Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic upon Iraqi women’s Commitment to Family Planning at Primary Health Care Centers in Baghdad City
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https://doi.org/10.22317/jcms.v10i2.1512Keywords:
Family Planning, Women’s Commitment, Covid-19, Primary Health Care CentersAbstract
Objectives: To evaluate the impact of COVID-19 upon Iraqi women's commitment to family planning before and during COVID-19 pandemic
Methods: A descriptive design, correlational approach was conducted from November /2021 to July / 2022. The setting of the study including two primary health care centers in Baghdad City. A non-probability 'purposive sample' consists of (200) women at reproductive age (16-49) years old. Descriptive and correlational statistics were used for data analysis.
Results: The results of the study shows that regarding commitment to use of family planning methods among women before and during COVID19 pandemic; the “Use family planning methods” among (94.5%) before-COVID19 and (83%) during COVID19. there is high significant relationship between commitment to use of family planning before-COVID19 and during COVID19 at p-value= .001 respectively.
Conclusion: The pandemic has affected women’s commitment to family planning methods, as well as its impact on the type of method that used. Despite the pandemic family planning is very important to women’s reproductive health so, it is necessary to improve family planning information, services, and access.
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