Perceived Barriers of Using Modern Family Planning Methods among Women in Jordan: A Qualitative Study.
Khulood K Shattnawi, Yousef S Khader, Nihaya Al-Sheyab and 4 others
PMID 34604397WHAT IT FOUND
Jordanian women described barriers to modern contraception: family and husband pressure to bear children, especially boys, inconsistent midwife counselling, and feared or experienced side effects.
They wanted consistent advice and follow-up reminders.
Key findings
01Women described pressure from husbands and mothers-in-law, and preference for boys, as barriers to family planning.
02Women reported inconsistent counselling and wanted follow-up counselling and reminders.
03Women said side effects such as bleeding, headaches, moodiness, and obesity led some to switch to natural methods.
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What it does not show
The participants were 52 married Muslim women in 7 focus groups from two northern Jordanian states, so the findings may not apply to unmarried women, women who had never used family planning, other regions, or other religious groups. The study did not include men, so it could not capture the perspectives of husbands or in-laws who women said influenced decisions. No health centres in villages with a primarily Christian population were included. The study used purposive sampling, so participants were selected for the information they could provide rather than to represent all women. The study described perceptions and did not test a counselling programme or measure use of family planning methods.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read these themes as evidence that counselling changes contraceptive use. The study described women's perceptions and did not test a counselling programme or measure use of family planning methods.