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The role of the family physician in increasing the acceptability and use of family planning methods in primary health care centers in el-shrouk new city

Thesis

Last updated: 06 Feb 2023

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Family Medicine

Advisors

El-Refaei, Mirvat M. , Yousuf, Gamal G. , Khafagi, Ghada M.

Authors

Abdel-Rahman, Amira Ezzat

Accessioned

2017-07-12 06:42:16

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2017-07-12 06:42:16

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M.Sc. Thesis

Abstract

The postpartum period is a convenient time to address family planning; women are particularly motivated to prevent conception just after birth, so the family physician is in good position to provide the necessary counseling regarding contraception for the new mother.The rewards in family medicine come from knowing patients intimately over time and sharing their trust, respect, and friendship and from the variety of problems encountered in practice that keep the family physician professionally stimulated and challenged.This study was conducted in El-Shourok city one of new cities to improve women health through accepting the family planning methods in the post partum period after health education, to find out percentage, characters of acceptors and non acceptors in the post partum period and to find out immediate health problem facing them after 1 month of use.Convenient sample of 200 women chosen by systematic random sample, and an interview in Arabic language pre coded questionnaire was used for the study for any woman accompanies her child (four month or less) coming for vaccination.After health education of the group 83% accepted to use contraceptive method while 17% refused and IUD still has the largest percentage of use. Causes for Non-use were mainly family and husband refuse, intercourse, religious background, health concerns, fear of side effect, lack of knowledge about contraception and don’t know where to get contraceptive methods. After one month all the group of acceptor came for follows up 28.9% of users has side effect and 71.0% has no side effect, and all was given the health education and the suitable treatment. From 48 users who had side affect only 9 women who represent 5.4%from total acceptor changes the method while 94.5% still use the same method after give health education and the suitable treatment, with no recorded case about discontinuation of use.It was found that: 1-Activating the role of family files, recording and update the data located helps continuous communication between family doctor and client. 2- Awareness-raising seminars for husbands should be supported by far reaching channels of communication such as mass media,… 3- Proper counseling both before and at the time of method selection give good result.

Issued

1 Jan 2012

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.21473/iknito-space/37723

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Thesis

Created At

31 Jan 2023