Objective: Millions of women want to delay or avoid pregnancy, but they are not using contraception, especially in refugee settings. Due to lack of contraception, one fifth of reproductive age group women suffered from unwanted pregnancy and unsafe abortion, which accounted for 78% of maternal mortality in refugee camps. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of unmet need for modern contraception and its associated factors among reproductive age group women in Eritrean refugee camps, Tigray, Northern Ethiopia, 2016.
Results: 400 women of reproductive age group interviewed. Prevalence of unmet need for modern contraception in this study was found to be 41.8% (95% CI 36.99%, 46.63%).Respondents' unfavorable attitude towards modern contraceptive methods [AOR = 0.372, 95% CI 0.170, 0.818] and the availability of modern contraceptive methods [AOR = 3.501, 95% CI 1.328, 9.231] were factors significantly associated with unmet need for modern contraception. Respondents' attitude towards modern contraceptive methods and availability of modern contraceptives were independent predictors of unmet need. Governmental and non-governmental organizations should design programs to create behavioral change in women's attitude towards contraceptive use and to secure the availability of contraceptive methods in refugee camp settings.
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Front Public Health
January 2025
Department of Social Medicine and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia.
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Methods: We followed a participatory approach and held a multidisciplinary two-day workshop on October, 2023 in Barcelona, Spain, with experts in the fields of aging and walking, and participants from the general public.
BMJ Open
December 2024
Centre for Rehabilitation and Ageing Research, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
Objective: To codesign and develop an intervention to promote participation and well-being in children and young people (CYP) with acquired brain injury (ABI) and family caregivers.
Design: A complex intervention development study including a scoping review, mixed-methods study, co-design workshop and theoretical modelling.
Setting: Community-dwelling participants in one geographical region of the UK.
JMIR Public Health Surveill
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Laboratoire AGEIS, Université Grenoble Alpes, La Tronche Cedex, France.
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PopulationCouncil Consulting, New Delhi, 110003, India.
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Methods: The study is based on 11,018 adolescent women from the recent round of India's DHS, NFHS-5 (2019-21).
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