning amongst women of child bearing age in the
Nkamulikum community.
To identify the different family planning methods used among childbearing women in
the Nkamulikum community
To determine the challenges faced in the utilization of family planning methods
amongst childbearing age in the Nkamulikum community.
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Research questions
What knowledge do women of child bearing age in the Nkamulikum Community have
on birth control?
What are the types of brith control method used by women of child bearing age in
Nkamulikum Community?
What are the challenges faced in the utiliation of birth control among women of child
bearing age in Nkamulikum Community?
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Significance of study
To the women of child bearing age
It will help the female youth to plan on when to get pregnant and prevent
unwanted pregnancy
To the community
It may reduce the number of lives lost in the community probably due to
criminal abortion.
To the Researcher
It is a tool for building knowledge and facilitating learning
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Methodology
Method Description
Study design /Study area A descriptive Cross-sectional study/ the Nkamulikum
community
Study population /Target population involves women of childbearing age 18 to 49 years /100
women were targeted
Sample size calculation Sampling technique Cochrane’s formula/A convenient non probability
sampling sample technique
Inclusion and exclusion criteria Women of childbearing age who gave consent/ those that
do not give thier consent.
Data collection and instrumentation Data was collected with the use of semi-structured
questionnaire both open and close ended questions
Data analysis /presentation Microsoft excell 2010/ graphs and bar charts
Ethical consideration/administrative authorisation Clearance from the school(RHIBMS)
Authorization from Regional Delegation of Public
Health.
Authorization from chief of Nkamulikum community
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Results and discussion
Base on objective one it was seen that out of the 100 participant, 30(30%) said a means to stop having children, 30(30%) said a
means to control child birth and 20(20%) said a means to restrict population growth which is in line with (MedlinePlus, 28
December 2021) who define Birth control as fertility control or contraceptive are methods or devices used in preventing
pregnancy, It forms an integral part of maternal and child health. The reason of this knowledge might be due to the fact that birth
control is one of the most talked about in public there by making individual to know more about birth control. Just the minority
20 (20%) said they had no idea, Response Frequency Percentage
What do you know about birth control
No idea 20 20
A means to stop having children 30 30
A means to control child birth 30 30
A means to restrict population growth 20 20
Total 100 100
How did you come to know about contraceptive
From friends 80 80
From hospital 20 20
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Results and discussion cont…
Base on object two which talk on the practices, it was seen that out of the 100 participants 60(60%) of the
respondent said they are not using birth control and 40(40%) said yes. Again 30(30%) said they used pills,
20(20%) said injections, 10(10) said implant, 10(10%) said IUCD, 20(20%) said condom, and 10(10%) said
natural method which is in line with (Melissa Conrad and William C Shiel, Sept 2020), (
distibution of the respondent base on if
they are using bith control
yes
40%
no
60%
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Results and discussion cont…
Base on objective three which talked on the hindrance of birth control, 20(20%) said religion
belief is a hindrance for them not to used contraceptive, 10(10%) said traditional restriction,
30(30%) said it is not effective, 20(20%) said social restriction, and 20(20%) said they don’t
like it which is in line with in the study of Philip Nana Njotang .
Response Frequency Percentage
Religion belief 20 20
Traditional restriction 10 10
It is not effective 30 30
Social rejection 20 20
I don’t like it 20 20
Total 100
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Conclusion
Base on object one it can be concluded that the respondent had knowledge on the birth
control method (80%) of the respondent could give the definition of birth control method
Base on objective two which talk on the practices of birth control, it can be concluded that
the respondent practices birth control method with 100% practice at least one method of
birth control
Base on objective three, which talked on the hindrance on family planning. It can be
concluded that the most common hindrance include, religious belief, they don’t like it and
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Recommendation
Seminars should be held in other to teach mothers on how to overcome
the hindrance on birth control method so as to increase the uptake
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Acknowledgement
My special gratitude goes to my supervisor, MME. MA AGBOR TAMBI
JOSEPHINE for her support through out this work.
My gratitude goes again family for their financial and physical support
Special thanks goes to the management and staff of Redemption Higher
Institute of Biomedical and Management Science
And finally God almighty ……..
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Reference
• Dickson SheyNsegha University of Buea department of Public Health and hygiene BSc, MSc, PhD, predictors of
contraceptive method in the Cameroon development Corporation plantation carry published February 2021.
• Dr Jean Wong, obstetrician and gynaecologist, MBBS FRANZCOG article on Obstetrics, published in 2021.
• Epub 2015 August 11. Authors. David Habucher, James Trussell. Affiliations.
• Family Planning: A global handbook for providers: Evidence based guidance developedthrough Worldwide collaboration
(PDF) (Rev and updated). Geneva; WHO and center for communication programs. ISBN 978-0-9788563-3 Archived.
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THANKS FOR LISTENING…..
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