TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mrosso, Gloria. L 
AU  -  Mujuni, Fridolin
AU  - Namanya Basinda
TI  -   Prevalence and Factors Associated with Unintended Pregnancy Among Women Attending Antenatal Clinic in General Hospital in Dodoma Region
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Mwanza, Tanzania: 
PB  -  Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences [CUHAS – Bugando],    Phone: +255 28 298 3384,   Fax: +255 28 298 3386,    Email: vc@bugando.ac.tz,   Website: www.bugando.ac.tz
KW  -  
KW  - Community Medicine
N2  - Abstract:


Background: Unintended pregnancy is a potential hazard for every sexually active women as it poses a serious threat to the health and well-being of families globally, Tanzanian women who conceive unintentionally information’s are rarely documented. Understanding the extent of unintended pregnancy and factors associated is crucial to device evidence-based interventions. This study aimed to determine prevalence and factors associated with unintended pregnancy.

Methods: This was a hospital based cross sectional study. A total of 300 pregnant women were recruited through random sampling and questionnaires were pre tested and administered. Multiple logistic regression analysis was performed using SPSS version 20 software to identify the factors associated with unintended pregnancy.

Results: The overall prevalence of unintended pregnancy was found to be 73 (24.3%) and those who wanted it at later time and not at all accounted for 143 (47.7%) and 227(75.7%) respectively. The prevalence of unintended pregnancies decreased with the use of emergency contraceptives and being married. However, it increase in lower age 15 to 20 years 67.3% (99/147) at first pregnancy, those who are have high parity 54.5% (12/22), divorced 57.1% (4/7) and not married 62.7%(37/59). The prevalence was independent of the use of modern contraceptives, the number of sexual partners and the level of education of the mother.

Conclusion: Unintended pregnancy is one of the major reproductive health problems since approximately over a quarter of (21.3%) the pregnant women attending ANC had unintended pregnancy experience. There is a need to inaugurate a community based program to reduce unintended pregnancy through empowering women to delay or avoid pregnancies whenever they need to do so.

Recommendation: Knowledge of family planning has to be addressed strategic policy programs aimed at creating more sensitization on reducing the unintended pregnancy reflecting those with young age, high parity and not married. Also conducted a conducted a household based research to ascertain the prevalence in the community

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